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Herther, Nancy K. – Online, 1987
This current overview of optical disk technology describes the evolving marketplace for optical products, the use of libraries as test sites for prototype CD-ROM (compact disk read-only-memory) products, CD-ROM developments, new optical technologies, and advances in magnetics. A list of some compact disk manufacturers and a glossary of terms are…
Descriptors: Costs, Databases, Information Storage, Information Technology

Kountz, John – Library Hi Tech, 1991
Description of high density data storage (HDDS) devices focuses on CD-ROMs and explores their impact on libraries, publishing, education, and library communications. Highlights include costs; technical standards; reading devices; authoring systems; robotics; the influence of new technology on the role of libraries; and royalty and copyright issues…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programing), Computer Software, Computer Storage Devices, Copyrights