Development Strategies of Electronic Information Access Services in the Multimedia Room

Carmen CRIŞAN
Development Strategies of Electronic Information Access Services in the Multimedia Room
Institution: 
“Lucian Blaga” Central University Library, Cluj
Author's email: 
carmen@bcucluj.ro
Abstract: 

The Multimedia Room of the “Lucian Blaga” Central University Library, Cluj, was founded in April, 2000, and has been offering electronic information access services ever since. The paper presents the problems that the Multimedia Room had to confront with in the 3 years of its existence, problems of both technical and financial nature. The Multimedia Room has been offering access to scientific databases, CD or DVD supported materials free of charge, as well as taxed Internet access, printing or scanning services. The efficiency of these however depends on several factors: the budget allocated by the Library, the process of decision in favor of the adequate database acquisition, and the technical possibilities of the network supporting them. It is the analysis of these terms that the paper mainly focuses on.

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