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Grosch, Audrey N. – Coll Res Libr, 1969
Descriptors: Automation, Decentralization, Information Systems, Library Networks
Adams, John; Adams, Robin – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1982
Discusses rise of videotex and teletext systems (delivery of graphic and textual information through electronic systems) in the United States, noting the role of libraries and librarians in providing these services. Corporate involvement, U.S. markets, library reference services, and major issues confronting growth are noted. Two references are…
Descriptors: Display Systems, Electronic Equipment, Information Systems, Librarians
Peer reviewedMiller, William – Research Strategies, 1986
This essay offers suggestions to make online public access catalogs (OPACs) less idiosyncratic and more usable. Discussion covers qualitative difference between online catalog and predecessors, challenge of debunking assumptions, skills for success, maintaining an instructional perspective, catalog development for the people by the people, and the…
Descriptors: Display Systems, Information Systems, Library Catalogs, Library Instruction
LaRue, James – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1986
This article discusses similarities between the local bulletin board system (BBS) and the public library. Highlights include components of the small BBS (system operator, host computer, "messaging" software, auto-answer device, connection to one or more phone lines); uploading and downloading; notes from the board; and the role of the…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Information Dissemination, Information Networks, Information Systems
Kittle, Paul W. – Online, 1985
Describes use of microcomputers with system called "TBBS" ("The Bread Board System") at Loma Linda University Medical Center to allow users enhanced services from home, whether library facilities are open or not. Flexibility and security, dialing into medical library, and suggestions for setting up similar computerized…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Computer Software, Display Systems, Higher Education
Peer reviewedVickery, Alina; Brooks, Helen – Online Review, 1987
Describes the components and capabilities of expert systems, discusses the use of such systems in library information applications, and outlines research being done in this area. A project aimed at the development of an expert system for referral services is described in detail, and implications for future research are discussed. (CLB)
Descriptors: Cybernetics, Expert Systems, Information Retrieval, Information Science
Tenopir, Carol – Library Journal, 1986
Summarizes four options for libraries that want to offer end user searching: end user systems (Bibliographic Retrieval Service's Afterdark, DIALOG's Knowledge Index); front-end microcomputer software (Sci-Mate Searcher, Pro-Search, WILSEARCH); gateway services (EASYNET); and local databases (now available on floppy and compact discs). Advantages…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Software, Databases, Higher Education
Davies, Jim – 1987
This paper begins by examining concepts of artificial intelligence (AI) and discusses various definitions of the concept that have been suggested in the literature. The nesting relationship of expert systems within the broader framework of AI is described, and expert systems are characterized as knowledge-based systems (KBS) which attempt to solve…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Expert Systems, Information Retrieval, Information Systems
California Univ., Los Angeles. Inst. of Library Research. – 1967
The development of mechanized information services in a university library has the following design goals: (1) the center for information services should be operational, (2) it should be a general purpose system, (3) it should be adaptable, (4) it should be replicative, (5) it should encourage increased receptivity and use, and (6) it should be…
Descriptors: Automation, College Libraries, Computer Programs, Computers
Peer reviewedSandler, Mark – RQ, 1985
Discusses several concerns about nature of online public access catalogs (OPAC) that have particular import to reference librarians: user passivity and loss of control growing out of "human-machine interface" and the larger social context; and the tendency of computerized bibliographic systems to obfuscate human origins of library…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Display Systems, Higher Education, Information Systems
Download full textHorn, Robert E.; And Others – 1971
A new conception of computer-based instructional systems is presented in this design of a system that can deliver individualized information sequences not only to learners and trainees, but to reference workers, reviewers, etc. Underlying the system is a flexible data base organized into labelled, movable information blocks according to the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Display Systems, Documentation, Human Factors Engineering
Peer reviewedGorman, Michael; And Others – Information Technology and Libraries, 1985
Seven articles present history and overview of an academic online catalog. Highlights include linking of the library circulation system with the full bibliographic record system; planning and maintenance of an online catalog; effect of the online catalog on reference (uses, services, personnel); and a microcomputer-based user interface. References…
Descriptors: Cataloging, College Libraries, Databases, Display Systems
Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Information Systems Office. – 1975
SCORPIO (Subject Content-Oriented Retriever for Processing Information On-line), a set of computer programs developed by the Library of Congress for use by the Library Library's staff, is described. Intended as a users guide for those not trained in data processing, this document presents the system's general characteristics together with a…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Citations (References), Computer Programs, Data Processing
Husbands, Charles W., Ed.; Tighe, Ruth L., Ed. – 1975
This volume of Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science is limited to the text of papers accepted and scheduled for presentation at the 1975 meeting. The papers reflect the need to address and define issues in national information policy, and they examine the current state of federal-level planning and funding of information…
Descriptors: Automation, Communications, Computer Oriented Programs, Computers
