Cataloging CD-ROMs

ATA Packet Interface for CD - ROMs Small Form Factor Committee

Interactive Education: Transitioning CD-ROMs to the Web

CD-ROM publishing of interactive multimedia has generally taken the model of the printing press and transferred it into the new digital medium. Even when presented as interactive multimedia, the content itself is frozen in time and not updatable. This is frustrating since a new CD-ROM becomes old hat as soon as it is pressed. More than a year ago we integrated most of Jane Goodall's fieldwork a...

Characterization of CD-ROMs for Emulation-Based Access

Memory institutions have already collected large amounts of digital objects, predominantly CD-ROMs. Some of them are already inaccessible with current systems, most of them will be soon. Emulation offers a viable strategy for long-term access to these publications. However, these collections are huge and the objects are missing technical metadata to setup a suitable emulated environment. In thi...

Evaluation of two CD-ROMs from a series on cell biology.

Two CD-ROMs from a series dealing with various major aspects of cell biology are evaluated in this paper using quantitative and qualitative approaches. The findings delimit similarities and differences of the two CD-ROMs and shed light on how the programs could be used in the learning process and how they should not be. The overall impression, as well as the graphical and technical features, re...

Bildunterstützte Diagnose von Ernährungsstörungen an Topfpflanzen und Gemüse - CD-ROMs für Beratung und Lehre

Descriptions of nutritional deficiencies in literature are mostly based on agricultural crops. As every plant variety reacts very individually on deficiency or excess of nutrients, there is still a large lack of information on horticultural products. For this reason many vegetable and pot plant varieties have been tested on symptoms of nutritional deficiencies by selective fertilisation at the ...