eative ways in which to utilize the system, and pass that expertise on to their coworkers (Audino and Borbely, 1989). The maintenance of the system would be the same as any other computerized product in that the higher the quality and service ratio of the hardware, the less amount of downtime. The online system itself, though, is maintained by the host company and the costs are only minimally reflected in connect charges. Modernization would involve only keeping up on the newer databases as they become available. Several publications are available to help in such cases, for instance, Online Today, Database, Journal of the American Society for Information Science, and others. Most online services also send out monthly updates to apprise their customers about the availability of new services.
The implementation of such a system could be accomplished in two ways: a mainframe with limited access to online systems, or a mainframe hooked up (LAN Local Area Network) to as many workstations as needed. With the use of scanner technology and CD ROM memo
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