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AACR2, Chapter 9 (Draft Revision). This publication is intended to bridge the gap between the rules you may be using now for cataloging computer files—for example, the original version of AACR2, Chapter 9 or the Guidelines for Using AACR2 Chapter 9 for Cataloging Microcomputer Software (Chicago: ALA, 1984)—and the publication of the final version of the revised Chapter 9 as a part of the consolidated reprinting of AACR2 scheduled for publication in 1988. In the preface, Jean Weihs, Chair of the Joint Steering Committee, notes “It must be emphasized that this is a preliminary draft of the rules for computer files. This draft has yet to be checked for consistency with other parts of AACR2 and to undergo the usual editorial process. The final version … will probably contain changes in detail. No changes in concept will be made.”

Keep a small supply of formatted empty disks on hand as protection against the DISK FULL error message. Then, if you get such a message when trying to SAVE a large file, you can just insert one of your Preformatted disks and SAVE again. Meanwhile all your work will be safe in the computer's memory.

Full‐Service Union List Subsystem. On July 1, 1990, OCLC opened the Union List Subsystem to non‐serial local data records (LDRs). This new capability allows libraries to create local data records for all MARC formats, not just serial items.

OCLC requires that theft security devices not do any physical damage to the unit and that the unit remain easily serviceable by the NCR field engineer. Several types of security devices meet these stipulations.

The June 1987 issue of The Records & Retrieval Report is devoted to “The Cost of Creating and Filing a Letter.” The article describes the life of a document from its creation to storage and provides formulas that may be adapted by individual organizations.

Aims to provide highlights from the American Library Association (ALA) 2005 Midwinter meeting.

Provides a brief report of the meeting held in Boston, MA. in January 2005.

Outlines how the Public Library Association (PLA) debuted blogging at this meeting and provides a summary of the ever popular ALA Technology Showcase – the highlights of which included shared networks, library data mining and audio archives. Concludes with highlights from various Library and Information Technology Association (LITA) meetings and discussions and a detailed report on the Standards Interest Group.

A report of interest to library and information management professionals.

There's an easier way to edit the AUTOEXEC.BAT file than that reported on p. 9 of the Dec. 1987 issue! [There's also an error in one of the file names!]

Entering and exiting the Pandemic Recession, the author study the high-frequency real-activity signals provided by a leading nowcast, the ADS Index of Business Conditions produced and released in real time by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. The author tracks the evolution of real-time vintage beliefs and compares them to a later-vintage chronology. Real-time ADS plunges and then swings as its underlying economic indicators swing, but the ADS paths quickly converge to indicate a return to brisk positive growth by mid-May. The author shows, moreover, that the daily real-activity path was highly correlated with the daily COVID-19 cases. Finally, the author provides a comparative assessment of the real-time ADS signals provided when exiting the Great Recession.

Reports on a project to: first, provide an empirical analysis of textual information on the Internet; second, to test the suitability of cataloguing rules and record formats governing the creation of machine‐readable cataloguing records; and third, develop recommendations that would assist the efforts of standards bodies and others interested in systematically cataloguing or otherwise describing and providing access to electronic information objects available through remote network access. Provides summary tables regarding the growth of the Internet and its traffic, together with file types. Concludes: first, that machine readable cataloguing records should be created; second, the effectiveness of records created for providing description and access information should be monitored; and third, cataloguing rules and formats should be extended to include interactive network systems and services.