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