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Too Many Channels: Making Sense of Portals and Personalization.
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Ketchell, Debra S. – Information Technology and Libraries, 2000
Academic clientele expect their library to select the best information and organize it effectively for their personal consumption. Some answers to a hierarchical approach are customization through a MyLibrary feature, a role-based vertical view, and a powerful search engine all built on a rich resource database. Each is discussed. (AEF)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Databases, Information Management
Visual Access Tools for Special Collections.
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Rorvig, Mark E.; Wilcox, Mark E. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1997
Discusses some of the theory underlying visual access tools for special collections, introduces a specific World Wide Web application using the technology, and indicates some of the potential of the tool for visual access to images as well as text documents. Appendices include texts of courses used for proximity calculations as well as NASA…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer System Design, Information Retrieval, Information Sources
Online Music Symbol Retrieval from the Access Angle.
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Henigman, Barbara; Burbank, Richard D. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1995
Discusses results of a survey of music technical services librarians that investigated retrieval problems with the symbols for sharp and flat in music notation in online catalogs. Comparisons are made with an earlier study of online catalog vendors, and a list of institutions surveyed and the questionnaire used are appended. (LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Comparative Analysis, Information Retrieval, Library Catalogs
Answerman, the Expert Information Specialist: An Expert System for Retrieval of Information from Library Reference Books.
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Waters, Samuel T. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1986
Describes the National Agricultural Library's microcomputer-based expert system, which is designed to help users obtain answers to simple reference questions. Building of the system and its linking to external programs and systems are explained, and building of a total information system is proposed. Samples of the program are provided. (CDD)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Agriculture, Computer Software, Computer Storage Devices
The Linked Systems Protocol and the Future of Bibliographic Networks and Systems.
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Buckland, Michael K.; Lynch, Clifford A. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1987
Describes the Linked Systems Protocol, a draft national standard for bibliographic information retrieval aimed at developing an extended protocol for the movement of bibliographic information from one system to another, and its implications for library automation, the individual librarian, and the library user. (CLB)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Utilities, Cataloging, Computer Networks
How To Succeed in Promoting Your Web Site: The Impact of Search Engine Registration on Retrieval of a World Wide Web Site.
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Tunender, Heather; Ervin, Jane – Information Technology and Libraries, 1998
Character strings were planted in a World Wide Web site (Project Whistlestop) to test indexing and retrieval rates of five Web search tools (Lycos, infoseek, AltaVista, Yahoo, Excite). It was found that search tools indexed few of the planted character strings, none indexed the META descriptor tag, and only Excite indexed into the 3rd-4th site…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Automatic Indexing, Comparative Analysis, Computer Software Evaluation
Web-based OPACs: Between Tradition and Innovation.
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Moscoso, Purificacion; Ortiz-Repiso, Virginia – Information Technology and Libraries, 1999
Analyzes the change that Internet-based OPACs (Online Public Access Catalogs) have represented to the structure, administration, and maintenance of the catalogs, retrieval systems, and user interfaces. Examines the structure of databases and traditional principles that have governed systems development. Discusses repercussions of the application…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Change, Computer Interfaces, Computer System Design
Database Management Principles of the UCLA Library's Orion System.
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Fayollat, James; Coles, Elizabeth – Information Technology and Libraries, 1987
Describes an integrated online library system developed at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) which incorporates a number of database management features that enhance efficiency, for record retrieval and display. Design features related to record storage and retrieval and the design of linked files are described in detail.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Computer Networks, Database Management Systems
Impacts of Public Access to the Internet through Pennsylvania Public Libraries.
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Bertot, John Carlo; McClure, Charles R. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1997
Presents an evaluation of the OnLine at PA Libraries (1996-97) Internet-based information services and resources project for Pennsylvania residents. The project provided a statewide demonstration to improve public library services; connect public libraries to the Internet; provide a range of new services and resources to their communities; and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Cooperative Programs, Global Approach, Information Networks