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Garbage In--Garbage Out. The Need for Quality in the Age of Automation. Proceedings of the Australian Library and Information Association National Cataloguing Conference (8th, North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, September 14-16, 1989).
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Bundy, Alan, Ed.; Bundy, Judith, Ed. – 1990
The 17 papers in this collection address aspects of quality data and quality of service to clients and the links between the two. Two keynote addresses are included: "A Plea for Quality Cataloguing with a Consideration of the Audience for Our Product" and "Rare Book Cataloging with the Audience Again Considered" (both by J. B.…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Foreign Countries, Information Retrieval, Library Automation
OCLC Looks to an Online Future: An Interview with K. Wayne Smith.
Arnold, Stephen – Online, 1993
Provides an interview with K. Wayne Smith, chief executive officer of OCLC, that focuses on OCLC's online reference services. Topics include the ratio between technical and online reference services, how OCLC fits into the online industry, telecommunications, electronic publishing, pricing, database tape leases, and CD-ROM. (EAM)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Utilities, Electronic Publishing, Interviews
Information Systems for Libraries and Archives: Opportunity or Incompatibility?
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Szary, Richard V. – Journal of Library Administration, 1986
Explores the requirements of archival information systems, as compared to existing library information systems, and suggests ways in which information technology may be used to create systems that accommodate both areas. (CLB)
Descriptors: Archives, Cataloging, Information Storage, Information Systems
Command Language and Screen Displays for Public Online Systems. Report of a Meeting Sponsored by the Council on Library Resources (Dublin, Ohio, March 29-30, 1984).
Peters, Paul Evan, Ed. – 1985
The Bibliographic Service Development Program of the Council on Library Resources convened a meeting of experts in March 1984 to consider the advisability of applying standards in the development and operation of online public access catalog systems in libraries. Following presentations from three invited participants, working groups were formed…
Descriptors: Information Retrieval, Information Storage, Information Systems, Libraries
Journal Article Coverage in Online Library Catalogs: The Next Stage for Online Databases?
Quint, Barbara – Online, 1987
Discusses advantages of tying together library book and journal collections in one online database. The division between the access tools of public and technical services is described and discussed in terms of the use of bibliographic utilities and search services, and some future consequences of full-collection access tools are described. (EM)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Utilities, Information Retrieval, Library Collections
ATLAS from Data Research Associates: A Fully Integrated Automation System.
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Mellinger, Michael J. – Library Hi Tech, 1987
This detailed description of a fully integrated, turnkey library system includes a complete profile of the system (functions, operational characteristics, hardware, operating system, minimum memory and pricing); history of the technologies involved; and descriptions of customer services and availability. (CLB)
Descriptors: Computer Software Reviews, Databases, Indexes, Information Systems
Crossing Borders: New Territories in the 90's. Contributed Papers Presented at the Arizona State Library Association Conference (Tucson, Arizona, November 1989).
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Hammond, Carol, Ed. – 1989
Twelve reports comprise this collection from the 1989 Arizona State Association Conference: (1) "CD ROMs Teach Online Searching" (Susan Awe); (2) "Collection Development as Intellectual Activity: An East Asian Specialist's View" (Ju-yen Teng); (3) "Computer-Assisted Reference Service in Map Librarianship: Electronic Access…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administrative Policy, Affirmative Action, Higher Education
Technical Services and the Internet.
McCoy, Patricia Sayre – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1995
Technical services librarians can use the Internet for acquisitions--search online databases for title information; listservs--discuss professional issues; cataloging--telnet to other university catalogs; serials--perform online claiming and/or subscribe to electronic journals; bibliographic utilities--search OCLC and RLIN. A related concern is…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Bibliographic Utilities, Cataloging
The CARL System at the University of Hawaii.
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Naj, Lindy; Chantiny, Martha – Library Software Review, 1993
Three articles discuss the second online library system at the University of Hawaii at Manoa--the CARL (Colorado Alliance for Research Libraries) System. Topics addressed include an overview of the system; development of a Windows-based CARL cataloging workstation; and incorporating digitized images in the online public access catalog. (EA)
Descriptors: Cataloging, College Libraries, Computer Software, Computer System Design
Executive Summaries: CIL '90.
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Elsweiler, John A., Jr.; And Others – Library Software Review, 1990
Presents summaries of 12 papers presented at the 1990 Computers in Libraries Conference. Topics discussed include online searching; microcomputer-based serials management; microcomputer-based workstations; online public access catalogs (OPACs); multitype library networking; CD-ROM searches; locally mounted online databases; collection evaluation;…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Software, Costs, Elementary Secondary Education