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Leighton, Lee – Journal of Library Administration, 1998
Addresses changes in cataloging at the University of California, Berkeley. Discusses experimentation with pilot technical services (OCLC PromtCat, Bibliographic Record Notification, and Repeat Search); technical services staff reductions and the emergence of a new staffing model and motivating supervisors and staff to become more flexible and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Change, Databases
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Deschamps, Christine – Journal of Library Administration, 1998
Discusses the early days of the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) in Europe, and developments in its usage. Highlights include negotiations between OCLC and France; retrospective conversion; reorganization and restructuring; the gradual approach to international use of OCLC; problems facing European libraries using OCLC; and benefits. (AEF)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Databases, Cataloging, Cooperative Programs
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Juergens, Bonnie; Prather, Tim – Journal of Library Administration, 1994
Uses OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) interlibrary loan (ILL) statistics to support a presentation of trends in library access, ownership and resource sharing. Statistical tables and a discussion of ILL activity specifically focus on ILL's increasing technological and economic requirements. Suggestions are made on how libraries may meet these…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Change Strategies, Economic Factors, Interlibrary Loans
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Chang, Min-min – Journal of Library Administration, 1998
Discusses the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) and the changing Asia Pacific library scene under the broad headings of the three phases of technology innovation. Highlights include WorldCat and the OCLC shared cataloging system; resource sharing and interlibrary loan; enriching OCLC online catalog with Asian collections; and future outlooks.…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Records, Cataloging, Foreign Countries, Information Networks
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Hurt, Charlene S. – Journal of Library Administration, 1991
Discussion of the college library of the future addresses issues involved in providing information in electronic formats via computer networks, different levels of workstations, online catalogs providing access to databases in multiple disciplines, and remote access to library resources. Plans for a new facility at George Mason University…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Databases, Electronic Libraries, Facility Planning