Library Hi Tech: Volume 8 Issue 1

The Alice‐B Information Retrieval (IR) System: A Locally Developed Library System at Tacoma Public Library

Lare Mischo

The Alice‐B system at Tacoma (WA) Public Library supports a variety of public service and reference features. The system database is distributed on CD‐ROMs, which are attached to…

Bar Coding Projects: Preparation and Execution

Jeffrey N. Gatten

Massive bar coding projects require a great deal of planning and preparation, and usually involve most of a library's staff. The swift and efficient execution of the project is…

Intelligent Multimedia Computer Systems: Emerging Information Resources in the Network Environment

Charles W. Bailey

A multimedia computer system is one that can create, import, integrate, store, retrieve, edit, and delete two or more types of media materials in digital form, such as audio…

Computer Room Fire Protection

Bennett J. Price

Fire protection has several components: prevention, containment, detection, and suppression. While building codes and inspectors generally do not require special construction…

Moving to the Next‐Generation System: A Case History of a Vendor's Approach

Sam Feuer

In 1983, Utlas International, a major bibliographic utility and a vendor of a range of automated services and systems for the library community, reached a point in its corporate…

Online User Assistance: A Symposium

Denise Kaplan, Joseph R. Matthews, William Horton, Karen Markey Drabenstott, Charles R. Hildreth, Katharina Klemperer, Lare Mischo, K.T. Noerr, Marilee Winiarski

Most second‐generation online catalogs give libraries some capability to customize help messages, screen displays, and system prompts. Microcomputer applications designed or…

Planning to Implement the Planning Process: Automation at the Clearinghouse for the Institute of Imaginary Filmmakers—A Preliminary Report

Charles Forrest

Whether to just go with the flow, or to develop a strategic plan that essentially achieves going with the flow—that is the question. It is undoubtedly preferable that a strategic…

Resolution for a New Decade: Selecting a Computer Display

Walt Crawford

While PC‐compatible computing becomes ever more complex and confusing, some aspects do achieve clarity. One such aspect, according to the author, is the choice of display. For…