Library Hi Tech: Volume 2 Issue 2

OCLC's Local Library System: LS/2000

Marilyn Lutz

The four major subsystems of OCLC's LS/2000 are described. These include: 1) multibranch circulation and online catalog searching, 2) online cataloging and authority file…

OCLC and Local Systems — The Product, the People: A Self‐Assessment

Phyllis Bova Spies

The Director of the Local Systems Division of OCLC reviews development activities since early 1983. The purpose of the division is reaffirmed within the context of OCLC's broad…

LS/2000 and Five Colleges, Inc.: The User's Perspective>

Gai Carpenter

The experiences of Five Colleges, Inc., a development and test site for OCLC's local system, are described. The initial response to and evaluation of the hardware and software…

Word Processing for Library Patrons

Victor Rosenberg

Word processing, one of the derivative benefits of the computer revolution, will have a profound impact on scholarship. To support scholarship, libraries should adopt productivity…

Commonsense System Pricing; Or, How Much Will That $1,200 Computer Really Cost?

Walt Crawford

Three methods are employed to price and sell computer equipment: computer pricing, hardware pricing and system pricing. System pricing includes a complete computer and support…

The Use of INFOSERV: An Online Interactive Buying System to Enhance Collection Development Within the Library

David J. Brown

With Faxon's INFOSERV, collection development librarians can use their personal computers or ASCII terminals to browse through a current, up‐to‐date listing of serial titles…

A Geac Local Area Network for the Bobst Library

Gail Persky, Diane Aquila, Jacob Slonim, Maria Kolpowska, L.J. MacRae

Designed and implemented through close cooperation by Geac technical personnel and New York University Library systems staff, the Bobst Local Area Network is described in detail…

End‐User Searching of Online Databases: A Selective Annotated Bibliography

Sally Lyon

Literature related to end‐user searching of online databases is cited and annotated. Questions such as the role of the librarian/intermediary, the cost effectiveness of end‐user…

8‐, 16‐ and 32‐Bit Processors: Characteristics and Appropriate Applications

James G. Williams

Components and functions which comprise a computer, such as address registers and cycle time, are defined and described. Characteristics of 8‐, 16‐, and 32‐bit machines and the…

Simultaneous Remote Searching: The System and the Reality

Verl A. Anderson

Simultaneous Remote Searching (SRS) is a technique for slaving a remote terminal and performing an online bibliographic search at a remote site. SRS is especially valuable for…

An Introduction to Database Structure and Database Machines

Karen Detweiler

The five principal management objectives of database management systems are discussed, as are the four basic criteria for comparing systems. Database management systems organized…

Bar Codes for Libraries

Erwin Rahn

The evolution of bar code standards is briefly discussed. The two standards most frequently adopted by libraries, Code‐A‐Bar and CODE 39, are described in detail. The format of…