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| Larson, Ray R. | 1 |
| Meyer, Richard W. | 1 |
| Su, Shiao-Feng | 1 |
| Timmons, Traci E. | 1 |
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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 reviewedMeyer, Richard W. – Library Quarterly, 1997
Rising periodical prices and lagging library budgets have many academics hoping that scholarly print journals will migrate to online versions. Examines economic factors shaping the electronic journal market, emerging new electronic journals, access versus ownership, consortial purchasing, self-maintained infrastructures, elimination of tenure and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Consortia, Costs
Peer reviewedCarlyle, Allyson; Timmons, Traci E. – Library Quarterly, 2002
Discusses the composition of bibliographic record displays and their impact on library catalog use, and describes a study of 38 MARC fields and subfields in 122 Web-based catalogs to determine whether they are included in default single-record displays. Suggests directions for future research. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Bibliographic Records, Library Catalogs, Online Catalogs, Research Needs
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 reviewedChaplan, Margaret A. – Library Quarterly, 1995
A study for assessing automatic vocabulary switching from a thesaurus to Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) revealed that a maximum 61%, but a more realistic 41.5%, of the terms could be switched automatically; as long as LCSH is used for subject descriptions in online catalogs, interfaces for vocabulary switching can only be partially…
Descriptors: Basic Vocabulary, Cataloging, Code Switching (Language), Computer Interfaces
