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Peer reviewedMarchionini, Gary – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1992
Discusses essential features of interfaces to support end-user information seeking. Highlights include cognitive engineering; task models and task analysis; the problem-solving nature of information seeking; examples of systems for end-users, including online public access catalogs (OPACs), hypertext, and help systems; and suggested research…
Descriptors: Hypermedia, Information Needs, Information Seeking, Library Catalogs
Peer reviewedMatthews, Joseph R. – Information Services & Use, 1994
Describes the Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) and the inclusion of abstracting and indexing industry databases in OPACs. Topics addressed include the implications of including abstracting and indexing tape and CD-ROM products in OPACs; the need for standards allowing library systems to communicate with dissimilar CD-ROM products; and computer,…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Bibliographic Databases, Business, Computer Networks
Peer reviewedNystrom, Kathleen A. – Catholic Library World, 1994
The new manager of the Saint Louis Public Library's cataloging department describes how she dealt with three computer systems, planning for unexpected downtime, juggling staff, balancing different levels of expertise, and upgrading staff technical skills. The development of a cataloging procedures manual is also described. (KRN)
Descriptors: Administrators, Cataloging, Guides, Library Administration
Allen, Barbara McFadden, Ed.; And Others – Illinois Libraries, 1993
This theme issue discusses the Illinois Library and Information Network (ILLINET). Topics addressed include network components, the interlibrary loan code, the resource sharing union catalog, the OCLC users' group, OCLC's EPIC service, access to indexing services, SILO (Serials of Illinois Libraries Online) members, and excerpts from the…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Utilities, Information Retrieval, Interlibrary Loans, Library Cooperation
Peer reviewedHunter, Rhonda N. – RQ, 1991
Reports on a transaction log study of the online catalog at North Carolina State University-Raleigh that was conducted to determine users' searching behavior and the problems they experienced. Failure rates for various searches are examined, usage patterns are described, and results are compared with data from earlier studies. (seven references)…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Library Catalogs
Peer reviewedStackpole, Laurie E.; King, Richard James – Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship, 1999
Describes services of the Naval Research Laboratory Library that provide users in four geographical locations with digital library services, including over 500 electronic journals. Highlights include a Web-based information system, cooperative agreements, licensing, online catalogs, databases, hardware configuration, and future development.…
Descriptors: Databases, Electronic Journals, Electronic Libraries, Futures (of Society)
Deines-Jones, Courtney – Library Hi Tech News, 1998
Provides an overview of TESTLAB, a cooperative project of libraries in Austria, Ireland, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom that addresses improved library access for visually impaired users. A sampling of TESTLAB projects is presented, and a TESTLAB survey on electronic service provision is described. Future efforts and implications are…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Blindness, Document Delivery, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedBordeianu, Sever; Carter, Christina E.; Dennis, Nancy K. – RSR: Reference Services Review, 2000
Describes Web-based online public access catalogs (Web OPACs) and other Web-based tools as gateway methods for providing access to library collections. Addresses solutions for overcoming barriers to information, such as through the implementation of proxy servers and other authentication tools for remote users. (Contains 18 references.)…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Information Dissemination, Information Sources, Integrated Library Systems
Irgens, Berit – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 2000
Reports on an empirical study of how end-users utilize an online bibliographic information system available on the World Wide Web by analyzing the use of a union catalog of academic libraries in Norway. Discusses how hypertext links affect search behavior and considers individual differences in search behavior and problem solving. Interview…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Hypermedia
Peer reviewedOliva, Victor T. – College & Research Libraries, 2000
Reviews the value of federal depository document titles and discuses reasons why many are worth cataloging. Several approaches to cataloging these titles to make them more readily accessible are profiled. The Adelphi University Library (New York) has devised a system, using Boolean logic and an online public access catalog to choose which titles…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Cataloging, Depository Libraries
Peer reviewedMatylonek, John C.; Peasley, Maren – Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship, 2001
Discusses collections of standards by ANSI (American National Standards Institute) and the problems they create for technical libraries. Describes a custom-designed Web database at Oregon State University that is linked to online catalog records, thus enhancing access to the standards collection. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Cataloging, Databases
Peer reviewedPreece, Barbara G.; Kilpatrick, Thomas L. – Library Trends, 1998
Describes changes in the interlibrary loan process at Southern Illinois University (Carbondale) that has empowered patrons to directly request materials through a shared online union catalog and circulation system. Staffing issues, patron satisfaction, and turnaround time are discussed. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Change, Higher Education, Interlibrary Loans
Resources in Education, 1996
Resources in Education (RIE) is a monthly abstract journal that announces (catalogs, indexes, abstracts) documents of interest to the educational community (including researchers, teachers, students, school board members, school administrators, counselors, etc.). Each issue announces approximately 1,100 documents and provides indexes by Subject,…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Catalogs, Education, Educational Resources
Resources in Education, 1995
Resources in Education (RIE) is a monthly abstract journal that announces (catalogs, indexes, abstracts) documents of interest to the educational community (including researchers, teachers, students, school board members, school administrators, counselors, etc.). Each issue announces approximately 1,100 documents and provides indexes by Subject,…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Catalogs, Education, Educational Resources
Resources in Education, 1996
Resources in Education (RIE) is a monthly abstract journal that announces (catalogs, indexes, abstracts) documents of interest to the educational community (including researchers, teachers, students, school board members, school administrators, counselors, etc.). Each issue announces approximately 1,100 documents and provides indexes by Subject,…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Catalogs, Education, Educational Resources
