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Journal article
Making it happen in a depository library: Those pesky CD-ROMs
Government information quarterly, Vol.10(3), pp.341-355
1993
Web of Science ID: WOS:A1993LW01600005
Abstract
CD-ROMs, when first distributed through the Government Printing Office's depository library program, overwhelmed the Government Documents/ Microforms Department of Georgetown University's Lauinger Library. In an effort to incorporate the format into public services, library administration committed substantial resources to overcome technical and financial barriers, and the depository adopted a strategy of accomplishing one activity at a time. Confidence increased, and staffs comfort and experiences with electronic products led to experimenting with automated information technologies. Two lessons were learned—providing public access to electronic information requires perseverance and a determined willingness to commit resources; and, success breeds success.
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- Title
- Making it happen in a depository library
- Publication Details
- Government information quarterly, Vol.10(3), pp.341-355
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc
- Copyright
- © 1993 Published by Elsevier Inc.
- Identifiers
- WOS:A1993LW01600005; 99380186296706600
- Academic Unit
- University of West Florida Libraries; Division of Academic Affairs
- Language
- English