Academic and Library Computing: Volume 8 Issue 7

Online Public Access Catalogs

Michael Schuyler

Dial‐in Popularity. Deep Thought just celebrated its fifth anniversary for the dial‐in number to the online catalog. It's been online far longer than that, but the dial‐in was an…

Integrated Library Systems

Mark Hinnebusch

Specifying RFP Performance Criteria. Last month, we discussed how not to specify performance criteria in an RFP. This month, we will look at how an RFP section on performance…

The Library in Academic Computing

D. Scott Brandt

On Using the Network… Considerations for Training. The Network. It can sound so ominous, so intimidating, and so ambiguous. No small wonder since it can include anything from a…

Meckler Publishing — A Prospectus of Projects for the Internet

As a publisher of newsletters, magazines, and books in information technology and as a conference organizer in these areas, Meckler is dedicated to serving librarians, information…

News Briefs

Nancy Melin Nelson

Apple Ships System 7. Apple Computer, Inc. announced that it is shipping System 7, the much anticipated upgrade to the Macintosh operating system and the most significant…