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Brandt, D. Scott, Comp. – Computers in Libraries, 1993
Lists library-related computer products and services in five sections: (1) Products and Services, including hardware and supplies, software, and services; (2) Vendor Product/Service Listing, which shows the products and services offered by each vendor; (3) Product Names; (4) Vendors, Producers, and Distributors, including addresses and phone…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computers, Consultants, Library Automation
Peer reviewedMerilees, Bobbie – Canadian Library Journal, 1987
This analysis of trends in the Canadian library systems marketplace in 1986, compares installations of large integrated systems and microcomputer based systems by relative market share, and number of installations by type of library. Canadian vendors' sales in international markets are also analyzed, and a director of vendors provided. (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Computers, Foreign Countries, Information Technology, Library Automation
Download full textSoffin, Stan; And Others – 1987
Forty-eight Michigan newspapers were surveyed by telephone to determine their criteria in selecting online database services, type of personnel using them, training procedures, budgets, and perceptions of the impact of these services on the speed of writing stories and quality of reporting. Data collection involved two phases: (1) researchers…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computers, Database Producers, Databases
Weiss, Arthur – 1996
Competitor information gathering is a key aspect of business planning. Information can be collected from either published or unpublished sources. Unpublished information will often be verified based on material from published sources. Published information is more likely to be factual and includes financial, stockmarket, press, market and…
Descriptors: Computers, Corporations, Databases, Foreign Countries
Marsh, Merle; Alden, Sally Bowman, Ed. – 1995
The information highway is an exciting place for children and families to visit, explore, and learn together. This book teaches parents basic knowledge about the Information Highway and how to use it with children. The following topics are covered in this book: (1) What is the Information Highway? (2) What is Telecommunications?; (3) Why You &…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Child Safety, Children
Gilbert, Philippe – 1996
Starting in the 1980s the online world has seen two models: the French model, Minitel, and the American model, Internet. At the end of 1995 the Minitel network was the biggest and oldest online service with 7 million users and 20,000 service providers; one year later, the Internet arrived. Tomorrow's online model will need to be: as familiar to…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Computers
