Academic and Library Computing: Volume 8 Issue 5

Online Public Access Catalogs: Interfaces and Ease of Use

Michael Schuyler

The new title of this journal does not include mutually exclusive terms, in any sense of the combination. As the only public librarian of this new lot, it falls upon me to point…

Integrated Library Systems: Performance of Library Systems and the RFP Process

Mark Hinnebusch

One of the most difficult tasks in developing an RFP for a library automation system is ascertaining the appropriate performance requirements. This is a critical function since…

Campus‐wide Information Systems: Reasons for CWISing

Les Lloyd

There is little question that in the 1990s the buzzword in computing centers across the country is and will be campus‐wide information systems, or networks. (I may have to eat…

The Library in Academic Computing: Making Library Files Accessible in a Campus Network Environment

D. Scott Brandt

The networked environment in the academic setting allows users to access a variety of files and resources. While many resources have restrictions on them, which limit their use to…

News Brief‐CLSI Signs Sacramento PL

Nancy Melin Nelson

The Sacramento (CA) Public Library will upgrade its LIBS 100 system under the terms of an agreement signed with CLSI, Inc. The new configuration includes dual Sequent processors…