Academic and Library Computing: Volume 9 Issue 3
Table of contents
A Primer on Z39.50: Part Two
Mark HinnebuschContinues with the second part of an article on the topic of theNISO Z39.50 protocol for remote search and retrieval of information.Summarizes the issues dealt with in Part I…
Online Public Access Catalogs: Linking OPACs: Policy Issues and Considerations
Bernie SloanLibrarians had it pretty easy in the “good old days” of stand‐alone OPACs. Users would wander into to the library, sidle up to an OPAC terminal, and search for the desired item…
The Library in Academic Computing: UNIX and Internetworking
D. Scott BrandtAssesses the role of UNIX in the future of information andinternetworking. Argues that librarians should be familiar with UNIX asso many information systems run on it, and…
News Briefs
Nancy Melin NelsonIBM Announces Multimedia Authoring Tool. IBM announces LinkWay Live!™, a new member of the Linkway™ family. LinkWay Live! is an inexpensive, DOS‐based authoring and presentation…