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Peer reviewedSu, Shiao-Feng – Library Quarterly, 1994
Traces the development of online public access catalogs (OPACs) and compares what has occurred with a 1964 article that outlined recommendations for a future card catalog. Subject access is emphasized, including Library of Congress Subject Headings, expansion of OPACs, user-friendly interfaces, new technologies, and current visions of the future…
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Library Catalogs, Online Catalogs, Subject Index Terms
Peer reviewedLarson, Ray R. – Library Quarterly, 1991
Discusses problems with subject searches in online library catalogs and examines theoretical principles for the design of effective information retrieval systems. Probabilistic ranking methods are discussed, and an experimental online catalog called CHESHIRE is described. It is noted that CHESHIRE uses classification clustering, provides natural…
Descriptors: Classification, Information Retrieval, Library Catalogs, Online Catalogs
Peer reviewedBorgman, Christine L. – Library Quarterly, 1997
Discusses the history of American and British experiences with library automation and contrasts them with recent developments in central and eastern Europe. Highlights include efficiency of internal operations, including cataloging data; access to internal and external library resources, including online catalogs and document delivery; and…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Comparative Analysis, Document Delivery, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedAllen, Bryce – Library Quarterly, 1991
Describes research using students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign that investigated the ways in which different levels of knowledge about a topic can affect search strategies in an online public access catalog. Previous research is reviewed, and implications for information intermediaries and designers of information retrieval…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Analysis of Variance, Higher Education, Hypothesis Testing
Peer reviewedAvram, Henriette D. – Library Quarterly, 1983
Reviews programs aimed toward building of national database--RECON Working Task Force's Study of feasibility of converting the retrospective records of the Library of Congress, Cooperative MARC (COMARC), REMARC, and CONSER (continuing effort to build national database of serial records). Current efforts contributing to the evolving network are…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Databases, Information Networks, Library Cooperation
Peer reviewedReynolds, Sally Jo – Library Quarterly, 1989
Discusses the need for a subject cataloging code in order to evaluate subject catalog effectiveness, take advantage of online technologies, and keep the subject headings list current. Impediments to a code, both practical and philosophical, are identified. Practical suggestions for improving subject cataloging without a theoretical code are…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Evaluation Criteria, Indexing, Online Catalogs
