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Peer reviewedKantor, Paul B. – Library Hi Tech, 1993
Describes the development of the Adaptive Network Library Interface (ANLI), an interactive computer program that acts as an interface between the users of an online card catalog and the catalog itself. Highlights include historical background; hypertext and the ANLI; neuronal nets and von Neumann computer architectures; and future possibilities.…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer Software Development, Futures (of Society), Hypermedia
Peer reviewedHildreth, Charles R. – Library Hi Tech, 1986
Command-driven searches would be facilitated, as users move from system to system, if a common command language were used. Proposed standards for a "Common Command Language for Online, Interactive Information Retrieval" have been developed by National Information Standards Organization (NISO) Committee G, and are now being reviewed for…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Display Systems, Information Systems, Library Catalogs
Nielsen, Brian – Library Journal, 1984
Focusing on online library catalogs as examples of human relationships as they are involved in process of technological innovations, this paper discusses introduction of innovation using a process model based on public policy research (theory) and experiences of Northwestern University with its online catalog (application). Five references are…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Computer Software, Higher Education, Human Factors Engineering
Lancaster, F. W.; And Others – Library Hi Tech News, 1986
This composite report provides summaries of presentations by 10 experts at the 23rd Annual Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing in April 1986 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. All were concerned with the design of online systems to make them easier for library patrons to use. (Author/CDD)
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Software, Data Processing, Information Retrieval
Download full textZumer, Maja – 1993
End-user interfaces for the online public access catalogs (OPACs) of OhioLINK, a system linking major university and research libraries in Ohio, and its 16 member libraries, accessible through the Internet, are compared and evaluated from the user-oriented perspective. A common, systematic framework was used for the scientific observation of the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Computer Networks, Computer Software
Borgman, Christine L.; And Others – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1991
Reports on a continuing project to study children's use of the Science Library Catalog (SLC), a graphically based direct manipulation microcomputer interface for locating science materials in elementary school libraries. Search success on SLC, which uses HyperCard, is compared with a Boolean system; effects of age and gender are studied; and user…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Computer Graphics, Computer Software
