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To review and discuss significant developments in the evolving Web environment and how these developments impact librarians and library services.
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To review and discuss significant developments in the evolving Web environment and how these developments impact librarians and library services.
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The article discusses how four major information industry trends, personalization, self service, mobility, and technology have helped to create a Web environment that is transforming how users are interacting with information and how libraries must adapt.
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The article puts these four trends in the context of library systems and services, illustrating how the role of the librarian has evolved.
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The examination of the evolving web as it relates to librarians and library services can provide a unique perspective for librarians who are thinking about, or are in the process of evaluating the effectiveness of services to users.
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Teeny Type is a combination of condensed and superscript dot matrix type styles with narrow line spacing. It can be used for labeling small objects such as slides, contents of…
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Teeny Type is a combination of condensed and superscript dot matrix type styles with narrow line spacing. It can be used for labeling small objects such as slides, contents of disks, etc. These directions for creating Teeny Type are for Epson printers but will work on some other models also. You can create Teeny Type with your OCLC Terminal Software and, if you want to use it with other programs, directions for creating a batch file are also given. [Editor: Another method that produces much the same results was described in OCLC Micro, vol. 1, no. 4, on p. 34. None of these methods will work with a daisy‐wheel type letter quality printer, nor will they work if you have set the DIP switches on your dot matrix printer to near‐letter‐quality printing.
For a number of reasons, I have decided to begin this issue of VINE with an editorial. In the first place, as many of you will already know, at the end of June I gave up my post…
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For a number of reasons, I have decided to begin this issue of VINE with an editorial. In the first place, as many of you will already know, at the end of June I gave up my post as Information Officer for Library Automation in order to become an Assistant Librarian in the Applied Sciences Library of University College, Cardiff. Since the Information Officer for Library Automation is ex officio editor of VINE, this means that I will also be handing over responsibility for this publication to my successor, when he or she is appointed. Unfortunately, there will be a hiatus before my successor can take over, so that for a short while, I will continue to edit VINE. However, because of my commitments in Cardiff, I will be unable to provide news of recent developments in U.K. library automation as I formerly did. Thus, in this issue of VINE and the next, I will concentrate on descriptions of automated library systems which I visited whilst on a study tour of North America in April and May of this year. Once my successor takes over, VINE will revert to being a source of up‐to‐date information about automation in specifically U.K. libraries.
Local Area Networks (LANs) are becoming more prevalent in library automation systems. What is a local area network? A LAN is a collection of microcomputers and peripheral…
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Local Area Networks (LANs) are becoming more prevalent in library automation systems. What is a local area network? A LAN is a collection of microcomputers and peripheral equipment linked by a short‐range, common, dedicated communications path contained within a single building, building complex, or campus.
Details the last OCLC Users′ Council meeting which had the theme“Cooperation and competition: OCLC and libraries′ strategies forthe next generation”. Reports include: the delegate…
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Details the last OCLC Users′ Council meeting which had the theme “Cooperation and competition: OCLC and libraries′ strategies for the next generation”. Reports include: the delegate algorithm task force report; OCLC reference services; OCLC cataloging and resource sharing; the Users′ Council executive committee report on telecommunications; access to OCLC services – trends pricing and the future. Concludes with a summary of the question/answer and old business sessions.
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WordPerfect version 5.0 has been widely praised for its enhancements with programmable macros. Based on a tradition of macro support since version 2.23, WordPerfect 5.0 allows…
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WordPerfect version 5.0 has been widely praised for its enhancements with programmable macros. Based on a tradition of macro support since version 2.23, WordPerfect 5.0 allows users to manipulate text in ways previously possible only with more advanced programming languages. The new version, for example, allows for the assignment of variables, conditional testing, advanced looping, sub‐routines, and error handling. It also includes a macro editor as part of the basic software package. With the editor, you can easily modify existing macros—a feature particularly useful with large macros created with the new programming features. In this article I will provide a basic introduction to these macro capabilities and their uses. I have also designed a simple accessions list macro (ACCLIST) that demonstrates some of the new features. A later article will illustrate more complex possibilities.
OCLC has had many inquiries about whether microcomputers with hard disk drives should be turned off at the end of each day. When the M300 Workstation was introduced, OCLC…
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OCLC has had many inquiries about whether microcomputers with hard disk drives should be turned off at the end of each day. When the M300 Workstation was introduced, OCLC recommended that the unit be left on except for long periods of non‐use (for example, holiday week‐ends). That recommendation was based on longstanding experience with the 1XX terminals, which have no moving parts.
If you've never installed components in your Workstation, the terminology and documentation that accompany such up‐grades can be scary and confusing. The instructions that come…
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If you've never installed components in your Workstation, the terminology and documentation that accompany such up‐grades can be scary and confusing. The instructions that come with your memory card may refer to the DIP switches on the motherboard, as well as DIP switches on the card you'll be installing. The mother‐board is also called the system board. In the M300 Workstation [and other micro‐computers], it's the largest board—the flat one on the bottom of the system unit.