Library Hi Tech: Volume 10 Issue 3

Interface design and development: The human factor

Dennis A. Norlin, Elizabeth R. Cardman, Elisabeth B. Davis, Raeann Dossett, Barbara Henigman, William H. Mischo, Leslie Troutman

Shortcomings in the BRS MENTOR mainframe interface and the desirability of using the workstation capabilities of the PC were factors in the decision to develop and implement a…

Maintaining data integrity by documenting the system: Putting database policy in writing

Brian Sealy

Most libraries already have some documentation. Software vendors provide manuals for the “out‐of‐the‐box” programs they sell. The bibliographic utilities also provide…

Computer‐assisted instruction and the library: A case study—in disappointment

Nancy M. Stanley

A project was undertaken to determine the appropriateness of providing subject‐based courseware in an academic library's software center or microcomputer lab. The courseware was…

OPAC workstation evaluation: The third time around

Ron G. Martin

It has been three years since an OPAC workstation at Indiana State University Libraries (ISU) was designed and constructed. During the planning stages, two surveys helped…

Development efforts between high tech firms and academic libraries: A case study of one library's experience

David Reiman, Karen Sendi

This article examines the University of Toledo Carlson Library's cooperative effort with IBM personnel in attempting to design a new and cost‐effective method for networking…

Scholarly communications: New realities, old values

Paula T. Kaufman, Tamara Miller

As modes of scholarly communication change around us, will our old values endure? Deanna Marcum, dean of the School of Library and Information Science at the Catholic University…

Taking stock

Walt Crawford

Once in a while, you should take stock of your personal computing environment. What is on your system? How did it get there? What do you actually use? How did you arrive at your…