VINE: Volume 16 Issue 2

ACCLAIM AT DERBYSHIRE

Derbyshire one of the pioneers of the turnkey systems approach to library automation is again making the news in its library systems development. In one way, it can be seen as…

CAFS AS A UNIVERSITY LIBRARY CATALOGUE SEARCH FACILITY

JL Beck, JD Craig

Background; Library Glasgow University Library (GUL) has a Geac 8000 system Which includes MRMS for data entry and the online public catalogue (OPC). By the early summer of 1986…

CATS — A MACHINE INDEPENDENT ON‐LINE CATALOGUE SYSTEM

WDS Motherwell

Introduction The CATS on‐line catalogue system has been in operation at Cambridge University Library since 1982, (see report in VINE 47). This article reports the current state of…

AUTOMATION IN THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON

V.T.H. Parry

The University of London's far‐reaching plan for a new generation of library automation has become a casualty of the UGC's latest round of cuts in funding for universities. A…

REMOTE ACCESS TO OPACS, AND THE USE OF ELECTRONIC MAIL, IN UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES: DEVELOPMENTS IN THE USE OF THE JOINT ACADEMIC NETWORK (JANET)

Peter stone

University libraries and their use of JANET (the Joint Academc Network) were the subject of a survey in March by Elizabeth Rodger, Librarian of the University of Sussex', for…

CAG STEERING GROUP: ACHIEVEMENTS TO DATE

The Cooperative Automation Group has recently been involved in discussions coordinated by the OAL to consider the UK's involvement in the European Commission's programme to…

QUARTET: A COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH PROJECT IN DIGITAL INFORMATION INTERCHANGE

Bill Tuck

[The British Library Research and Development Department recently awarded its largest grant — £794,000 over 3 years — for a quadrapartite project to investigate a wide range of…

Workstation technology

Birmingham and Loughborough Universities have a considerable interest in the many factors concerned with workstation design. These may be broadly classed into two complementary…

THE FUTURE OF LOCAS

Tony McSean

Introduction This article is based on a paper presented to the LOCAS User Group meeting, held at the British Library on July 16th, 1986. It sets out the future for our LOCAS…