OCLC Micro: Volume 1 Issue 2
Table of contents
DOS‐tips: Batch Files à la MODE
Mark BendigOne of the more powerful features of MS‐DOS microcomputers (such as the IBM PC and the OCLC M300 Workstation) is the ability to create and run a special type of “program” called a…
Eric (not ERIC): You Can't Go Home Again (With Apologies to Thomas Wolfe)
I don't mind the role of the heretic, and as I sit here at my Fat Mac pounding out the May copy I feel sorry for you all with your stickered PCs. I never knew how good it could be…
NETWORds
The following article appeared in the Mar. 22, 1985 edition of Seafirst News, the staff publication of Seafirst Corp., the largest financial institution in the Pacific Northwest…
O[u]R Procedure for Cataloging Analytics
Jill NewbyIndividual numbers of a serial title that are monographic in nature are sent to the Catalog Dept. for cataloging as analytics. Our Cataloging Micro Enhancer process works well…
Adventures with the M300 Workstation
Mary EdgertonOur library was one of the first to receive an M300 Workstation, in late March 1984. We realized that we were in some respects venturing into new territory but, with the…
A 3‐Step Process for Fund Reporting
Gloriana St. Clair, Nancy BollandWhen Texas A&M University Library‐agreed to be a test site for the M300 Keymap and SaveScreen enhancements, one of our objectives, besides testing these programs, was to download…
A “d” Limiter to Beware of
Hal CheneyHave you been using dBASE II as a management tool in your library? It's a popular database management tool for PC users because you can easily
Students Say “Let ME Do It!”
Patricia LuthinBecause we were a test site, we have been using the Cataloging Micro Enhancer software since September 1984. Our original goals were to test the software for OCLC and to look for…
TALK is Cheap
Aaron WeissmanOur eagerly awaited M300 Workstation arrived in the fall of 1984 and was installed in the Reference Department, where it was to be used primarily for interlibrary loan. Once we…
Word's Worth
Ray LyonsWhether you are delighted with the prospect of learning about computers or have less noble motivations (like necessity), perhaps the most challenging obstacle before you is…