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Delsey, Tom – 2000
This paper describes the impact that technological change over the past few decades has had on a number of key interfaces to the library catalog, including the user, resource, abstract/index, and union catalog interfaces. Areas of focus for future development are then highlighted, including: (1) reassessing data requirements and conventions in…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Computer Interfaces, Information Networks, Information Technology

Brownrigg, Edwin B.; And Others – Information Technology and Libraries, 1984
This tutorial on packet radio (communication system using radio and digital packet-switching technology) highlights radio transmission of data, brief history, special considerations in applying packet radio to library online catalogs, technology, defining protocol at physical and network levels, security, geographic coverage, and components. (A…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Information Networks, Information Systems, Library Automation

Avram, Henriette D. – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1986
Reviews history of events leading to the Linked Systems Project and describes two major components: communications facility and applications programs. The initial application--sharing of authority data based on the Library of Congress Name Authority Cooperative Project--is discussed, and future applications and their implications are briefly…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Databases, Diagrams, Information Networks

Cortez, Edwin M. – Catholic Library World, 1982
Identifies technologies available to libraries and information centers for increasing and redirecting information services to patrons. Viewdata and teletext services, videodisc technology, online catalogs, and microcomputers are highlighted, and methods and strategies for effective implementation are discussed. (EJS)
Descriptors: Home Programs, Information Networks, Information Services, Information Systems
Lynch, Clifford A.; Preston, Cecilia M. – Electronic Networking: Research, Applications and Policy, 1992
Examines usage scenarios for a database of descriptive information to access networked information resources such as online library catalogs, file archives, online journal article repositories, and information servers. Existing classification schemes and their usefulness for networked information resources are discussed. Specific data elements…
Descriptors: Classification, Databases, Directories, Futures (of Society)

MacNamara, Shane; Cunningham, Padraig; Byrne, John – Information Processing & Management, 1998
Analyzes a neural network for its ability to perform a task involving identification of the language entries in a 19th-century library catalog containing entries in 14 different languages. Compares the neural network's performance with that of trigrams and a suffix/morphology analysis; the trigrams prove to be superior. (AEF)
Descriptors: Classification, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Information Networks

Burger, Robert H. – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1984
Four artificial intelligence (AI) concepts that have relevance for information retrieval systems are discussed and applied to area of authority control in automated catalogs--pattern recognition, representation, problem solving, learning. Existing automated authority control systems are analyzed using two other AI concepts, augmentation and…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Cataloging, Information Networks, Information Retrieval
Saunders, Laverna M. – Computers in Libraries, 1992
Discussion of the concept of a virtual library focuses on the needs of the user. Topics addressed include searching remote library catalogs and databases; the availability of information through the Internet and other networks; and the expertise needed by library staff to instruct and assist users. (11 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Databases, Information Networks
Zhao, Shuyuan; Kantor, Paul B. – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1993
Describes ANLI (Adaptive Network Library Interface), an interface to an academic library's online catalog that links documents through interactions with users. Topics addressed include relation to neural networks; system design issues, including network management; the architecture of the ANLI; and the ANLI as a research tool. (Contains five…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Networks, Computer System Design, Higher Education
Emmens, Carol E. – School Library Journal, 1982
Describes "Maggie's Place," the library computer system of the Pikes Peak Library District, Colorado Springs, Colorado, noting its use as an electronic card catalog and community information file, accessibility by home users and library users, and terminal considerations. (EJS)
Descriptors: Community Information Services, Information Networks, Input Output Devices, Library Automation

Jones, C. Lee – Information Technology and Libraries, 1982
Identifies the several functions which contribute to the total bibliographic record structure of the country, dividing the bibliographic record system by market type--government, nonprofit, and for-profit--and by function--shared cataloging, interlibrary loans, online catalogs, circulation control, serials control, and acquisitions. (Author/JL)
Descriptors: Cataloging, Information Networks, Interlibrary Loans, Library Acquisition

Smith, Neil – Information Services & Use, 1996
Discusses the use of the Z39.50 standard for information retrieval in the British Library's efforts toward networked information retrieval and online public access catalogs in cooperation with the European Union and other countries. OSI (open systems interconnection) and project ONE (a collaborative project in the European Union) are explained.…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Electronic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Information Networks

Bishop, George E.; Case, Donald O.; Hassan, Patricia L.; Smith, Jeanette C.; Zhang, Daofu – Journal of Library Administration, 1998
Marking the 25th anniversary (August 26, 1996) of WorldCat (the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) Online Union Catalog) OCLC and the U.S. regional networks sponsored an essay contest for librarians and library users to write essays describing their impressions of the OCLC Online Union Catalog. Four prize-winning essays from Michigan, Kentucky,…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Essays, Expository Writing, Information Networks
Boss, Richard – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1984
Report on developments in the retrospective conversion of manual library files to machine-readable form discusses planning and decision making; accommodating full records; conforming to standards; creating bibliographic records; sources of retrospective conversion support (bibliographic utilities, stand-alone systems); use of microcomputers;…
Descriptors: Cost Estimates, Databases, Information Networks, Library Automation

Graham, Peter S. – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1983
Discusses trends in computer technology and their use for library catalogs, noting the concept of bandwidth (describes quantity of information transmitted per given unit of time); computer hardware differences (micros, minis, maxis); distributed processing systems and databases; optical disk storage; networks; transmission media; and terminals.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Science, Computer Storage Devices, Databases