Ellen Traxel and Richard Aroksaar
Explains how the Pacific Northwest Regional Library convertedcatalog records from the OCLC MARC Tape Service into a working databaseby loading the tapes onto a minicomputer and…
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Explains how the Pacific Northwest Regional Library converted catalog records from the OCLC MARC Tape Service into a working database by loading the tapes onto a minicomputer and then downloading the data onto diskettes. Tackles the problems that were encountered as a result of this when the database was set up.
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Richard Aroksaar and Ellen Traxel
Discusses the introduction of an efficient way to get localcataloguing onto OCLC to maintain resource sharing, in a library whereoriginal cataloguing is performed directly onto a…
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Discusses the introduction of an efficient way to get local cataloguing onto OCLC to maintain resource sharing, in a library where original cataloguing is performed directly onto a local system. Describes the techniques employed using ProComm to automate OCLC dial access, the routine to transfer dBASE to ProComm, and the script of a sample automatic data entry session.