Reflections on CD-ROM: Bridging the Gap between Technology and Purpose.

Saviers, Shannon Smith

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ERIC Number: EJ359771

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Publication Date: 1987

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Reflections on CD-ROM: Bridging the Gap between Technology and Purpose.

Saviers, Shannon Smith

Special Libraries, v78 n4 p288-94 Fall 1987

Provides a technological overview of CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read Only Memory), an optically-based medium for data storage offering large storage capacity, computer-based delivery system, read-only medium, and economic mass production. CD-ROM database attributes appropriate for information delivery are also reviewed, including large database size, wide distribution, and infrequent updating. (MES)

Descriptors: Computer Storage Devices, Databases, Information Technology, Optical Data Disks

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - General

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Audience: Administrators; Media Staff; Practitioners

Language: English

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