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ESS: The Library of Congress Experimental Search System.

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Wilder, Dean; Greenfield, Rich – Library Hi Tech, 1997

Describes the Library of Congress's Experimental Search System (ESS), a Web-based online public access catalog that introduced new search methods to replace Boolean searching as well as powerful navigational aids for browsing and cross-linking. Discusses problems, ESS user comments, acceptance by Library of Congress staff, and future…

Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Futures (of Society), Library Automation, Library Catalogs

The Net and Z39.50: Toward a Virtual Union Catalog.

Stark, Ted – Computers in Libraries, 1997

Describes the State of Iowa Libraries Online project (SILO) which was developed to demonstrate new information technologies available to libraries. Focuses on two interlinked components of the project: Web-based union catalog development and statewide deployment of the ANS/NISO Z39.50 information retrieval standard. Includes recommendations for…

Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Databases, Bibliographic Records, Information Networks