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The RLIN Command Analysis System: Measuring Use and Performance of an Online System.
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Crawford, Walt – Information Technology and Libraries, 1985
Describes origin, development, and current state of Research Libraries Information Network's (RLIN) Command Analysis System, which digests large quantities of raw data on RLIN use and performance and produces useful graphs and reports. Recent results of system and pragmatic issues in analysis of online systems are noted. (7 references) (EJS)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Graphs, Information Networks, Information Systems
Techniques to Improve Subject Retrieval in Online Catalogs: Flexible Access to Elements in the Bibliographic Record.
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Connell, Tschera Harkness – Information Technology and Libraries, 1991
Discussion of improving subject access in online library catalogs focuses on a study that used a book description from "Book Review Digest" to evaluate the information on the bibliographic record found on the OCLC database. Matching by Library of Congress Subject Headings and by keywords in the title are discussed. (22 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Bibliographic Records, Bibliographic Utilities, Evaluation Methods, Information Retrieval
Testing Bibliographic Displays for Online Catalogs.
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Crawford, Walt – Information Technology and Libraries, 1987
Reports the design, methodology, and results of a research project which examined the effectiveness of bibliographic displays produced by online catalogs. A means of testing displays against several hundred thousand records at a reasonable cost and using that to test several display possibilities is described. (CLB)
Descriptors: Citations (References), Comparative Analysis, Computer Software, Evaluation Methods
Virginia Tech Report: CNI's Assessing the Academic Networked Environment Project.
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Eustis, Joanne; Gaylord, Clark; Hitchingham, Eileen; Homer, Kimberley; Taylor, David – Information Technology and Libraries, 1998
Describes Virginia Tech's participation in the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) Assessing the Academic Networked Environment Project to field test measures of the impact of networks and networked information resources on higher education institutions. Topics include student surveys, library surveys, administrative information services,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Networks, Educational Technology, Evaluation Methods
Communications.
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MacCorkle, Lyn – Information Technology and Libraries, 1991
Presents four articles that explore various uses of information technology in libraries: (1) the publication of faculty bibliographies by a university library using microcomputers; (2) automation in Hungarian libraries; (3) integrating Utlas' CD-CATSS system into the cataloging workflow of a university library; and (4) reevaluating an integrated…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographies, Cataloging, Computer Software
Measuring the Performance of a Merging Algorithm: Mismatches, Missed-Matches, and Overlap in Israel's Union List.
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Meir, Daniel D.; Lazinger, Susan S. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1998
Reports on a survey measuring the performance of a merging algorithm used to generate the now-defunct ULM (Union List of Monographs) file for ALEPH, Israel's research library network. Discusses automatic detection and merging of duplicate bibliographic records, problems created by lack of a standard for Hebrew spelling, and methods for measuring…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Bibliographic Databases, Bibliographic Records, Data Processing
What They Say They Do and What They Do: Assessing Online Catalog Use Instruction through Transaction Monitoring.
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Nielsen, Brian – Information Technology and Libraries, 1986
This review of the overall findings of the "Educating the Online Catalog User" project at Northwestern University Library focuses on methods of data collection used in evaluating online catalog performance and user performance. The rationale and methodology of transaction log monitoring and new directions for technical development are…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Library Catalogs