Information Technology and Libraries articles from March 1993

Information Technology and Libraries archives from March 1993

LITA's first twenty-five years: a brief history. (Library and Information Technology Association)(Silver Anniversary Issue)
March 1, 1993... The Library and Information Technology Association is celebrating its Silver Anniversary. The association, a division of the American Library Association, began as a small, pioneering discussion group. However, its roots go back even further,...

ISAD/LITA presidents and executive directors. (Information Science and Automation Section; Library and Information Technology Association)(Silver Anniversary Issue)
March 1, 1993... ISAD/LITA Presidents with affiliation during term 1966-67 Stephen R. Salmon Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 1967-68 Joseph Becker EDUCOM, Bethesda, Md. 1968-69...

An experiment in information searching with the 701 Calculator. (reprinted from September 1970 Journal of Library Automation)(Silver Anniversary Issue)
March 1, 1993... At the U. S. Naval Ordance Test Station, an attempt has been made to use the 701 Calculator as a tool in the task of searching library files for documents referring to special subjects. The present system includes only reports which have been...

Institutional political and fiscal factors in the development of library automation, 1967-71. (reprinted from March 1974 Journal of Library Automation)(Silver Anniversary Issue)
March 1, 1993... This paper (1) summarizes an investigation into the political and financial factors which inhibited the ready application of computers to individual academic libraries during the period 1967-71, and (2) presents the author's speculations on the...

Proceedings of the 1977 ISAD institute on a national bibliographic network. (Information Science and Automation Section; includes related article) (reprinted from June 1977 Journal of Library Automation)(Silver Anniversary Issue)
March 1, 1993... Introduction These papers represent the proceedings of the February 1977 ISAD institute on the topic of a national bibliographic network. In the late 1960s the application of data processing technology to library functions was for...

Automation and the library administrator. (reprinted from December 1978 Journal of Library Automation)(Silver Anniversary Issue)
March 1, 1993... The development of automated systems in libraries is traced through three broad phases: developmental, operational, and integrative. Management reactions to these phases, as well as typical problems and failures, are characterized. Questions...

Thus spake the OPAC user. (on-line public access catalogs) (reprinted from December 1983 Information Technologies and Libraries)(Silver Anniversary Issue)
March 1, 1993... In 1981, the Council on Library Resources (CLR) provided the funding to enable five organizations to conduct a study of library users and online public access catalogs (OPACs). The five organizations were J. Matthews & Associates (JMA), Library...

Electrons, electronic publishing, and electronic display. (reprinted from September 1985 Information Technology and Libraries)(Silver Anniversary Issue)
March 1, 1993... This article provides a perspective on electronic publishing by distinguishing between what we call "Newtonian" publishing and what we call "quantum-mechanical" publishing. This distinction revolves around the means by which information is...

Public-access computer systems: the next generation of library automation systems. (reprinted from June 1989 Information Technology and Libraries)(Silver Anniversary Issue)
March 1, 1993... Historically, library automation has focused attention on the automation of internal library processes, such as cataloging; however, a new generation of library automation systems intended for direct use by library patrons is emerging. These...

Expanding the online catalog. (reprinted from June 1989 Information Technology and Libraries)(Silver Anniversary Issue)
March 1, 1993... At one time, a library's catalog was designed to index every intellectual work in the collection--not just books, but also articles in periodicals held by the library, pamphlets, maps, government publications, the whole range of materials...

The shared cataloging system of the Ohio College Library Center. (reprinted from September 1972 Journal of Library Automation)(Silver Anniversary Issue)
March 1, 1993... Development and implementation of an off-line catalog card production system and an online shared cataloging system are described. In off-line production, average cost per card for 529,893 catalog cards in finished form and alphabetized for...

Stanford University's BALLOTS system. (Bibliographic Automation of Large Library Operations using a Time-sharing System) (reprinted from March 1975 Journal of Library Automation)(Silver Anniversary Issue)
March 1, 1993... The library automation program at Stanford University is called BALLOTS (Bibligraphic Automation of Large Library Operations using a Time-sharing System). BALLOTS is an online, interactive system that has been supporting the day-to-day...

The Washington Library Network's computerized bibliographic system. (reprinted from September 1975 Journal of Library Automation)(Silver Anniversary Issue)
March 1, 1993... The Washington Library Network is developing a computer-assisted bibliographic system to speed and expand library operations throughout the state. Features include MARC format with all content designators, subject and name authority files,...