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Article: CD-ROM to go: circulating CD-ROM collections in the public library.(interview with City of York Public Library, Toronto, Canada, official George Dundas)(Interview)
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- Computers in Libraries
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- October 1, 1995
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Recently I interviewed George Shirinian, head of the Jane-Dundas branch of the City of York Public Library in Toronto. This library system is reputedly the first anywhere to have a circulating collection of CD-ROMs. In this interview, Shirinian reveals why and how the library started circulating discs, where the collection came from, how it was marketed, and how it's handled in terms o processing and lending. If your library is considering a program like this, the answers to all your questions--and the statistics that prove success--are right here.
Q When did you start circulating CD-ROMs to the clients of the City of York Public Library?
A It was on November ...