The business traveler will have enhanced access to data base searching as a result of a program launched by Travelhost Communications Inc. The company is establishing a terminal and network system to serve 500,000 hotel rooms.
By pressing just a few keys on the computer terminal, a hotel guest will be able to access an electronic mail system and send and receive messages to and from clients, the office, and home. Other functions provide access to airline schedules, closing stock market quotations, restaurant guides, local jot opportunities, and computer games. Numerous other services ale also available, including the ability to dial into and access other computers and data bases throughout the nation.
The implications for libraries may include the availability of lower cost terminals as the result of mass production and a rapidly growing number of computer-literate library users.
