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Rethinking OPACS: The Design of Assertive Information Systems.

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Culkin, Patricia B. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1989

Discusses the need to reassess the objectives of online public access catalogs and how those objectives might be met before costly investments are made in electronic versions of "other data" for online catalogs. Several objectives are outlined and their feasibility in the modern telecommunications environment is examined. (two references) (CLB)

Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Educational Objectives, Higher Education, Information Systems

Web-based OPACs: Between Tradition and Innovation.

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Moscoso, Purificacion; Ortiz-Repiso, Virginia – Information Technology and Libraries, 1999

Analyzes the change that Internet-based OPACs (Online Public Access Catalogs) have represented to the structure, administration, and maintenance of the catalogs, retrieval systems, and user interfaces. Examines the structure of databases and traditional principles that have governed systems development. Discusses repercussions of the application…

Descriptors: Access to Information, Change, Computer Interfaces, Computer System Design