OCLC Micro: Volume 8 Issue 4
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OCLC News
Dan MarmionOCLC has recently installed searching enhancements to its PRISM service online authority file. The new features include:
State‐of‐OCLC: President's Address
K. Wayne SmithI want to give you a brief state‐of‐OCLC report. Fiscal year 1991/92 has been a good year for OCLC, a year of significant accomplishments. I want to put some perspective on the…
Focus on decision‐making: pricing
Kenneth J. BiermanReports on the May/June 1992 OCLC Users Council, focusing on paneldiscussions surrounding alternative pricing policies. Overviews a numberof alternative pricing models and small…
The PRISMers’s guide to PASSPORT
Judith CarterBriefly reports on the function, installation and use of the newPASSPORT version 2 software for OCLC. Assesses the merits of the newsoftware, noting in particular the role of the…
Public Services
Melinda Townsel‐WinstonIf you are a religious reader of this column, then you know that I do not write all the articles. No, that would be just too boring. So to add “spice” to the column I often…
OCLC connectivity: current models, network integration, and future directions
Marshall BreedingSuggests connection alternatives that libraries might implement tocreate a unified network of diverse services in which OCLC is oneservice among a variety of electronic resources…
Optimizing OCLC workflow in a large computing environment
Kathy FladlandDescribes current workflow at the Virginia Commonwealth University(VCU) and issues in workflow optimisation and discusses how VCU hasweighed the various costs/benefits involved on…