OCLC Systems & Services: International digital library perspectives: Volume 10 Issue 2
Table of contents
OCLC internet access: A report on PRISM access via the internet
Daniel CannCasciatoSome recent articles in this journal have dealt with various ways togain access to OCLC services. Modes of access have involved differentsoftware/hardware solutions to gain access…
PRISM/PASSPORT: “questioning authority (files)”
Judith A. CarterIn Part 1 of my “Authors and Titles and MARC – Oh My!” (Fall 1993) I askedif you wanted me to do a similar article on the Authority File format.Well, there was a resounding reply…
ILL conceived ideas
Susan RaschkeThis month′s column concerning interlibrary services in the OCLCuniverse begins by offending some and continues through to ARIEL trendsand what may be some very hasty offers for…
Points of View: ILL PRISM Transfer
Jane SmithIn the last issue of OCLC Systems and Services we examined a feasibilitystudy being conducted by a few libraries and OCLC. This study wasdesigned to explore the possibility of…
Designing an Innovative Authority Control System in a PC Environment
Wendee Eyler, Margaret MooneyFor libraries without an integrated online catalog equipped with anautomated authority control function, the maintenance of an authorityfile is a highly complex and time‐consuming…
The BUS: An ILL request tracking system for PRISM and the micro‐enhancer
John D. LewisThe Borrowing Update System (BUS) is a customized application fortracking and reporting on current and past Interlibrary Loan requestsprocessed using OCLC′s PRISM and…
Training technical services OCLC users
Terry SmithLike many librarians in this era of shrinking budgets, I usually feeltoo busy with my day‐to‐day tasks and supervisory duties to spend muchtime contemplating the big picture…
Bound‐phrase searching in OCLC FirstSearch
Janice ZlendichA useful way to pinpoint information in OCLC FirstSearch is through awordlist bound‐phrase search. A bound‐phrase search looks for the fulltitle, author, and so forth. exactly as…
CD‐ROM 1993: A Guide to the Literature
Susan L. AdkinsAs CD‐ROM becomes more and more a standard reference and technicalsupport tool in all types of libraries, the annual review of thistechnology published in Computers in Libraries…
Erratum
This article has been withdrawn as it was published elsewhere and accidentally duplicated. The original article can be seen here: 10.1108/EUM0000000003765. When citing the…
Modeling user′s preferences for document delivery
Mark T. KinnucanA consumer survey of document delivery in academic settings wasconducted using a conjoint analysis approach. During interviews with 79randomly chosen faculty members and graduate…
The CORE project: Technical shakedown phase and preliminary user studies
Stuart WeibelThe CORE project is an electronic library prototype that providesnetworked access to the full text and graphics content of AmericanChemical Society journals and associated…