00765nam a2200097Ia 450000500170000010000220001724500550003926000090009452005450010358300190064820260716043324.0  aSTRATTON, Barbara  aTransiency of CD-ROM? A reappraisal for the 1990s.  c1994  aRe-examines the hypothesis that CD-ROM is a transient technology likely to be supplanted.  Compares CD-ROM with online information retrieval, and suggests that the poor currency of CD-ROM may be solved by providing complimentary online and CD-ROM services.  Discusses the provision of parallel printing, online and CD-ROM versions, networking issues, and the impact of CD-ROM on printed products.  Considers current applications of CD-ROM for enabling electronic libraries and for document and database delivery, particularly over networks.  c3/7/00kM2LMGR