12. Essen Symposium 1989

• Ching-chih Chen: Hypermedia/Multimedia Technology and New Opportunities for Libraries in the 1990s. 1-23
• David Raitt, Ching-chih Chen: Use of CD-ROMs in West German Libraries. 25-36
• Rolf-Dieter Schmid: Purposes of Interactive Optical Disks for Libraries and their Users (Abstract). 37-39
• Armin Hetzer: Microcomputer Applications in Manuscript and Rare Book Collections. 41-56
• Susan K. Martin: The Use of Hypertext for Orientation: the NCLIS Approach. 57-69
• Mohammed M. Aman, Wilfred W. Fong, Virgil Diodato: The Use of LAN in Improving Management and Services in an Academic Environment. 71-84
• Eberhard Janke: Micromation Prospects for Standards in Libraries in Industrialized and Developing Countries. 85-101
• Shmuel Sever, Yosef Branse: The Use of Microcomputers in Israeli Public Libraries. 103-112
• Ronald M. Schmidt: Integration of Microcomputers into a Mainframe Based Library System. 113-125
• Bernhard Eversberg: Allegro: A New Database Concept for Micros (MS-DOS and UNIX). 127-144
• Kathleen T. Bivins Noerr: Data Conversion: Capabilities and Possibilities for Microcomputers. 145-154
• Morten Hein: A Scenario of OSI Based Library Cooperation (Abstract). 155-157
• David J. Price: Microcomputers: Future Prospects for the Oxford Library System. 159-173
• Heinz Habermann: Microcomputers and Local Subsystems. Some Questions of Data Exchange (Abstract). 175-177
• Erwin K. Welsch: From Here to There and Back Again: Using Remote Session Microcomputer Software for Information Access in Libraries. 179-207
• Reimer Auls: The Possibility of Displaying Special Characters and the Combination of Standard and Diacritical Characters in Microcomputers. 209-219
• Ellen M. Pearson: Conference Summary. 221-224