Information Technology and Libraries articles from December 1993

Information Technology and Libraries archives from December 1993

Cataloging Standards and Machine Translation: A Study of Reformatted ISBD Records in an Online Catalog
December 1, 1993... Labeled bibliographic display screens in online catalogs can repackage records created for card catalogs in ways that restructure the record, redefine data categories and contexts, and add or omit selected categories of data. The impact of...

An Overview of Applications of Automation to Special Collections: Maps and Archives
December 1, 1993... Automation has traditionally been viewed as an inappropriate means of control of the unique items in special collections libraries because of automation's fundamental requirement of standardization. It has, however, come to be viewed as an...

Evaluating Commercial Text Search-and-Retrieval Packages
December 1, 1993... This article presents a guide for evaluating commercial text search-and-retrieval programs. An overview of text searching is followed by a discussion of operating environments, features commonly round in commercial text-search packages, and...

RLIN CJK and the East Asian Library Community
December 1, 1993... RLIN CJK became operational in September 1983. At the end of March 1993, there were well over a million records with vernacular Chinese, Japanese and/or Korean (CJK) in the RLIN database. Most of these records were entered online by...

With Characters: Retrospective Conversion of East Asian Cataloging Records
December 1, 1993... Just as the automated cataloging of East Asian collections in North America lagged behind the automation of general libraries, so retrospective conversion (recon) of cataloging records in East Asian languages has lagged years behind...

The Net Result: Enthusiasm for Exploring the Internet
December 1, 1993... What began as a vision and committee charge from the dean of libraries at Western Kentucky University (WKU) ended as a successful faculty retreat focusing on the Internet. For the third year all University Libraries faculty from public and...

The FISCAL Directory of Fee-Based Research and Document Supply Services, 4th ed.
December 1, 1993... The FISCAL Directory, produced by the Fee-Based Information Service Centers in Academic Libraries Discussion Group of ACRL, "provides detailed information on over 445 fee-based information services available from major research universities;...

Database Ownership and Copyright Issues Among Automated Library Networks: An Analysis and Case Study.
December 1, 1993... This is required reading for anyone interested in database ownership and copyright of large, automated library networks. Unlike most writings on library networks, which have taken a developmental or technical stance, this analysis and case...

File Management and Information Retrieval Systems: A Manual for Managers and Technicians, 3d ed.
December 1, 1993... Despite the growing use of computer equipment by businesses, paper remains the dominant medium for recording and storing business information, according to Gill. An established records and information management program can ensure that paper...

Into the Future: The Foundations of Library and Information Services in the Post-Industrial Era.
December 1, 1993... The purpose of this book is to survey and assess critically the large base of interdisciplinary literature on the information society" and to rally librarians and information scientists to participate in and expand on the prior arguments...

Access Versus Assets: A Comprehensive Guide to Resource Sharing for Academic Librarians.
December 1, 1993... This 399-page monograph is an impressive compendium of quotations: 584 of them in nine chapters and an appendix. While there is not a great deal of original thinking presented, the book does describe and explore a broad range of approaches...

Interlibrary Loan of Alternative Format Materials: A Balanced Sourcebook.
December 1, 1993... This work combines the practical utility of an international directory of libraries lending alternate-format library materials with a collection of essays detailing the practice and philosophy of international interlibrary lending. This...

Access to Information: Materials, Technologies, and Services for Print-Impaired Readers.
December 1, 1993... The authors define print-impaired persons as individuals who are literate and are blind or visually impaired or have a learning disability. Those with physical or mobility disabilities that inhibit reading are excluded from coverage. The...

Electronic Document Imaging Systems: Design, Evaluation, and Implementation.
December 1, 1993... With the current emphasis on adding full-text databases to the well-dressed library menu, a good book on document imaging seems especially pertinent for librarians and other information professionals. This reviewer found Saffady's coverage of...

Managing the Economics of Owning, Leasing, and Contracting Out Information Services.
December 1, 1993... This book is designed to help decision makers and managers think about the best ways to use human, technological, and informational resources, taking into account the new paradigms for traditional library and information services that already...