Access to online public access library catalogs and similar information networks by scholars in the humanities is discussed. Tools and approaches available for scholars to navigate the systems, their utility and contribution to "location independence" in information seeking, and the evolving relationship between libraries and their…

Discussion of planning for automation in school libraries focuses on plans in the North Kitsap (Washington) School District. Highlights include selection of microcomputer-based hardware and software to support local area and wide area networks; a circulation system and an online public access catalog (OPAC); and database creation and retrospective…

Discusses subject searching problems in online library catalogs; explains advanced information retrieval (IR) techniques; and describes experiments conducted on a test collection database, CHESHIRE (California Hybrid Extended SMART for Hypertext and Information Retrieval Experimentation), which was created to evaluate IR techniques in online…

Discussion of computer networking and information retrieval technology focuses on the usefulness of accessing remote library catalogs. Experiences with the University of California MELVYL online catalog and Internet are described, problems of remote access for the user are considered, and future possibilities are suggested. (nine references) (LRW)

Compares traditional cataloging to Web-based. Discusses intellectual-access issues as they apply to reference services today, and outlines deficiencies in traditional cataloging, and corresponding attributes of Web-based intellectual access. Notes ways that catalogers and public-service librarians can address these issues. (Author/AEF)

Discusses early developments in the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) interlibrary loan, including use of OCLC for verification and request transmittal, improved service to patrons, internal cost control, affect on work flow and borrowing patterns. Describes advances in OCLC, including internationalization, electronic information access,…

Addresses the importance of effective screen and menu design for online public access catalogs, and the responsibility of the instruction librarian to learn required technological information, such as MARC format, in order to influence design. Other concerns for those involved in screen design include screens for gateways, system modules, local…

Describes the retrospective conversion of audiovisual materials at Penn State University's Education Library when it merged with the main collection. Topics include improved access; administrative support; support from the media center staff; collection organization; collection content; bibliographic access; goals; and staffing and communication…

Vocational, agricultural, and technical courses basic to a competency-based vocational curriculum are catalogued and tagged to curriculum materials and curriculum packages available in the East Central Curriculum Center (Illinois) library. Following a list of the East Central Vocational-Technical Network state representatives, material is divided…

This catalog provides many new sources of free and inexpensive display materials for library and classroom bulletin boards and is intended to assist librarians, teachers, and student teachers in obtaining useful resources to support the curriculum. Over 1300 items are listed from 392 sources. Most of the items are free to librarians and teachers.…

Outlines recent trends in library cooperation in England with emphasis on the British Library's programs. (PF)

A guide to the Logan Pearsall Smith Collection at Trinity University Elizabeth Coates Maddux Library in San Antonio, Texas provides a descriptive overview of the collected works of this renowned epigrammatist, critic, essayist, biographer, and authority on the English language. The guide includes a brief biography of Smith (1865-1946), detailed…

A system used by five libraries in San Antionio, Tesas, for producing catalog cards, book catalogs, and bibliographies is described. (PF)

Greater economy in catalog size may be achieved with single-entry systems only for document collections of appreciable size. (Author)