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Peer reviewedWaranius, Frances B.; Tellier, Stephen H. – Special Libraries, 1986
An automated library routine management system was developed in-house to create system unique to the Library and Information Center, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas. A modular approach was used to allow continuity in operations and services as system was implemented. Acronyms and computer accounts and file names are appended.…
Descriptors: Databases, Display Systems, Information Systems, Library Automation
Peer reviewedRomanos, Vasso Apostolidis; Fittipaldi, John J. – Online Review, 1987
Describes the development of a bibliographic information system designed to assist architecture/engineering firms under contract to the Army Corps of Engineers in locating regulations or guidelines for the planning, design, or construction of army facilities. A sample search of the system is appended. (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Architecture, Databases, Engineering, Facility Guidelines
Peer reviewedStover, Mark; Grassian, Esther – RQ, 1989
Describes the development of a machine readable reference information file at the University of California at Los Angeles. The discussion covers factors affecting the database structure, the use of a sophisticated text management system to enter data onto microcomputers, and possible future implementations of the reference information system. (16…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Database Design, Higher Education, Information Systems
Auster, Ethel, Ed. – Canadian Journal of Information Science, 1987
Presents the opening remarks and keynote addresses of a conference held in Toronto June 1-3, 1988. In the first address W. David Penniman presents a brief history of information technology and discusses issues of current concern. In the second, Jeffrey Katzer questions current assumptions underlying information science and discusses communications…
Descriptors: Databases, Economic Factors, Information Needs, Information Systems
Belkin, Nicholas J.; And Others – Canadian Journal of Information Science, 1987
Five papers discuss factors affecting human interactions with online information systems. Topics covered include the use of discourse analysis for interaction functions specification; the impact of optical data disks; the need for research into the search process; user access to data dictionaries; and the development of full text systems. (CLB)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Full Text Databases, Human Factors Engineering, Information Systems
Peer reviewedHildreth, Charles R. – Library Trends, 1987
Presents a classification scheme for generations of online catalogs; discusses current online technologies and identifies deficiencies; and discusses enhancements that will take online catalogs into the next generation. Such enhancements will include increased access to information through user-system dialogue, automatic search aids, subject…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Classification, Futures (of Society), Indexes
