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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
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| Language: | en |
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1987
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED307867 |
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- A Feasibility Study on Data Distribution on Optical Media. Bibliographic Databases Computer Networks Feasibility Studies Foreign Countries Library Automation Library Surveys Machine Readable Cataloging Marketing Optical Data Disks Pilot Projects Standards This feasibility study assesses the potential of optical technology in the development of accessible bibliographic and location data networks both in Canada and within the international MARC (Machine-Readable Cataloging) network. The study is divided into four parts: (1) a market survey of cataloging and interlibrary loan librarians to determine what the installed base of CD-ROM cataloging systems was in Canada, how the systems were being used, and library preferences for a potential NLC (National Library of Canada) product on CD-ROM; (2) an examination of production and distribution options which showed that every organization that distributes data to the library market in Canada has a CD-ROM product; (3) consideration of the standards that are beginning to emerge in the CD-ROM industry, particularly the standard for a logical file format; and (4) an outline of the phases necessary for a pilot project. (7 charts) (EW)