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Publication date: 1 May 1985

Vicki Sweda

One of my responsibilities as an OCLC secretary is creating, editing, and filing various types and styles of “paper” documents. This routinely involves handling the work of up to…

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One of my responsibilities as an OCLC secretary is creating, editing, and filing various types and styles of “paper” documents. This routinely involves handling the work of up to ten people. At OCLC, computers are used to create, edit, and file these documents. In time—sometimes just a few weeks, depending on the work load—just retrieving a single document after it has been filed can be a time‐consuming task. Even given the speed at which the computer works, finding files in an automated system can be as difficult as it ever was in the old‐fashioned metal filing cabinet—unless your files are as organized as they were in that cabinet. (They were, weren't they?)

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OCLC Micro, vol. 1 no. 5
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 8756-5196

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Publication date: 1 May 1987

Ashton‐Tate's dBASE, in its various versions, is undoubtedly the most widely used database management program in libraries. Scores of articles in the library literature describe…

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Ashton‐Tate's dBASE, in its various versions, is undoubtedly the most widely used database management program in libraries. Scores of articles in the library literature describe dBASE applications in libraries. They are usually written by enthusiastic dBASE users who have discovered how to bend and twist the program to accomplish a library specific application. The articles vary greatly in accuracy, documentation, and usefulness.

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OCLC Micro, vol. 3 no. 5
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 8756-5196

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Publication date: 1 May 1985

Scott May

In the previous issue of OCLC Micro, I talked about some file naming conventions and other practices you can follow to help keep your files organized. As I pointed out, developing…

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In the previous issue of OCLC Micro, I talked about some file naming conventions and other practices you can follow to help keep your files organized. As I pointed out, developing a method to help determine easily which file is the most current version and what its contents might be is no different whether you're using a hard disk or a diskette. But you can create a much bigger mess on a hard disk if you're not organized since there's so much more room to do it in! Over 500 files can reside in the root directory on the hard disk (vs. 112 on a diskette) and, unless you create subdirectories, you only have a root directory.

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OCLC Micro, vol. 1 no. 5
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 8756-5196

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