CALIBER 1996: Vadodara

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    CD -ROM Databases Services at Inflibnet Program a Proposal for Social Science Field
    (INFLIBNET Center, 1996-02-15) KULKARNI, D.R.; CHOLIN, V.S.
    This paper briefly discusses the CD-ROM history, hardware and software part of it. Looking at the scope, it reveals wide variety of CD databases available all over the world in Social Sciences. By highlighting the necessity, urgent need, problems and prospects of researchers, academicians and students, it proposed on INFLIBNET to start such services by procuring minimum number CD's covering maximum subject concepts in order to cater the needs of Social Science users.
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    CD -ROM Databases The Practical Information Solution For The Librarians and Users
    (INFLIBNET Center, 1996-02-15) Kesavan, R Venkata
    Dissemination of the right information to the right user, at the right time, at the right cost is the grass root principle of any information system. For which, the IT (Information Technology) helps in many ways, which is right from the invention of a personal computer to CD-ROM (Compact Disk-Read only Memory) technology. CD-ROM technology is mainly used in the intormetion storage and retrieval operations, which helps to handle the large volume of data (which can be textual,numerical, graphical) in a effective, accurate and faster way. In this information explosion era, culling out the required information is a challenging task to the librarians and information professionals. To succeed in this situation using the traditionally available information dissemination methods are not ideal and advisable. The ideal solution to handle such a large volume of data is the application of CD-ROM technology, the one which is quite cheaper and economical too. This paper deals about the general characteristic features of CORaM databases, hardware and sottwere requirements to set up a CD-ROM work station, popular CD-ROM databases available in various subjects, and the special benefits of CD-ROM databases, etc.