Word: cd
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Lamont is the first Harvard library to permit students to check out CD-ROMs, compact discs holding information accessible by computer. Though the CDs have been available since August, the library has just begun to publicize it, according to Amy M. Kautman, Lamont's head reference librarian...
Lamont's current collection of CD-ROMs consists of 12 titles in both Macintosh and IBM format, including Smithsonian's America, Microsoft Art: The National Gallery, and Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time...
...faced with the realization that multimedia is here. The singular CD-ROMs that are out are no longer an electronic version of a book," Kautman said...
...most serious problem facing the new system is that the library does not have computers with CD-ROM drives available for use, so students must have their own access to a CD-ROM drive...
...music lover, you may want to fight your way through the crowds and try to find good standing room near the speakers, to hear the Grille's CD of the month. Don't be disappointed if you are unable to do so; you'll hear the same song again before the night is over...