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Peer reviewedFox, Judith A.; Kanafani, Kay – Information Technology and Libraries, 1989
Describes the development and implementation of software that provides a global change capability by allowing correction of a single heading in a large file of bibliographic records through programatic identification and replacement. Specific change processes are described, including name headings, geographic headings, and topical subject…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Bibliographic Records, Computer Software, Online Catalogs
Peer reviewedMifflin, Ingrid; Williams, Jean – Information Technology and Libraries, 1991
Discusses the importance of maintaining the accuracy and currency of the information in an online library catalog; examines aspects of online catalog maintenance that can be accomplished cooperatively, through networks, or automatically, by computer programs; and describes procedures followed at Washington State University that utilize the Western…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Utilities, Cataloging, Computer Software
Peer reviewedPhillips, Gary Lee – Information Technology and Libraries, 1992
Examines the potential application of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI)/National Information Standards Organization (NISO) Z39.50 library networking protocol as a client/server environment for a scholar's workstation. Computer networking models are described, and linking the workstation to an online public access catalog (OPAC) is…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Software, Computer System Design, Library Catalogs
Peer reviewedAissing, Alena L. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1992
Discusses bibliographic access to documents in nonroman scripts and the need for standards for the way different scripts are encoded for data processing. A microcomputer-based system that transliterates Cyrillic text to a romanized version and back to Cyrillic is proposed. (10 references) (MES)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Cataloging, Computer Software, Cyrillic Alphabet
Peer reviewedCrawford, 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
Peer reviewedKlemperer, Katharina; And Others – Information Technology and Libraries, 1989
Each of three articles describes an academic library's online catalog that includes locally created databases. Topics covered include database and software selection; systems design and development; database producer negotiations; problems encountered during implementation; database loading; training and documentation; and future plans. (CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Databases, Computer Software, Database Producers
Peer reviewedHurt, Charlene – Information Technology and Libraries, 1995
Describes efforts by academic libraries in Virginia to increase resource sharing through new technological developments. Highlights include cooperative collection development; software designed for resource sharing; regional electronic resources centers; workstations; interfaces to connect online catalogs; patron-initiated interlibrary loans; and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Interfaces, Computer Software, Higher Education
