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Volume 1, no. 1
August 1990
Library Technology Watch Program
University of California, Berkeley
Edited by David F.W. Robison
ISSN: 1060-2356
Contributors:
Mark Mentges, Teri Rinne, Vivienne Roumani, Lisa Rowlison, Roy Tennant
Optical Disc Technology
Ali, Nazim S. "Retrieval Commands of CD-ROM Databases: a
Comparison of Selected Products." CD-ROM Professional 3(3) (May
1990):28-33. Provides quick retrieval command guides for CD-ROM
products of SilverPlatter, WilsonDisc, UMI, Compact Cambridge,
Institute of Scientific Information, and Dialog.
Duggan, Mary Kay, ed. CD-ROM in the Library: Today and Tomorrow.
Boston: G.K. Hall & Co., 1990. Includes the presentations and panel
discussions of a conference presented by U.C. Berkeley Extension and
the School of Library and Information Studies held in the fall of
1989.
Eaton, Nancy L., et al. CD-ROM and Other Optical Information Systems:
Implementation Issues for Libraries. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press, 1989.
Includes the basics of optical information technology, an overview
of various library applications , software design and retrieval
issues, hardware considerations, fiscal and policy issues, and
strategies for implementation in the form of case studies.
"Glossary of Frequently Used Technical Terms." The Laserdisk
Professional 3(1) (January 1990):51-54. Definitions of optical disk
technology terms provided by Knowledge Access International.
Kaebnick, Gregory. "Rewriting the Future: Putting Rewritable Optical
Disk on the Market." Inform 4(5) (May 1990):14-18. Provides an
overview of the latest entry of optical disk technology: the
rewritable disk. Outlines the advantages of the rewritable disk over
conventional hard drives and other optical formats which include
storage capacity, durability, and removability.
Meyer, Fred. "In-house CD-ROM Publishing Moves Toward the Desktop."
The Laserdisk Professional 3(1) (January 1990):40-41.
Motley, Susan A. "Optical Disc Technology and Libraries: a Review of
the 1989 Literature." CD-ROM Librarian 5(5) (May 1990):11-33.
Summarizes developments in optical disc technology with special
emphasis on CD-ROM and its effect on libraries. Collection
development issues as well as organization, budget, staff and
training requirements are explored. Developments in networking,
standards, hardware, various optical formats, and premastering
software are briefly outlined. Also includes a seven-page
bibliography.
Nissley, Meta. "Ideas in Motion: Microsoft's Fifth Annual CD-ROM
Conference and Exposition." CD-ROM Librarian 5(6) (May 1990):10-
13. Discusses the tremendous growth of the optical disc industry in
1989 and projects further growth into the 1990s. Also discusses the
latest interactive multimedia products Compact Disc Interactive
(CD-I) and Digital Video Interactive (DVI). Notes that libraries are
no longer the major market for CD-ROM products as greater
emphasis is being placed on entertainment and business.
Tenopir, Carol. "Multimedia CD-ROM." Library Journal 115(8) (May 1,
1990):64-65.
Networks and Networking
Coalition for Networked Information. A packet of information on
this recently formed coalition of ARL, EDUCOM, and CAUSE is on
reserve at the UCB Library School Library.
EDUCOM Review 25(2) (Summer 1990). This issue contains a number
of articles updating the proposed NREN (National Research and
Education Network). Remarks by Senator Albert Gore (the sponsor of
S.1067, the National High-Performance Computing Act of 1990), are
included along with three other articles discussing education
applications, and information resources of the proposed network.
Engle, Mary, Eddy Hogan and Roy Tennant, "Mining the Internet:
Network Resources for Librarians." A Poster Session at the 1990
American Library Association Annual Conference, Chicago. Five
handouts describing several types of Internet resources and how to
access them. Includes a glossary of network terms. On reserve at
the UCB Library School Library.
Halbert, Martin, "Recursive Reviews: Public-Access Computer
Systems and the Internet." The Public-Access Computer Systems
Review 1(2) (1990):71-80. Halbert discusses eight articles and
books that will help you understand the Internet and its implications
for libraries.
"Internet Resource Guide", National Science Foundation Network
Service Center (NNSC), Cambridge: MA, 1990. [avail.electronically by
sending a note to resource-guide-request@nnsc.nsf.net or via
anonymous FTP from nnsc.nsf.net, in directory "resource-guide"] The
Resource Guide is a descriptive list of resources available on the
Internet (e.g. Library Catalogs, databases, Supreme Court rulings,
etc.).
"LITA Information Packet on the Proposed National Research and
Education Network", 1990 American Library Association Annual
Conference, Chicago. A collection of white papers and pamphlets
advocating the construction of the NREN, a high-speed data network
linking thousands of smaller local networks nation-wide.
Needleman, Mark, "Library Automation and Networking Research."
DLA Bulletin, 10(1) (Spring 1990):17.
West, Richard and Richard Katz, "NREN and CALREN: National and
Regional Networks to Promote Research." DLA Bulletin, 10(1)
(Spring 1990):16.
Information Transfer
"Information Delivery and Fax Technology." Online (July 1990):98-
101. This Technotrends Column, edited by Donald T. Hawkins (guess
columnist Robert Rindfuss), discusses the "Next Fax Revolution" -
linking the PC and the Fax machine, including advantages and
disadvantages of this technology.
Emerging Technologies
Bailey, Charles W. "Intelligent Multimedia Computer Systems:
Emerging Information Resources in the Network Environment."
Library Hi Tech 8(1) (1990):29. A multimedia computer system is
one that can create, import,integrate, store, retrieve, edit, and
delete two or more types of media materials in digital form, such as
audio, video, image, full-motion video, and text information. This
paper surveys four possible types of multimedia computer systems:
hypermedia, multimedia database, multimedia message, and virtual
reality systems.
"Computing Without Keyboards." BYTE 15(7) (July 1990):202-252. A
series of articles on now and future computer interface
technologies.
General
Arms, Caroline, ed. Campus Strategies for Libraries and Electronic
Information. Rockport, MA: Digital Press, 1990. Twelve interesting
and varied case histories of libraries, computing centers, and library
consortia cooperating in innovative projects to provide information
in electronic form to their communities.
Brzovic, Alice and Aron Roberts, "Where to Find Microcomputing
Periodicals on Campus." Berkeley Computing Quarterly 2(2)
(Summer 1990):13-15. An annotated list of microcomputer
periodicals available on campus.
Cady, Susan A. "The Electronic Revolution in Libraries: Microfilm
Deja Vu?" College and Research Libraries 51(4) (July 1990):374-
386. Cady draws some important conclusions regarding ' technology
in libraries from the history of library microfilm. Skip the history
and cut to the good stuff at the end.
Nelson, Nancy Melin, ed. Technology for the '90s: Microcomputers in
Libraries. Westport, CT: Meckler, 1990. A collection of papers from the 1989 Computers in Libraries
Conference in Oakland. Topics include optical information systems,
AI/Expert systems, and the changing online catalog.
News Bits
Stephens, Mary, "National Research and Education Network (NREN)
Legislation Update." Protocol Newsletter. 24 (July 1990):2.
West, Richard, "Coalition for Networked Information Holds First
Task Force Meeting." Protocol Newsletter. 24 (July 1990):1-2.
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