|
|
Article: Information sources for the graphic arts. (includes related information on databases and Cahners Economics)
- Article from:
- Graphic Arts Monthly
- Article date:
- October 1, 1990
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. (US). This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Information Sources For the Graphic Arts
As we enter the 1990s we find ourselves in what some have termed the "information age," in which the knowledge once held by industry experts is now found in computerized databases and expert systems. Face-to-face communication has been supplanted by voice messaging, facsimile transmission, teleconferencing, electronic mail, and other communication systems.
The notion that the advent of the microcomputer and all its related technology has replaced the need for common sense, gut-level decisions and the value of looking a person straight in the eye, is debatable at best. It is, however, unquestionable that ...