Campus-Wide Information Systems: Volume 10 Issue 2
Table of contents
Now This/Editorial: Large Craft Warnings
Milo NelsonAlthough our grandparents cautioned us against believing that bigger is better, it is advice usually ranked in quality of clairvoyance with counsel about the benefits of being…
This Just In/News
RLG's New Search System Debuts at Dartmouth Eureka, the new patron‐oriented search service from the Research Libraries Group, was previewed at Dartmouth College in January and…
Washington Inside Out
Online Access to Library of Congress. The Library of Congress has announced a major new initiative to increase the availability of its resources to the public. In a statement…
American Diary: Reach Out and Communicate with Someone
The telephone, one of the most under‐utilized, mistreated, and inappropriately applied inventions of the 19th century, is now being altered in ways that will permanently alter our…
The Good Interface: Friendly, Forgiving, and Intuitive
Howard StraussDiscusses the barriers affected by computer interfaces that preventusers from making proper use of the programme. Argues that a poorlydesigned interface can be fatal to any…
Cooperative Learning in the Multimedia Lab:There's Not a Computer at Every Desk
Richard LookatchExamines co‐operative learning, the concept that has generated agreat deal of excitement in recent years. Discusses the benefits ofco‐operative learning and the reasons why it has…
The Networked Local Library: Developing the Vision Thing
Kenneth Marks, Steven NielsenOffers a particular forecast of library networking in coming years,within the context of individual libraries. Foresees library networkingas being completely dependent on computer…
Reserving Workstations on a Local Area Network: Development of a LAN Booking System
Linda PearceExamines the implementation and development of a local area networkuser booking system for large reference libraries. Provides a typicalexample of LAN use and booking procedures…
Making All America a School: Mind Extension University
The invention of television was accompanied by thoughts that it represented a major breakthrough in communication, transcending telephone technology by presenting a video image…
Eliminating Cash at the University of Rochester: Don't Bother Bringing Change
Of all the things that newly matriculating students need to have when they arrive on the campus of the University of Rochester, small change is not one of them. Students here do…
Self‐Circulation in Libraries: A Quiet and Welcome Revolution in Library Ritual
The 3M company, which has largely limited its interest in contributing to library technology to creation of its Tattle‐Tape security strips that are embedded in books and then…