OPTICAL DISCS IN LIBRARIES
Learned Information, January 1991
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE.....vii
LIST OF TABLES.....ix
LIST OF FIGURES.....xiii
Part I. USE OF OPTICAL PRODUCTS IN NORTH AMERICA AND
WESTERN EUROPE .....1
Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION.....3
Chapter 2. METHODOLOGY.....5
2.1 Questionnaire Design.....5
2.2 Identification of Libraries and Information Centers.....6
2.3 Questionnaire Distribution and Returns.....7
2.4 Questionnaire Coding and Input, and Data Analyses.....7
Chapter 3. THE USE OF OPTICAL PRODUCTS AND FUTURE TRENDS.....11
3.1 General Observations.....11
3.2 Details of the Responding Libraries and Information Centers.....12
3.3 Results of the Studies.....21
(Results are arranged by the order of the questions asked)
Chapter 4. COMPARISON OF RESULTS: AMERICAN VS EUROPEAN.....71
4.1. Ownership of Optical Products in Libraries.....71
4.2. Ownership of Optical Products by Type of Library..... 73
4.3. Optical Products in Libraries.....75
4.4 Applications of Optical Products in Library.....77
4.5. Impacts of Optical Products..... 78
4.6. Effect of Optical Products on Library Use of Online Database..... 78
4.7 Pros and Cons of Optical Products..... 80
4.8. Difficulty with Different Vendors' Search Languages and Techniques.....82
4.9 Desired Features of Optical Products.....82
4.10. Desired Subjects of Optical Products..... 83
4.11. CD-ROM Drives in Libraries.....84
4.12. Non-Optical Product Users' Intent to Acquire..... 85
4.13. Optical Products for Most Probably Acquisition.....86
Chapter 5. CONCLUSION..... 87
Appendix 1. Questionnaire of the American Survey on the Use of CD-ROMs
and Optical Products in Libraries (1988).....90
Part II. INFORMATION SOURCES ON CD-ROM PRODUCTS AND THEIR USES
IN LIBRARIES ..... 99
Section 1. LIST OF RELEVANT INFORMATION SOURCES ON
OPTICAL PRODUCTS AND THEIR USES.....103
Section 2. LlTERATURE ON THE USE OF CD-ROMs IN LIBRARIES
-TABULATED PRESENTATION.....197
AUTHOR INDEX..... 225
SUBJECT INDEX..... 229