Management of Plug-Ins for MultiMedia E-Journals


Subject: Management of Plug-Ins for MultiMedia E-Journals
Gerry Mckiernan (GMCKIERN@gwgate.lib.iastate.edu)
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 13:50:23 -0500


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Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 13:50:23 -0500
From: "Gerry Mckiernan" <GMCKIERN@gwgate.lib.iastate.edu>
To: arl-ejournal@arl.org
Subject: Management of Plug-Ins for MultiMedia E-Journals

               _Management of Plug-Ins_

     As part of my overview/review of the Ramifications of Multimedia
in Electronic Journals, I am greatly interested in learning about the
management of the installations of plug-ins / helper applications to
support the Multimedia in these journals in academic and research
libraries/ institutions.

     I am interested in managing the plug-ins / helper applications
for any and all types of multimedia found in these e-journals, notably,
audio, video, animation, VRML, and animation., as well the management
of plug-ins in general.

     For examples, see my M-Bed(sm) registry of embedded multimedia
electronic journals at:

     http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/M-Bed.htm

     Are the plug-ins installed and/or maintained from a central server,
or are they installed machine-by- machine? Otherwise?

     In general, what are the issues faced in installing and maintaining
such plug-ins? The associated costs? Policy issues?

     As Always, Any and All contributions, comments, questions, or
critiques are Most Welcome!

   Regards,

/Gerry McKiernan
Theoretical Librarian
Iowa State University
Ames IA 50011

gerrymck@iastate.edu

          Beware the Nines of September (9-9-99)



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