Journal of Library Automation, vol 13, no 1
LITA | jola1301
Journal of Library Automation
ISSN 0022-2240
Volume 13, Number 1, March 1980
Don S. Culbertson
HILLIS GRIFFIN
Feature Articles
The Use of Microcomputers in Libraries
ALLAN D. PRATT
Character Sets: Current Status and East Asian
Prospects
JAMES E. AGENBROAD
CRT Terminal Checklist
WALT CRAWFORD
Communications
Copyright Compliance Program
J. G. OXTON AND J. M. ARFMAN-VAN DER MAS
Speculations on Unanticipated Outcomes of Data
Base Research
RUSSELL DOLL
Data Base Management System Design for Library
Automation
JUDY WAGNER
Don S. Culbertson (p.5)
HILLIS GRIFFIN
Feature Articles
The Use of Microcomputers in Libraries
(p.7-18)
ALLAN D. PRATT
Small-scale computer systems are now of sufficiently low cost and high
capacity that it is feasible to consider the use of one in many libraries.
Their advantage and potential for improvement of library service at various
levels are discussed. They seem well adapted for (1) text-processing, (2)
preparation of local bibliographies and resource guides, and (3) improvement
of on-line data base searching.
Character Sets: Current Status and East
Asian Prospects (p.18-35)
JAMES E. AGENBROAD
Communication depends on passage of patterns from a sender to a receiver.
Both must agree beforehand on the meanings assigned to such patterns. Character
sets are agreements on meanings assigned to patterns that computers can
process. Escape codes announce that the meanings for certain patterns have
changed. This allows roman, Cyrillic, and other alphabets to reuse the same
patterns. Providing unique identification for the thousands of ideographic
characters used by East Asian writing systems requires longer patterns.
The sound, shape, and sense of East Asian characters can all affect a character
set's performance of basic bibliographic functions -- the need to select,
sort, and see the characters. The large number and infrequent occurrence
of East Asian characters make a technique for easy addition of needed characters
desirable. Such a technique must accommodate the necessity for agreement
on the pattern (or code) assigned to each new character before it is transmitted.
CRT Terminal Checklist (p.36-44)
WALT CRAWFORD
This checklist for cathode ray tube (CRT) terminals was developed as
part of the current work of TESLA, the Technical Standards for Library Automation
Committee of the Information Science and Automation Section in the Library
and Information Technology Association (LITA ISAS TESLA). Following an evaluation
of the institution's needs, three principal steps are described: (1) assembling
information from advertisements and literature, relative to display characteristics,
keyboard, display speeds, power requirements, special features, and price
and availability; (2) direct observation and use, paying attention to additional
display characteristics, keyboard characteristics, environmental characteristics,
and maintenance and durability; and (3) talking to other users of the terminal.
Communications
Copyright Compliance Program (p.45-49)
J. G. OXTON AND J. M. ARFMAN-VAN DER MAS
(no abstract available)
Speculations on Unanticipated Outcomes
of Data Base Research (p.49-55)
RUSSELL DOLL
(no abstract available)
Data Base Management System Design for
Library Automation (p.56-61)
JUDY WAGNER
(no abstract available)
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