Journal of Library Automation, vol 12, no 4
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Journal of Library Automation
ISSN 0022-2240
Volume 12, Number 4, December 1979
Editorial
A Question of Quality
WILLIAM D. MATHEWS
Feature Articles
DOBIS/LIBIS: An Integrated, On-line Library Management
System
CARYL MCALLISTER AND A. STRATTON MCALLISTER
Summary Statistics for Five Years of the MARC
Data Base
MARTHA E. WILLIAMS, STEPHEN W. BARTH, AND SCOTT E. PREECE
Expanded Subject Access to Reference Collection
Materials
WILLIAM H. MISCHO
The Impact of Technology on Legislation Affecting
Libraries
HENRIETTE D. AVRAM
The Library and the Computer Center:
Communications
EBCDIC Bibliographic Character Sets - Sources
and Uses: A Brief Report
WALT CRAWFORD
A Systems Approach to Label Production through
the OCLC System
CHRISTINA BOLGIANO
Computing the Effective Length of a MARC Tag
WILLIAM R. PRINGLE
Editorial
A Question of Quality (p.299)
WILLIAM D. MATHEWS
Feature Articles
DOBIS/LIBIS: An Integrated, On-line Library
Management System (p.300-313)
CARYL MCALLISTER AND A. STRATTON MCALLISTER
DOBIS/LIBIS is an on-line, integrated, interactive system that includes
the major library functions of searching, cataloging, circulation, and acquisitions
processing for a network of libraries. The integration of all library functions
in a network environment permits sharing of computer resources and costs
while enhancing the value of the shared catalog. All files are updated in
real-time. Full authority file control is supported for all indexes to the
data base. Attention has been paid to the interface between the system and
the user in an effort to remove all computerese from the dialogue language.
Summary Statistics for Five Years of the
MARC Data Base (p.314-337)
MARTHA E. WILLIAMS, STEPHEN W. BARTH, AND SCOTT E. PREECE
MARC data base statistics are presented for the benefit of processors
of the MARC file who may use those data for purposes of planning file structures,
for selecting subsets of MARC for local processing, for estimating processing
time based on records sizes, and for estimating future file sizes based
on growth rates. Statistics pertaining to record lengths, field tag occurrence,
data element length per field tag, and distribution of records by Dewey
Decimal Division and Library of Congress class code are given. Library of
Congress categories versus record length and main entry length versus record
length distributions are also provided. The statistics can also be valuable
in the preparation of user profiles and search strategies for subject searching
of the MARC data base on-line.
Expanded Subject Access to Reference Collection
Materials (p.338-354)
WILLIAM H. MISCHO
This paper reports a computer-assisted printed index emphasizing expanded
subject access to the more than 6,000 titles in the Iowa State University
Library reference collection. The index displays abbreviated-length records
and is designed to complement existing catalogs with a minimum of duplication
of information. The limitations of subject access to reference materials
via Library of Congress Subject Headings is discussed and a system for assigning
subject descriptors to reference titles is described. Central to the project
are custom-designed software routines that expedite data entry, minimize
keyboarding, and use a combinatorial-based method to produce multiple entry
points from single input strings.
The Impact of Technology on Legislation
Affecting Libraries (p.355-361)
HENRIETTE D. AVRAM
Issues raised by the technology that may affect the operation and services
of libraries are discussed. Emphasis is on international problems, but many
of the problems have their counterparts in the national scene, i.e., the
legal, political, and economic implications of the transfer of data via
information networks. Included is a brief description of the problems of
ownership and copyright that have developed in the International MARC Network
and the efforts to date to resolve the problems.
The Library and the Computer Center (p.362-379)
Five brief papers from a program conducted by the TESLA Committee are
presented here. The subtitle of the original program was "A Marriage
Made in . . . ," giving rise to a number of allusions to courtship,
marriage, and divorce. The papers touch on the appropriate role of the computer
center, sources of conflict, and basic incompatibilities in the relationship
with the library. Also discussed are ways of dealing with developmental
operating difficulties, the importance of negotiating a basis for a continuing
relationship, and, finally, the need for tolerance and mutual respect.
- What the Computer Center Should Do for
a Library (p.362-366)
HUGH STANDIFER
- The Sources of Disharmony (p.366-369)
MICKI JO YOUNG AND WALT CRAWFORD
- The Horror Story (p.369-372)
KEN BIERMAN
- Negotiating a Workable Relationship (p.372-376)
BARBARA MARKUSON
- A Final Word (p.376-378)
WILLIAM D. MATHEWS
Communications
EBCDIC Bibliographic Character Sets - Sources
and Uses: A Brief Report (p.380-383)
WALT CRAWFORD
(no abstract available)
A Systems Approach to Label Production
through the OCLC System (p.383-386)
CHRISTINA BOLGIANO
(no abstract available)
Computing the Effective Length of a MARC
Tag (p.387-390)
WILLIAM R. PRINGLE
(no abstract available)
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