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RFID for Libraries and its basic function

The concept of RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) can be simplified to that of an electronic barcode. First emerging in the 1980s, RFID was primarily used to track objects

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Z39.50 as inter-linked library systems

Z39.50 is an international standard for communication between computer systems primarily, library and information related systems. Z39.50 is becoming increasingly important to the future development...

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Lotus Notes for library systems

This briefing is a short summary of the main features of Lotus Notes and its applicability to library systems. Many corporations use Notes extensively and librarians asked to use it for library...

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Java, Network Computers and Network PCs, Implications for library systems

Management of PC has been a problem for librarians since they were first deployed to library staff and users. Compared to the dumb terminal the additional functionality has been an expensive benefit –...

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Inmagic.NET a knowledge management and special library software

Inmagic, Inc., a leading developer of knowledge management and special library software, announces Inmagic.NET, a new extension of its core text-based information management product, DB/TextWorks, and...

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New features for cataloguing tools Library.Solutions V2.2.1

The latest release of TLC

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ITS.ForWindows v. 3.36 new era in library management

The new release, ITSforWindows 3.36, is fully compatible with updated Library of Congress Control Numbers (LCCN) in use this January and provides expanded, new print capabilities. As Annette Bakhtiar,...

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BiblioMondo launched on the world stage

In a predicted move, the Canadian library systems vendor Best-Seller has acquired the UK based ALSi – the long established UK vendor. More of a surprise is the change of name of the company to BiblioMondo

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Technical standards: Z39.50 to Web gateway

1. Overall purpose The purpose of a Z39.50 [1] to Web [2] gateway is to combine the power of Z39.50 for search and retrieval from heterogenous systems with the ease of use provided by the Web. These...

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Information and Library science Glossary

Glossary of some terms used in Libraries and in reference to Library Information Science and the storage and organization of Information: Journal A publication issued on a regular basis, which contains...

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VIRTUAL CORPORATIONS: THE PROMISE AND THE PERIL

BY *Kevin R. Coulson, Ph.D. coulsonk@emporia.edu S. Prasad Kantamneni, Ph.D. kantamnp@emporia.edu *Please address all correspondence to the first author at: Department of Marketing, School of Business,...

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