http://hdl.handle.net/2142/1168 24th Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing (1987). Edited by Linda C. Smith. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/1187 Strategies for providing public service with an online catalog Woodard, Beth S. In light of the viewpoint that the online catalog is not simply a card catalog on wheels, but a significantly different tool utilizing alternative approaches to providing the patron with not only the traditional card catalog information but also additional information, what strategies can librarians take to enhance service to their patrons both in answering specific questions and in providing instruction in catalog use? Reference services (Libraries) --Automation Online bibliographic searching Database searching Libraries and electronic publishing http://hdl.handle.net/2142/1186 University of Illinois Library catalog on CD-ROM: Impact on resource sharing and reference work Watson, Paula D. In spring 1985, the University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign received a grant of more than $83,000 in Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) funds through the Illinois State Library to create and distribute its online catalog on optical disc. The grant had several objectives. The first was to determine whether optical disc technology and industry production capabilities had advanced sufficiently to make it feasible to produce a database of more than 900,000 bibliographic records on laserdisc which could be searched by microcomputer. Reference services (Libraries) --Automation Online bibliographic searching Database searching Libraries and electronic publishing http://hdl.handle.net/2142/1185 Full text databases: Implications for libraries Rothenberg, Dianne Spencer, Mima The dramatic increase in the amount and kinds of information available online in full-text databases has implications for all users of online information systems. The increase in the number of full-text databases is related to recent technological advances in condensed data storage, a sharp rise in the number of people accessing online services with microcomputers and modems, and a long-standing user demand for online document delivery. Reference services (Libraries) --Automation Online bibliographic searching Database searching Libraries and electronic publishing Full text databases http://hdl.handle.net/2142/1184 Reference services and the networks: Some reflections on integration Baker, Betsy In this discussion, a framework will be presented for the integration of the network databases into the reference setting. In addition, while particular events associated with the networks will be highlighted, the framework itself may easily be applied to assess how any form of new information technology is integrated into the reference setting. The general principles involved in assessing the integration process transcend the particulars of specific tools and include: identifying the value of a resource; assessing its unique and useful properties; establishing its level of availability; learning; diffusion of knowledge among reference staff; and policy decisions. The final step is a formal evaluation and a reassessment with a formalized policy decision informing the public. In order to place this framework within a historical context, the discussion will begin by briefly tracing the evolution of the networks' focus on reference concerns. As reference use of the networks has increased, the focus of support services offered by networks has broadened. Just as the network perspective on support services to libraries has expanded, so too should reference librarians rethink their views of how to integrate the networks into the public service environment. The almost obligatory summary of why the networks are useful in reference will not be offered for this is readily available in the literature. Reference services (Libraries) --Automation Online bibliographic searching Database searching Libraries and electronic publishing Networks http://hdl.handle.net/2142/1183 Extending the online catalog Roth, Dana L. Future plans of the California Institute of Technology Libraries (Brudwig, 1984) include an online analytic catalog of books, serials, journals, and technical reports. In an attempt to avoid the observation of Mandel and Herschman (1983) that "new technologies are often adapted to traditional uses without exploiting added capabilities" (p. 148), a number of innovative cataloging approaches are being developed. Encouraged by the work of Petersen (1983), Cochrane (1978), Hoffman and Magner (1985), and Quint (1987), staff members are developing procedures to augment the basic MARC records available through OCLC. Reference services (Libraries) --Automation Online bibliographic searching Database searching Libraries and electronic publishing Online public access catalog http://hdl.handle.net/2142/1182 Optical publishing: Effects on reference services Noreault, Terry Recent technological developments are having a major effect on the delivery of reference services. The most recent of these, optical storage technology (specifically CD-ROM), has been touted as the most important development in publishing since the printing press. While this appears to represent a level of hype that is most probably not deserved, it now appears clear that reference services are beginning to be changed in significant ways. This technology does not represent a qualitatively different service, but it will have a very dramatic effect on the economics of delivering certain types of services. Reference services (Libraries) --Automation Online bibliographic searching Database searching Libraries and electronic publishing CD-ROM http://hdl.handle.net/2142/1181 An end user search service with customized interface software Mischo, William H. DeSart, Melvin G. Libraries are presently investigating three methods of providing enhanced online access to periodical information. These are: ( 1 ) mounting commercially produced bibliographic databases in local online systems, often using the same software employed in the online catalog; (2) making available fixed-cost searching utilizing optical disc (CD-ROM) databases; and (3) providing an end user searching service utilizing front-end search software and/or the less expensive after-hours commercial vendor systems. Many academic libraries are exploring all three options. There are economic, service, and retrieval advantages associated with each approach. Clearly, the most comprehensive access to the periodical and report literature is through the commercial database vendors with their broad "information supermarkets" and sophisticated retrieval software. This continues to be particularly true in the sciences which possess numerous large and complex databases which have not readily lent themselves to optical storage and retrieval technologies. This article describes a project at the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign Library that has focused on the third option described earlier i.e., providing enhanced access to the periodical literature through an end user searching service which utilizes the commercial database vendors. This demonstration project employs customized microcomputer interface software designed to facilitate the search process for end users. The service offers controlled end user searching as an option within an online catalog interface. Reference services (Libraries) --Automation Online bibliographic searching Database searching Libraries and electronic publishing http://hdl.handle.net/2142/1180 Tailoring system design to users Meadow, Charles T. We seem to have finally reached the point of almost general acceptance of the concept that computer software should be designed for ease of human use. There remain questions, however, of whose ease and of what is meant by tailoring design to users. Reference services (Libraries) --Automation Database searching System design Human computer interaction http://hdl.handle.net/2142/1179 Introduction to Questions and answers : strategies for using the electronic reference collection : Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing, 1987 Smith, Linda C. Reference services (Libraries) --Automation Online bibliographic searching Database searching Libraries and electronic publishing http://hdl.handle.net/2142/1178 Index to Questions and answers : strategies for using the electronic reference collection : Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing, 1987 Index