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Crook, Mark A. – 1988
This report briefly describes the background, software, tools used, and future directions of the Scholarly Services project which began in 1987 in the OCLC Office of Research. Several selected projects are reviewed to illustrate how sample data are extracted from the OCLC Online Union Catalog to support scholars in their research endeavors. The…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Bibliographic Records, Cataloging, Computer Software
Download full textMiller, Bruce, Comp. – 1989
This catalog is a reference guide to microcomputer-based library software. It is noted that a CMBLS listing does not constitute a recommendation, as recommendations are not the policy of the FEDLINK (Federal Library and Information Network) Library Automation Resource Service, and that the catalog errs on the side of overinclusion to give the…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Database Management Systems, Integrated Library Systems, Library Automation
Peer reviewedTownley, Charles T. – College and Research Libraries, 1992
Presents results of an evaluation of C.D. Cat, a CD-ROM union catalog developed by the Associated College Libraries of Central Pennsylvania consortium. Outcomes are reported in the areas of bibliographic quality, user evaluation, public relations strategies, bibliographic instruction, and guidelines for continuing operations. Recommendations are…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Software, Consortia, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedDalto, Gian Carlo – Electronic Library, 1989
Describes the development of a union catalog system on optical data disks for scientific libraries in Milan. The characteristics of the system and the reasons for its creation are discussed, and a normal work session is illustrated. (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Foreign Countries, Library Cooperation, Optical Data Disks
Peer reviewedGiaccai, Susanna – Electronic Library, 1989
Describes an automation project in Italy in which public libraries share functions such as cataloging and interlibrary loans by setting up a virtual network of microcomputers using TINlib software and exchange data using floppy disks. The operation of the system is described, problems encountered are identified, and future projects are discussed.…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Floppy Disks, Foreign Countries, Interlibrary Loans
Paepcke, Andreas; Brandriff, Robert; Janee, Greg; Larson, Ray; Ludaescher, Bertram; Melnik, Sergey; Raghavan, Sriram; [and] Owen, Catherine; Pearson, Tony; Arnold, Stephen; [and] Moore, Reagan; Baru, Chaitan; Rajasekar, Arcot; Ludaescher, Bertram; Marciano, Richard; Wan, Michael; Schroeder, Wayne; Gupta, Amarnath; [and] Coyle, Karen – D-Lib Magazine, 2000
Includes four articles that discuss: (1) search middleware, or software packages that allow access to information sources for digital libraries; (2) film archives and building online collections of data for use in film research and teaching; (3) digital archives; and (4) a virtual union catalog for the University of California. (LRW)
Descriptors: Archives, Comparative Analysis, Computer Software, Electronic Libraries
Weaver-Meyers, Pat; Fong, Yem – Library Administration and Management, 1995
Presents issues from a debate about interlibrary loan (ILL) policies and the use of union lists on the OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) ILL subsystem. Highlights include library funding, costs of maintaining serials holdings on a utility, borrowing procedures, quality service, workload leveling, staffing, and problems with OCLC system…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Debate, Interlibrary Loans, Library Expenditures
Peer reviewedFrate, A. Del – Science and Technology Libraries, 1988
Traces the development of a second generation library network consisting of 15 autonomous National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) libraries. The discussion covers some comparisons between the first and second generation networks, types of computerized systems and communication systems used in the current network, and future plans.…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Governance, Information Services, Information Technology
Maine Univ., Orono. Raymond H. Fogler Library. – 1991
The libraries of the University of Maine System, Bates, Bowdoin, and Colby Colleges have installed integrated systems which are being linked electronically and are designed to promote the maximum sharing of library resources, thereby significantly enhancing the teaching and research capabilities of each institution. The institutions propose to…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Computer Networks, Computer Software
Peer reviewedFarris, Deirdre A. – Library Software Review, 1987
Describes the planning and implementation of a library automation system which encompasses four campus locations of a community college, and includes automation of technical processes and full access to holdings and circulation records of all the libraries involved. Software and hardware considerations are discussed, and guidelines to automation…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Community Colleges, Computer Networks, Computer Software
Wiget, Lawrence A. – 1986
This examination of microcomputer use in primary schools begins by comparing the national data for elementary schools for 1984-1985 with the findings of a study of seven elementary schools in the Anchorage (Alaska) School District (ASD) which was conducted in the same year. Current research findings are cited in a discussion of assumptions about…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum Guides, Educational Planning
Bruman, Janet – 1986
This report addresses alternative means of interconnecting or providing access to the various automated systems within the 17-member North Bay Cooperative Library System (NBC), with emphasis on providing information on the availability of materials for loan, the principal objective of the NBC Telecommunications Project, Year Two. Advantages and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Computer Software, Higher Education
Micro-Ideas, Glenview, IL. – 1986
Fifty-five papers focusing on the role of computer technology in education at all levels are included in the proceedings of this conference, which was designed to model effective and appropriate uses of the computer as an extension of the teacher-based instructional system. The use of the computer as a tool was emphasized, and the word processor…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Managed Instruction
