Information Technology and Libraries articles from December 1996

Information Technology and Libraries archives from December 1996

Paul Evan Peters: friend, mentor, prophet.(Editorial)(Obituary)
December 1, 1996... Paul Evan Peters was a friend. I imagine a large portion of the readers of this journal considered Paul a friend, as do many others beyond the readership of this publication. Most individuals who encountered Paul Peters probably considered him...

The design of a relational database for large-scale bibliographic retrieval.
December 1, 1996... A fully normalized relational bibliographic database promises relief from the update, insertion, and deletion anomalies that plague bibliographic databases using (US) MARC formats internally. The conceptual design of a full-scale bibliographic...

A converging vision of cataloging in the electronic world.
December 1, 1996... The concept of the library of the future has been discussed extensively throughout the past decade. The development of Internet resources currently underway is a step in this direction. However, methods of organizing electronic resources are...

PACE: a browsable graphical interface.(Public Access Catalog Extension)
December 1, 1996... PACE (Public Access Catalogue Extension) is an alternative interface designed to enhance online catalogs. PACE simulates images of books and library shelves to help users browse through the catalog. PACE was tested in a college library against a...

At the threshold of a library network.
December 1, 1996... The Arabian Gulf Libraries stand poised at the threshold of networking, which promises the sharing of resources through cooperation and provides the individual library with greater access to resources. Several libraries in the Gulf region have...

Digital imaging on a shoestring: a primer for librarians.
December 1, 1996... In April 1994 Cline Library at Northern Arizona University (NAU) received funding for a pilot project to establish a database of digitized original photographs, manuscripts, and maps from the Special Collections and Archives Department. Materials...

Local holdings search in ISI CD-ROM data bases.(Institute for Scientific Information citation indexes)
December 1, 1996... Rationale St. Olaf College is proud of its chemistry department, graduating more chemistry majors during the last decade than any other four-year liberal arts college in the United States. Given the number of chemistry majors and the...