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Tech Notes

Tech Notes are short, Web-based papers introducing specific technologies for public librarians.

PC Reservation & Print Management Software
Internet and Wan Access Options
Mobile Computer Devices in Libraries
Automated Storage/Retrieval and Return/Sorting Systems
Disaster Planning for Computers and Networks
Wireless LANs
Client Server Technology
Library Web Portals
RFID Technology
Plain Facts About Internet Filtering Software
E-Reference: Closing in on 24/7
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): The Persistence of Memory
Intranets: The Web Inside
Metadata: Always More Than You Think
Video Teleconferencing: Here, There, and Everywhere
Electronic Statistics: Counting Crows
Push Technology: Pushed to the Brink
Geographic Information Systems (GIS): Mapping the Territory
E-Books: I Sing the Book Electric
Unicode: From Chinese to Cherokee; from Kana to Klingon