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Direct linkGoh, Tiong-Thye – Educational Technology & Society, 2011
This paper investigates differences in how male and female students perceived a short message service (SMS) library catalog search service when adopting it. Based on a sample of 90 students, the results suggest that there are significant differences in perceived usefulness and intention to use but no significant differences in self-efficacy and…
Descriptors: Females, Self Efficacy, Intention, Libraries
Peer reviewedAkeroyd, John – Electronic Library, 1988
Discussion of the application of CD-ROM technology for online public access catalogs (OPACs) covers: (1) the production process; (2) costs; (3) advantages and disadvantages of using CD-ROM; (4) current CD-ROM applications; and (5) future developments. (5 references) (MES)
Descriptors: Costs, Information Technology, Library Automation, Microcomputers
Peer reviewedFoster, Clifton Dale – Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 1995
A project demonstrated the feasibility of accessing library information (online public access catalogs, commercial online databases, Internet) from a distance using handheld personal digital assistants (PDAs) equipped with cellular communication capability. The study is described, and other uses of wireless communications in libraries and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Computer Oriented Programs, Databases
Download full textGreenfield, Rich – 1997
The author argues that traditional library cataloging (MARC) and the online public access catalog (OPAC) are in collision with the world of the Internet because items in electronic formats undergo MARC cataloging only on a very selective basis. Also the library profession initially isolated itself from World Wide Web development by predicting no…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Authority Control (Information), Automatic Indexing, Bibliographic Records
Williams, Kate – Library Quarterly, 2012
The informatics moment is the moment when a person seeks help in using some digital technology that is new to him or her. This article examines the informatics moment in people's everyday lives as they sought help at a branch public library. Four types of literacy were involved: basic literacy (reading and writing), computer literacy (use of a…
Descriptors: Library Services, Access to Computers, Disadvantaged, Social Capital
Manjarrez, Carlos A.; Schoembs, Kyle – Institute of Museum and Library Services, 2011
Over the past decade, policy discussions about public access computing in libraries have focused on the role that these institutions play in bridging the digital divide. In these discussions, public access computing services are generally targeted at individuals who either cannot afford a computer and Internet access, or have never received formal…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computers, Public Libraries, Internet
Peer reviewedNunes, Luis Filipe Abreu – Information Development, 1995
Discusses information development in Portugal since the early 1980s. Topics include public libraries; the national bibliographic database; training; software; access to online databases; CD-ROMs; and Portuguese participation in information projects of the European Community. (AEF)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Databases, Computer Software, Foreign Countries
Hanifan, Thomas; Hoogheem, Cynthia L. – 1992
The Eastern Iowa Community College District (EICCD) libraries received a federal College Library Technology and Cooperation grant to provide and link public access catalogs at each college of the district--Clinton Community College, Muscatine Community College, and Scott Community College. That network is named Quad-LINC (Quad Cities Libraries in…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Community Colleges, Federal Aid, Grants
