CD-ROM: The Medium of the Moment.

Berry, John

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Publication Date: 1992

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CD-ROM: The Medium of the Moment.

Berry, John

Library Journal, v117 n2 p45-47 Feb 1 1992

Describes results of a CD-ROM Market Study that surveyed public, academic, and special libraries. Highlights include expenditures for CD-ROM versus online databases; budget allocations for CD-ROM; vendors and services; criteria for the selection of a CD-ROM database; the use of online services; local area networks (LANs); number of terminals; and jukeboxes. (LRW)

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Database Producers, Databases, Evaluation Criteria, Higher Education, Library Expenditures, Library Surveys, Local Area Networks, Online Systems, Optical Data Disks, Public Libraries, Special Libraries

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Language: English

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