Academic and Library Computing: Volume 9 Issue 6

News Briefs

Nancy Melin Nelson

University of Cincinnati Inaugurates OhioLINK. The University of Cincinnati (UC), first to implement a state‐of‐the‐art computerized Ohio library research system, celebrated the…

Integrated Library Systems: A Primer on Z39.50: Part Five

Mark Hinnebusch

This month's article discusses the query mechanism built into the Z39.50 protocol. There are three types of query defined: type 0, type 1, and type 2. The query is encapsulated in…

The Library in Academic Computing: Faces and Bridges — Part Two: User Interfaces and Librarians

D. Scott Brandt

This is the second of a two‐part article on user interfaces and bridges as they relate to library user interface design. This article takes a closer look at the concept and…

Online Public Access Catalogs: Accessing Abstracting and Indexing Databases

Bernie Sloan

In the last issue, access to abstracting and indexing databases through the online public access catalog was discussed. The Association of Research Libraries' (ARL) “Guidelines…