Few types of information sources have had as profound an effect on library services, policies, and procedures as have CD-ROM databases.While the simple fact of subscribing to a CD-ROM database service is very little different from subscribing to any other serialat least superficially-the actual implementation of CD-ROM services has a ripple effect that affects virtually every operational area of the library. Policies and procedures in almost every library department will need to be modified, codified, and in some cases invented. It is difficult to overestimate the impact that the implementation of such a service can have on libraries' budgets and on their personnel. This paper attempts to lay out some of the issues and alternatives associated with developing CD-ROM collections. Because of the widespread repercussions of developing such collections, the paper addresses a
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