Foundations of full text electronic information delivery systems implications for information professionals
This is a wide-reaching discussion of the issues and problems of electronic full text information delivery and its technological foundations. Topics covered include an overview of the information marketplace, the telecommunications foundation, and a discussion of open systems, connectivity, and info...
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| Language: | English |
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New York
Neal-Schuman Publishers
1996
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Add Tag | Summary: | This is a wide-reaching discussion of the issues and problems of electronic full text information delivery and its technological foundations. Topics covered include an overview of the information marketplace, the telecommunications foundation, and a discussion of open systems, connectivity, and information access. The text also explains national and regional networks in the information chain, the networked campus in information consumption, transparent gateway interfaces and the end-user, national information policy initiatives, electronic full-text document delivery systems, and international interfaces and data flow. Containing an additional discussion about the human side of information access, this volume should be of interest to information professionals who want to understand how today's information delivery systems work. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 221 pages illustration 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-201) and index |
| ISBN: | 1555702082 9781555702083 |
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