Information Technology and Libraries articles from March 1992

Information Technology and Libraries archives from March 1992

Preliminary LC records for monographs in OCLC. (Library of Congress; On-Line Computer Library Center Inc.)
March 1, 1992... OCLC's decision to load Library of Congress preliminary cataloging for monographs into the online union catalog resulted in the addition of a considerable number of these records to the database over a fifteen-month period before the project...

Mainstreaming data: challenges to libraries.
March 1, 1992... Libraries are increasingly aware that their role includes providing access to data in electronic form. Determining the level of service and acquiring the skills needed to provide effective access are key to integrating data services with...

Cleanup and deduplication of an international bibliographic database.
March 1, 1992... A two-year project to improve the quality of a major bibliographic database resulted in corrections to 2.1 million data fields and removal of 8.2 percent of the records. Queries now retrieve 20 percent more hits than the same queries did before...

Network-based electronic serials.
March 1, 1992... New forms of scholarly communication are evolving on international computer networks such as BITNET and Internet. Scholars are exchanging information on a daily basis via computer conferences, personal e-mail, and file transfers. Electronic...

Fall 1991 CNI Task Force. (Coalition for Networked Information)
March 1, 1992... The following is the summary report prepared and distributed by the secretariat of the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) on the proceedings of the fall 1991 meeting of the Task Force of the Coalition. The coalition is a joint...

A perspective on linking multimedia digital libraries. (Special Section: First Annual VTLS Library Directors' Conference - Linking Multimedia Digital Libraries: Where We Are, Where We're Going)(Vinod Chachra address) (Transcript)
March 1, 1992... The theme of this conference is "Linking Multimedia Digital Libraries." There are some key words in the conference title. The word linking implies networking, and the word multimedia in one sense implies the need for very large bandwidths....

Overview of NREN and CNI: how they impact your library, presented by Jane Ryland. (Coalition for Networked Information; National Research and Education Network) (Special Section: First Annual VTLS Library Directors' Conference - Linking Multimedia Digital Libraries: Where We Are, Where We're Going)
March 1, 1992... In her presentation Jane Ryland reviewed the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) and the National Research and Education Network (NREN), "two of the most exciting initiatives (she has) been involved with in her twenty-five years of...

The role of NCLIS and the federal government in the new library paradigm. (National Commission on Libraries and Information Science) (Special Section: First Annual VTLS Library Directors' Conference - Linking Multimedia Digital Libraries: Where We Are, Where We're Going)(Peter R. Young address) (Transcript)
March 1, 1992... One noteworthy feature of this meeting is the great variety of information professionals that are in attendance representing a wide array of interests and organizations. The event brings together a broad spectrum of library and information...

Questions and answers with Jane Ryland and Peter Young. (Special Section: First Annual VTLS Library Directors' Conference - Linking Multimedia Digital Libraries: Where We Are, Where We're Going) (Interview)
March 1, 1992... Question: We have heard that the National Research and Education Network (NREN) started out to be the core of high-performance computing and that by putting the E in NREN it's been expanded to include education. How do both of you see it...

Library automation marketplace: the new frontier with fuzzy edges, presented by Frank R. Bridges. (Special Section: First Annual VTLS Library Directors' Conference - Linking Multimedia Digital Libraries: Where We Are, Where We're Going)
March 1, 1992... Frank Bridge's presentation gave a review of the library industry ten years ago and how it is evolving today and provided a glimpse of what will happen in the future. He also gave suggestions on how to plan for library automation. Bridge...

The vision of the National High-Performance Computing Technology Act of 1991. (Special Section: First Annual VTLS Library Directors' Conference - Linking Multimedia Digital Libraries: Where We Are, Where We're Going)(Rick Boucher address) (Transcript)
March 1, 1992... Increasingly, access to information and the rapid and innovative exploitation of information is integral to the creation of new wealth. Postindustrial societies have entered the information age. Advances in information technologies--computers,...

Electronic libraries: the pros and cons of multimedia access copyright issues, moderated by Jane Ryland. (Special Section: First Annual VTLS Library Directors' Conference - Linking Multimedia Digital Libraries: Where We Are, Where We're Going)
March 1, 1992... Jane Ryland opened the session by explaining that copyright issues apply to multimedia information as well as information of all kinds. Ryland began the discussions by covering the background of the copyright law, and the topic quickly...

Starting over: current issues in online catalog user interface design. (Walt Crawford address) (Transcript)
March 1, 1992... Note: This paper was delivered as the keynote address at the LITA Preconference on Screen Design, June 27, 1991, in Atlanta. The paper was not prepared as a scholarly treatise and does not include citations for sources. Some relevant sources...

Advances in Library Resource Sharing, vol. 1.
March 1, 1992... Advances in Library Resource Sharing, V.1. Ed. by Jennifer Cargill and Diane J. Graves. Westport, Conn.: Meckler, 1990. 238p. $55 (ISBN 0-88736-490-X, ISSN 1052-262X). Librarians have expended immense effort and financial resources in the...

Optical Discs in Libraries: Use and Trends.
March 1, 1992... Chen, Ching-chih. Optical Discs in Libraries: Use & Trends. Medford, N.J.: Learned Information, 1991. 237p. paper, $79.50 (ISBN 0-938734-49-0). Chen has amassed more than 230 pages of statistics, graphs, and bibliography on the use of...

Libraries, Networks and OSI: A Review, with a Report on North American Developments.
March 1, 1992... Dempsey, Lorcan. Libraries, Networks and OSI: A Review, with a Report on North American Developments. Bath, U.K.: U.K. Office for Library Networking, The Library, University of Bath, 1991. 232p. paper, $60 (ISBN 0-9516856-0-0). There is a...

Policies of Education Software Publishers: A Guide for Authors.
March 1, 1992... Kim, David U., and Douglas M. Kim. Policies of Education Software Publishers: A Guide for Authors. The Woodlands, Tex.: New Technology Pr. (P.O. Box 9154, The Woodlands, TX 77387), 1991. 231p. paper, $25. This publication is a concise...

Using Science and Technology Information Sources.
March 1, 1992... Mount, Ellis, and Betrice Kovacs. Using Science and Technology Information Sources. Phoenix, Ariz.: Oryx, 1991. 189p. $26.95 (ISBN 0-89774-593-0). This book would have been more appropriately entitled "An Introductory Survey of Information...

Orion Blue Book: Computer 1991.
March 1, 1992... Orion Blue Book: Computer 1991. Durango, Colo.: Orion Research Corporation (1315 Main Ave., Ste. 230, Durango, CO 81301), 1991. 544p. $129 (ISBN 0-93289-50-X). Orion Blue Book: Computer 1991 is a price list of used personal computer...

The Reference Library User: Problems and Solutions.
March 1, 1992... The Reference Library User: Problems and Solutions. Ed. by Bill Katz. New York: Haworth, 1991. 151p. $24.95 (ISBN 1-56024-022-90). A collection of eleven papers addressing various aspects of reference service, this latest editorial...