OCLC Micro: Volume 7 Issue 4
Table of contents
OCLC News
Don MarmionThe big news this month was the collapse of negotiations between OCLC and the Research Libraries Group (RLG). More precisely, it was the decision by the RLG board to discontinue…
David Buckle at OCLC Europe
Nancy Melin NelsonOCLC has always been a farsighted institution. Only ten years after its successful North American venture in providing online cataloging support to Ohio libraries (more than ten…
OCLC and the Library Community: Serving Tomorrow′s Users
Edward G. HolleyDiscusses the history, present state, and future, of libraries ingeneral and the OCLC in particular. Considers the current extent of theOCLC database and how it is expected to…
OCLC Users Council
Kenneth J. BiermanReports on the issues raised in the OCLC Users Council meeting of1991. Discusses the changing roles of special, academic, and publiclibraries, OCLC finances and alliances, MAPS…
PASSPORT/PRISM
Judith CarterExamines PASSPORT script files from the point of view of the enduser and the problems that may be encountered. Discusses scriptcomponents, script file modification, enhancing…
Public Services
Juleigh Muirhead ClarkDiscusses the introduction of EPIC as an opportunity to use OCLC asmore than a verification tool. Considers the methods and problems ofsearching through EPIC by subject. Concludes…
Interlibrary Loan
David KaufmanConsiders the various methods used to bring accountability intointerlending, and the problems these methods have caused to librarystaff. Discusses invoicing, coupon exchanges and…
Switching with PASSPORT
Allan DavisDiscusses how the implementation of PASSPORT has made switchingbetween services easier in one particular library system. Considersspecific software/hardware specifications, the…
Overcoming OCLC‐to‐NOTIS Transfer problems: One Library’s Experience
Cindy GoldsteinDescribes the problems encounterd installing OCLC Terminal Softwareand PASSPORT, at Tulane Medical Center Library. Discusses the problemscreated by the new M386sx equipment, by…
Using CAT ME Plus’ Label Module with SE‐LIN Labels
Kathy FladlandExamines the problem of using CAT ME Plus in conjunction withSE‐LIN spine labels and how the problem was solved at VirginiaCommonwealth University. Describes the develoment of the…
OCLC Cataloging Micro Enhancers: Batch Searching and Printing Monographic Copy
Linda Klimczyk, Marsha TateDescribes Penn State University Library′s use of the OCLC CAT MEand CAT ME Plus for batch searching at off‐peak hours to resolveovercrowding of OCLC dedicated terminals…