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Peer reviewedCarter, Ruth C. – Library Hi Tech, 1984
Efforts of the Technical Standards for Library Automation Committee (TESLA), a division-wide committee of the Library Information and Technology Association (LITA) of the American Library Association, are described. The current status of suggested technical standards and recommended action are detailed. Five sources are given. (Author/EJS)
Descriptors: Library Associations, Library Automation, Library Standards
Peer reviewedRahn, Erwin – Library Hi Tech, 1984
Discusses the evolution of standards for bar codes (series of printed lines and spaces that represent numbers, symbols, and/or letters of alphabet) and describes the two types most frequently adopted by libraries--Code-A-Bar and CODE 39. Format of the codes is illustrated. Six references and definitions of terminology are appended. (EJS)
Descriptors: Character Recognition, Definitions, Information Retrieval, Library Automation
Peer reviewedSugnet, Chris, Ed. – Library Hi Tech, 1986
Representatives of five library integrated system vendors express their views on ethics and the marketplace, emphasizing the need for ethical behavior by librarians, consultants, and vendors. Four sidebars are included: one on the need for customer data rights standards; others containing the codes of ethics of three professional consultants'…
Descriptors: Codes of Ethics, Conflict of Interest, Consultants, Ethics
Peer reviewedDrabenstott, Jon, Ed. – Library Hi Tech, 1986
Six prominent consultants consider the technical dimensions of retrospective conversion, the appropriate standards to employ, the proper relationship of conversion activities to the entire automation project, and several options available for converting a bibliographic database into machine-readable format: online or batch shared cataloging…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Consultants, Costs, Library Automation
Peer reviewedEpstein, Hank – Library Hi Tech, 1986
Discusses the importance of the response time of an online public catalog and its capacity to support multiple users without system degradation; outlines general requirements of an online catalog; explains the difference between menu and command systems; defines response time; and suggests ways of testing an online system accurately. (EM)
Descriptors: Equipment Standards, Evaluation Methods, Field Tests, Guidelines
Peer reviewedVan Houweling, Douglas E. – Library Hi Tech, 1986
Survey of the history and current development of information technology covers hardware (economies of scale, communications technology, magnetic and optical forms of storage), and the evolution of systems software ("tool" software, applications software, and nonprocedural languages). The effect of new computer technologies on human…
Descriptors: Computer Software, History, Information Networks, Information Storage
