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Public-Access Computer Systems News
Volume 3, Number 8 (June 5, 1992) ISSN 1050-6004
Editors: Dana Rooks (LIBL@UHUPVM1) and Charles W. Bailey, Jr.
(LIB3@UHUPVM1).
Issued on an irregular basis by University Libraries,
University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204-2091.
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CONTENTS
EDITORS' NOTE, 1
TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND LIBRARIES, JUNE
1992, 1
EDITORS' NOTE
Starting with this issue, the Public-Access Computer Systems News
will carry the table of contents of forthcoming issues of
Information Technology and Libraries, a publication of the
American Library Association's Library and Information Technology
Association.
TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND LIBRARIES, JUNE
1992
"The Need for Machine-Readable Authority Records for Topical
Subdivisions," by Karen M. Drabenstott, Associate Professor,
School of Information and Library Studies, University of
Michigan.
Abstract: This paper recognizes the limitations of the existing
file of Library of Congress (LC) subject authority records for
subject heading assignment and validation. It makes
recommendations for a new machine-readable file of authority
records for topical subdivisions and for enhancements to the
existing subject authority file. The recommended changes would
enable online systems to assist in subject heading formulation
and verify, with limited assistance by human intermediaries, the
individual components of subdivided headings. A study of
subdivided subject headings in a large bibliographic database
forms the basis of the recommendations.
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"Nonroman Scripts in the Bibliographic Environment," by Joan M.
Aliprand, The Research Libraries Group.
Abstract: The representation of nonroman scripts in Latin
characters causes information to be distorted in various ways.
USMARC now provides for "alternate graphic representation," so
that text in the authentic script(s) may be included in
bibliographic records. As more library systems with nonroman
capability are developed, conformance to standards for the
encoding of nonroman data becomes more critical. The development
of a single global character set standard is a significant change
that must be accommodated in USMARC.
"The Development and Implementation of the USMARC Format for
Classification Data," by Rebecca S. Guenther, Library of
Congress, Network Development and MARC Standards Office.
Abstract: This paper discusses the newly developed USMARC Format
for Classification Data. It reviews its potential uses within an
online system and its development as one of the USMARC standards.
It provides a summary of the fields in the format, and considers
the prospects for its implementation. The paper describes an
experiment currently being conducted at the Library of Congress
to create USMARC classification records and use a classification
database in classifying materials in the social sciences.
COMMUNICATIONS
"Rates and Types of Changes to LC Authority Files," by Karen
Calhoun and Mike Oskins, OCLC.
"Reviewing Initial Stopword Selection," by Bonnie Johnson and
Elaine Peterson, Montana State University Libraries.
"Prediction of OPAC Spelling Errors Through a Keyword
Inventory," by Terry Ballard, Adelphi University, and Arthur
Lifshin, University of Maine, Orono.
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Special Section: Happy Birthday to MELVYL (R) (Part 1)
"The MELVYL System: The Next Five Years and Beyond," by Michael
G. Berger.
"Agenda for Online Catalog Designers," by Michael K. Buckland.
"Features You Can't Know Until Someone Tells You," by Anne
Grodzins Lipow.
"Computing Resources for an Online Catalog: Ten Years Later," by
Mark Needleman.
"Ten Years of Monitoring MELVYL: A Librarian's View," by Alan
Ritch.
"The MELVYL System and its Academic Context," by Stephen R.
Salmon.
BOOK REVIEWS
Ardis, Susan B. An Introduction to U.S. Patent Searching.
Reviewed by John A. Shuler.
Brandt, D. Scott. UNIX and Libraries. Reviewed by David A.
Jank.
Cataloging: The Professional Development Cycle, edited by Sheila
S. Intner and Janet Swan Hill. Reviewed by Ellen S. Kovacic.
Information Technology: Design and Applications, edited by Nancy
D. Lane and Margaret E. Chisholm. Reviewed by John Corbin.
Johnson, Peggy. Automation and Organizational Change in
Libraries. Reviewed by Pamela Q. J. Andre.
Saettler, Paul. The Evolution of American Educational
Technology. Reviewed by George H. Voegel.
Schuyler, Michael, and Elliot Swanson. The Systems Librarian
Guide to Computers. Reviewed by Sally W. Kalin.
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Smith, G. Stevenson. Managerial Accounting for Libraries and
Other Not-For-Profit Organizations. Reviewed by Ryoko Toyama.
Virtual Reality: Theory, Practice, and Promise, edited by Sandra
K. Helsel and Judith Paris Roth. Reviewed by Glenn P. Hoetker.
SOFTWARE REVIEWS
DiscLit: American Authors. OCLC,Inc. Reviewed by Susan E.
Clark.
World Atlas 2.0. The Software Toolworks, Inc. Reviewed by Lottie
Simkins Meador.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
F.W. Lancaster
Leslie R. Morris
K. Mulliner
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