Editorial
Video Technologies: Neologism or Library
Trend? (p.75-77)
THOMAS D. HARNISH
Feature Articles
Design Principles for a Comprehensive Library
System (p.78-89)
TAMER ULUAKAR, ANTON R. PIERCE, AND VINOD CHACHRA
This paper describes a project that takes a step-by-step or incremental approach to the development of an online comprehensive system running on a dedicated computer. The described design paid particular attention to present and predicted capabilities in computing as well as to trends in library automation. The resultant system is now in its second of three releases, having tied together circulation control, catalog access, and serial holdings.
OCLC Search Key Usage Patterns in a Large
Research Library (p.90-99)
KUNJ B. RASTOGI AND ICHIKO T. MORITA
Many libraries use the OCLC Online Union Catalog and Shared Cataloging Subsystem to perform various library functions, such as acquisitions and cataloging of library materials. As an initial part of the operations, users must search and retrieve a bibliographic record for the desired item from the large OCLC database. Various types of derived search keys are available for retrieval. This study of actual search keys entered by users of the OCLC online system was conducted to determine the types of search keys users prefer for performing various library operations and to find out whether the preferred search keys are effective.
Communications
The Evolution of an Online Acquisitions
System (p.100-101)
JENKO LUKAC
(no abstract available)
The Significance of Information in the
Ordinary Conduct of Life (p.101-103)
ROBERT NEWHARD
(no abstract available)
A Lesson in Interactive Television Programming:
The Home Book Club on QUBE (p.103-108)
W. THEODORE BOLTON
(no abstract available)
An Informal Survey of the CTI Computer
Backup System (p.108-110)
JOSEPH COVINO AND SHEILA INTNER
(no abstract available)
Multimedia Catalog: COM and Online (p.110-112)
KENNETH J. BIERMAN
(no abstract available)
A Structure Code for Machine Readable Library
Catalog Record Formats (p.112-116)
HERBERT H. HOFFMAN
(no abstract available)
Revisions to Contributed Cataloging in
a Cooperative Cataloging Database (p.116-120)
JUDITH HUDSON
(no abstract available)