Library Hi Tech: Volume 12 Issue 1

MSUS/PALS: Building a regional information infrastructure

Michael S. Barnett, Rodney C. Bruce, Dale K. Carrison, Jeanne DeMars, Patricia Flaherty, Linda L. Richter, Joan Roca, Donna R. Webb

The Minnesota State University System's Project for Automated Library Systems (MSUS/PALS) is a fully integrated library system that serves over 150,000 patrons on a network of 53…

A grant for Z39.50

James F. Corey

In September 1990, the U.S. Department of Education's Library Technology and Cooperation Grants Program awarded a three‐year grant to the Florida Center for Library Automation…

Electronic textbook in human physiology

Naomi C. Broering, Lawrence S. Lilienfield

The Georgetown University Medical Center Library was awarded a U.S. Department of Education grant in collaboration with the Physiology Department of the Medical School to create…

Improving library subject access (ILSA): A theory of clustering based in classification

Mary Micco, Rich Popp

The ILSA prototype was developed using an object‐oriented multimedia user interface on six NeXT workstations with two databases: the first with 100,000 MARC records and the second…

Testing a new design for subject searching in online catalogs

Karen M. Drabenstott, Marjorie S. Weller

Library users continue to experience difficulty in using the online catalog, particularly in the area of subject access. This project describes a test of a new design for subject…

Remote reference assistance for electronic information resources over networked workstations

Harold Billings, Ira E. Carver, J. Drew Racine, John Tongate

Libraries and the information community have moved rapidly into an era of powerful networked scholarly workstations, large quantities of information accessible in electronic…

The machine readable data center: A model approach to data services in academic research libraries

Wendy Treadwell, James A. Cogswell

The University of Minnesota Libraries have established a full‐service information center to facilitate end‐user access to machine‐readable datafiles, particularly U.S. government…

Graphically speaking: Graphics software for non‐artists

Walt Crawford

Most computer users need graphics once in a while, even text‐oriented people like the author. While there have always been many different tools for manipulating and creating…