Add to ORKGThe delivery of electronic information to libraries is increasing significantly in both volume and forms of delivery. These forms of delivery now include online searching, local access systems, and CD-ROM, to name only a few. CD-ROM is a technology, however, that is growing the fastest and has recently generated the most excitement in the library and publishing communities. This excitement is balanced by some concerns. Such concerns are diverse. This paper, however, addresses one concern in particular. That is, how will CD-ROM and other modern information handling technologies affect electronic publishing programs in general, and therefore by extension, libraries and publishers as well? Although the views represented here are of ...