Library Hi Tech: Volume 18 Issue 2

A principled approach to selecting an automated library system

Alan Manifold

Nothing can guarantee that an automated system selection process will be successful, but adherence to a set of common‐sense principles can help in securing a successful outcome…

Empowering users with a new online catalog

Shawn V. Lombardo, Kristine S. Condic

In June 1998 Oakland University’s library migrated to a new online catalog. In order to determine user acceptance of the new OPAC, students receiving library instruction were…

The automated retrieval collection at Bruce T. Halle Library

Sarah Cogan, Rita Bullard

A relatively unique feature of the Bruce T. Halle Library at Eastern Michigan University is the automated retrieval collection. It contains materials which were published prior to…

Technical services and integrated library systems

Linda Bills

The automation of technical service functions has led to many changes in workflows and culture. Recent enhancements have leveraged systems developed by materials vendors of books…

Systems librarians and the client/server environment

Mary Ross, Dan Marmion

In an article published in the May 1997 issue of College and Research Libraries Merri Beth Lavagnino traced the history of the systems librarian and systems department in academic…

Z39.50 – a review, analysis and some thoughts on the future

Mark Needleman

This article will examine the Z39.50 Information Retrieval protocol. It will look at some of the history of the protocol, its operation, and some of the major projects that have…

Top ten issues for a consortium migrating to a client/server system

Louise Bugg

This article presents ten issues in migrating a multi‐type library consortium to a shared client/server library system. The issues have been selected as especially pertinent to a…

Interlibrary loan – a new frontier!

Nancy W. Fleck

Interlibrary loan and document delivery have become an area of great change in today’s library. New ILL requests now go to the online queue immediately for processing. Once…

Experiencing the library in a panorama virtual reality environment

Daniel Yi Xiao

This paper investigates and illustrates the potential of using panorama virtual reality to enhance Web‐based library instruction. It describes a project in Sterling C. Evans…