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Historical Note: A Personalized Prehistory of OCLC.
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Kilgour, Frederick G. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1987
A founder trustee of OCLC recounts the steps toward automation of library catalogs encountered during his career, from the use of punched cards in a circulation system to the implementation of online union catalogs. (CLB)
Descriptors: Information Retrieval, Information Technology, Library Automation, Library Circulation
Patron Use of an Online Circulation System in Known-Item Searching.
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Specht, Jerry – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1980
A study of patron use of the University of Illinois online circulation system (LCS) found that 56 percent of original known item searches and 86 percent of location searches were successful, and that graduate students use the system very differently from the way undergraduates use it. (FM)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Library Catalogs, Library Circulation, Online Systems