Information Technology and Libraries articles from March 1997

Information Technology and Libraries archives from March 1997

Mapping the LCSH and MeSH systems.(Library of Congress Subject Headings and Medical Subject Headings from the National Library of Medicine)
March 1, 1997... A number of problems arise when two or more subject systems reside in the same online catalog. One solution to this "multiple vocabulary problem" is to map the systems involved. Since 1990, a project to map the LCSH and MeSH vocabularies has been...

Library information and technology in Southeast Asia.(Special Section: The Development of Library and Information Technologies in Southeast Asia)
March 1, 1997... Introduction: The LITA International Relations Committee Program, New York City, July 1996 Three decades ago, people referred to Asia as "third world"-as a region with many underdeveloped countries. By the mid-1990s, such designations made...

Technological development in Asia: library automation in Taiwan.(Special Section: The Development of Library and Information Technologies in Southeast Asia)
March 1, 1997... Library automation in Taiwan began in the 1970s and has been marked by an impressive array of achievements since the 1980s. In 1972, the Department of Physics at National Tsinghua University began automation using an IBM 1120 computer for the...

High-altitude librarianship: the adventures of an ALA Fellow in Tibet. (American Library Association)(Special Section: The Development of Library and Information Technologies in Southeast Asia)
March 1, 1997... The first phrase I learned in colloquial Tibetan upon arriving at the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) Library in Lhasa, Tibet, in January 1994 was "Lo min-duk" -- "The electricity is out." The city, the region's capital, is served primarily by...

Collaborative design of World Wide Web pages: a case study.
March 1, 1997... This paper describes the experience of two librarians who were approached by a departmental Webmaster to assist in taking what he had already created as his department's Web page and making it more useful to its intended audiences. The article...

Directory assistance on FirstSearch: prospects and potential.(electronic telephone directory assistance)
March 1, 1997... This paper highlights the advantages in using the Pro CD database on FirstSearch. It also identifies some weaknessesfor business use and the constraints caused by the system. We provide guidelines and searching tips that will aid in maximum...

TLC: Total Library Computerization. (library automation system)(Evaluation)
March 1, 1997... On Point, Inc. 2606 36th St., N.W., Washington, D C. 20007; (202) 338-8914. Price: First module, $750, additional modules, $700; complete, $2,850; network, add $100. System requirements: 386SX PC or Apple Macintosh Plus; VGA video adapter; mouse...

Business Resources on the Internet Plus: A Hands-On Workshop.
March 1, 1997... by Gary R. Peete. Internet Workshop Series no. 3. Berkeley, Calif.: Library Solutions Press, 1995. 252p. paper, $60 (includes Windows and Macintosh diskettes of presentation slides) (ISBN 1-882208-11-0). Business information abounds on the...

Information Technology and the Remaking of the University Library.
March 1, 1997... Beverly P. Lynch, editor. New Directions for Higher Education, Martin Kramer, Editor-in-Chief, no. 90, Summer 1995. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1995. 112p. (ISBN 0-7879-9918-0, ISSN 0271-0560, LC 85644752). Single copies, $16.95. Subcriptions...

Virtual Individuals, Virtual Groups: Human Dimensions of Groupware and Computer Networking.
March 1, 1997... By Jo Ann Oravec. Cambridge University Press, 1996. $49.95 (ISBN 0-521-45493-X). Critical questions face administrators, managers, systems designers, and professionals in search of strategies, particularly technological solutions, to foster...