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Online index to the OCLC Newsletter, 1967-2005

This index contains the text of Tables of Contents from The OCLC NEWSLETTER from 1967 through 2005 when the title was replaced by NextSpace. Limited cross references are contained in brackets following the article titles.

Indexed by

• Larry Olszewski, OCLC Library & Information Center (1967-1979)
• Esther Greenberg, Case Western Reserve University (1980-Jan/Feb 2002)
  
• Ginny Browne, OCLC Library & Information Center (Mar/Apr 2002-Nov/Dec 2005)

December 18, 1967 No. 1

1 MARC II
2 Preliminary description of the activities of the Ohio College Library Center
2 Grants
3 The new librarianship
4 Membership

June 19, 1968 No. 2 [Note: 1858 Neil Ave.]

1 Ohio State Universities' lending policies
2 Ohio State University to make computer available
2 Date of next annual meeting
3 Election of President Robert W. Morse
3 Nominating Committee for annual election
3 Membership

September 17, 1968 No. 3

1 Grant request presented to the Council on Library Resources
1 Title II funds
2 Remote catalog access and circulation system
2 Committee to determine data elements in converted records
3 Institutes on MARC
3 Membership renewals

October 10, 1968 No. 4 [Note: now at 1314 Kinnear Rd.]

1 New address  
1 Adoptions of OSU Libraries lending policy
1 EDUCOM program
2 Annual meeting

November 25, 1968 No. 5

1 Second annual membership meeting
3 New staff member [Leon E. Whitinger]
3 New appointments [Lawrence Bowman, Arthur T. Hamlin, Stuart A. Stiffler]
4 Newsletters and information leaflets

January 9, 1969 No. 6

1 Simulation study
2 Shared cataloging
3 New staff [Philip L. Long, Eugene B. Leiderman]
4 Loans to faculty of OCLC institutions
5 Membership renewals

February 14, 1969 No. 7

1 Catalog card production
2 New staff [Curtis E. Higgins]
2 Research & development
4 Loans to faculty of OCLC institutions
5 Membership

March 14, 1969 No. 8

1 Simulation
2 Catalog card production
3 Assessments
4 Conversion

April 15, 1969 No. 9

1 Simulation
2 Catalog card production
4 Proposal for support of shared cataloging development
4 Loans to faculty of OCLC institutions

June 15, 1969 No. 10

1 Simulation
2 Catalog card production
2 Conversion—OSU
2 File organization
4 Ohio leads at Amsterdam

August 29, 1969 No. 11

1 Catalog card production
1 Simulation
2 Proposal for support of shared cataloging development
2 Remote catalog access and circulation system—OSU2 Annual meeting
2 Membership

October 16, 1969 No. 12

1 Annual meeting
1 MARC II tapes
1 Catalog card production
2 Catalog card production—first impressions
2 University of Toledo—Center for Library & Information Systems
2 Membership
2 Library computerization at the Ohio State University Libraries

December 1, 1969 No. 13

1 Multiple copies of the OCLC Newsletter
1 Third annual meeting
2 Faculty borrowing among OCLC libraries

March 3, 1970 No. 14

1 Office of Education grant
1 Trustees approve contract for Sigma 5
2 Catalog production
3 Costs of on-line shared cataloging system

April 27, 1970 No. 15

1 Catalog production system
1 Multiple copies of the OCLC Newsletter
2 Library of Congress Recon Project
2 Automatic subject indexing and classification
2 Advisory Committee

June 10, 1970 No. 16

1 Assessments for 1970/71
1 Catalog production
1 Permanence of cataloging information
2 Library economics
2 Copies of MARC records
2 Advisory Cataloging Committee
2 Library of Congress Recon Project

July 24, 1970 No. 17

1 Council on Library Resources, Inc. grants $14,113 to OCLC
1 Cataloging in Publication
2 Catalog production
2 Deposit funds for catalog cards
2 Grant from National Agricultural Library

August 27, 1970 No. 18

1 New telephone number
1 Sigma 5 computer
1 Annual meeting
2 OSU remote catalog access and circulation system
2 Catalog production
3 Membership

November 6, 1970 No. 19

1 Annual meeting
1 Membership
1 Library of Congress Recon Project
1 Terminal selected [Irascope]
2 Catalog production

December 4, 1970 No. 20

1 PRLC-OCLC network
1 Fourth annual meeting

January 14, 1971 No. 21

1 Observations on on-line systems [over-selling, assistance to users, fish bowl effect, Cadillac effect]
2 Projected increased availability of cataloging in MARC II
2 Catalog production—missing characters
2 Ohio Regents propose support for libraries of private colleges

February 10, 1971 No. 22

1 Ohio Board of Regents accepts grant proposal
1 Marietta cuts cataloging costs in half
1 MARC "69-" records now in master file
2 Catalog production
2 "Z" and "j"

March 10, 1971 No. 23

1 Manual for OCLC Catalog Card Production
1 "Slings and arrows"—Information Dynamics style
2 Brochure
2 Retrospective catalog conversion
2 Distribution of newsletter

March 19, 1971 No. 24

1 State budget contains OCLC subsidy
1 Catalogers' meeting Friday, 26 March 1971
2 Site preparation for cataloging terminal equipment
2 Catalog production

April 21, 1971 No. 25

1 Procedure for determining number of terminals for member libraries
2 Communications charges
2 Catalog production—new products available
3 Extension cards
3 Catalog production—costs
3 Delays in cataloging of reprint titles

May 12, 1971 No. 26

1 Cataloging meeting—Wednesday, 2 June, 1971
1 Attrition
2 Transportation of catalog cards
2 Catalog production
2 Optional character to follow call number

May 19, 1971 No. 27

1 Meeting of Cataloging Committee
1 Computerized LC card number index
2 Cataloging meeting Wednesday, June 2, 1971
2 Pilot project
2 Instruction in use of terminals
3 Submission of request cards for catalog production
3 New options available on the Sigma

June 11, 1971 No. 28

1 Instruction in use of terminals
1 Clinics on use of CRT terminals
2 Dimensions of CRT terminal equipment
2 Site preparation for CRT terminal equipment
3 Arrival of terminals
3 House appropriations bill includes OCLC subsidy
3 Catalog production—costs
3 On-line title index

June 18, 1971 No. 29

1 Systems status telephone
1 Instruction meeting to be in Ohio Union
1 Replacement sheets for manual entitles: Creation of Machine Readable Catalog Entries
2 Worksheet answers
2 Deposit funds for catalog cards
2 Committee on Charter Revision

July 2, 1971 No. 30

1 New telephone numbers
1 Malone College first to pay membership fee
1 New member—United Theological Seminary Library
1 Office of Education grant
2 Implementation schedule
2 Regional instruction meetings

July 9, 1971 No. 31

1 Implementation schedule—correction
1 Authorization numbers for terminal users

July 27, 1971 No. 32

1 Shared cataloging
1 Telephone circuits
2 Terminals
2 Dewey call numbers
2 Superintendent of Documents class number to be in MARC records

August 4, 1971 No. 33

1 Shared cataloging—training system
1 The cataloging telecommunication network—or, the things mother did not know to tell us
3 Terminals
3 Catalog production

August 20, 1971 No. 34

1 Terminals
1 Operation of terminals
1 Reports of malfunctions
2 Cataloging in Publication (CIP)
2 Development of new sub systems
3 Manuals

September 1, 1971 No. 35

1 Grant received from Council on Library Resources
1 On-line catalog production launched
3 Use of Mstr Reset key on Irascope
3 Terminals
3 Fifth annual meeting

September 10, 1971 No. 36

1 Cataloging on-line
1 Delete function
1 Reformat function
1 On-line cataloging procedure
2 Operation of terminals
2 Request for names and telephone numbers of Irascope operators
2 Alternate class number

September 23, 1971 No. 37

1 On-line cataloging
2 Contents notes
2 Terminals—fuses
2 Request cards—off-line catalog production

October 1, 1971 No. 38

1 Terminals
1 The on-line cataloging
1 Advisory Committee on Serials
2 On-line cataloging procedures—29 October 1971
2 Fifth annual meeting

October 7, 1971 No. 39

1 Input cataloging
1 Card production
2 Union catalog holdings information
3 Sharing on-line cataloging procedures
3 Indexes
3 Holidays

October 22, 1971 No. 40

1 On-line union catalog
1 Input cataloging implemented
2 On-line cataloging procedures—29 October 1971
2 Negligible radiation from terminals

November 12, 1971 No. 41

1 On-line cataloging
1 Cancellation of holding codes
1 Formating [sic] of call numbers
2 Order of fields on catalog records
2 Duplicate records

November 24, 1971 No. 42

1 On-line cataloging
2 Advisory Committee on Technical Processing

December 6, 1971 No. 43

1 Request for machine readable serials records
1 Order of fields on catalog records
1 Vertical formating [sic] of catalog cards
2 Excessive response time
2 Delimiters
3 Advisory Committee on Cataloging

December 10, 1971 No. 44

1 Glitch of the week
2 CA update function
2 Error reporting procedure
2 New data item displayed
3 Outstanding problem
3 Input cataloging statistics
3 Entry of MARC cataloging to resume
4 Local subject headings
5 Schedule for visits
5 Catalog production—November
5 Excerpt from a letter—with permission
5 Erratum

December 16, 1971 No. 45

1 State subsidy for OCLC
1 Annual report, 1970/1971
1 Communications with OCLC
2 Schedules

January 17, 1972 No. 46

1 MARC records added
1 Cataloging in Publication
1 Duplicate records eliminated
2 "Bound with" notes
2 Tilde
2 Communication with OCLC
2 Advisory Committee meetings
3 ALA print train
3 Unit cards
3 Use of UPDATE key
4 Pseudo-delimiters
5 Cards for credit

January 26, 1972 No. 47

1 New on-line index by OCLC number
1 Schedules
2 Holidays
2 Error reporting sheet
3 Terminal tutorials
3 Failure to produce cards
4 NELINET plans test of transferability of OCLC

February 28, 1972 No. 48

1 Membership fees for 1972/73
1 Catalog production
2 Cooperative activities
4 Union catalog information
4 Crashes
5 Present thoughts on bibliographic records
6 Preclusion of bibliographic records for serials
6 Error report sheets

March 17, 1972 No. 49

1 Union Catalog location symbols
3 New functions added to system
3 Added copies
3 Extra cards
3 Catalog production
4 Main entry as subject
4 Input records made from LC copy
4 Save area
5 Automatic provision of characters on printed cards
5 Additions to the MARC Distribution Service
6 Communications with OCLC

May 8, 1972 No. 50

1 Membership meeting
1 Work schedules
2 Illegal tag checking
2 Prevention of duplication of on-line catalog records
3 Catalog production
3 Technical processing systems—a definition
4 Findings of the Dartmouth experiment [cataloging costs]
4 Union Catalog location symbols
4 Amendment to Appendix I of manual entitled
   "Online shared cataloging on a cathode ray tube terminal"

June 27, 1972 No. 51

1 Revised LC records
1 041 language field
2 Philip L. Long—Assistant Director
3 Catalog production
3 050 field in modified records
3 Single cards
4 Error correction

July 25, 1972 No. 52

1 Membership fees
1 System reliability: a progress report
2 Revised LC records: a retraction
3 Terminal tutorial
3 Subscript and superscript character sets
3 Delimiting of call numbers
4 Deletion of AACR 98 and 99
5 "Great Britain" and "United States" in subject headings
5 Juvenile materials
5 Analysis of monographic series
6 Class numbers for audio-visual materials
6 Catalog production
6 Visitors

September 29, 1972 No. 53

1 Sixth annual meeting
1 Excerpts from the Annual Report 1971/72
2 Charges for catalog cards
2 Wright State changes policy [now includes place of publication]
2 Error correction
3 Call number deletion
3 Types of catalog records in the file

November 1, 1972 No. 54

1 Sixth annual meeting
1 Duties and functions of the Board of Trustees
2 Membership fee increases due to serials and technical processing systems
2 Holidays
2 Catalog production
2 RECON 68
3 Class "K" call numbers
3 Extended search
3 Tutorials
4 Error report sheets
4 Communications with OCLC [Judith Hopkins replaced by Ann Ekstrom]

November 22, 1972 No. 55

1 Free text call number field—a new function
1 Additions to automatic error checking
3 Save file
3 Sixth annual meeting
4 Estimation of membership fee for 1973/74
4 Correction

December 14, 1972 No. 56

1 International Standard Bibliographic Description (ISBD)
3 On-line catalog
3 Final punctuation of title added entry headings
3 Line creation in call numbers

January 24, 1973 No. 57

1 Free telephone calls—1-800-282-6496
1 OCLC extends membership to non-academic Ohio libraries
1 Agreement signed with ULC [Pennsylvania]
2 Utilization of MARC II records
2 Holidays
2 Tilde
3 Error report policy
3 Catalog production
3 Catalog card printing
4 Deferred MARC II printing
4 Name authority entries
4 On-line up-time following implementation of serials check-in

February 27, 1973 No. 58

1 Membership meeting—26 March 1973
1 Extended borrowing—graduate and undergraduate students
2 ISBD
2 Extended search activated
4 Catalog production
4 Error report forms

April 13, 1973 No. 59 [Note: now at 1550 W. Henderson Rd.]

1 Membership extends service outside of Ohio
1 Membership news
2 Holidays
2 Communications with OCLC
2 Creating new records from existing records
2 LC call numbers in input records
3 NLM call numbers and MESH subject headings
3 Input of LC call numbers by Dewey libraries
3 Second indicator in title fields
4 Error reports

June 26, 1973 No. 60

1 New address
1 Council of Regions (COR)
1 New members
2 Headings too long to print
2 Catalog record file
2 Unprintable characters
3 Error report policy
3 Errors in input catalog records
4 Improved procedure for input cataloging
4 Request for 1968/69 annual report

September 18, 1973 No. 61

1 Seventh annual meeting
1 New manuals published
2 Degradation of response time
2 Accession lists now available
2 Agreement with Federal Library Committee
3 Philip L. Long—Associate Director
3 National WATS line
3 Catalog production
3 Excerpts from the Annual Report 1972/73

October 23, 1973 No. 62

1 Seventh annual meeting
1 Catalog production
1 Instructional video tapes
2 Economics of Academic Libraries
3 Error report sheets
4 Terminal response time
4 New members
4 OLA honors Executive Director

November 30, 1973 No. 63

1 Phil Long to go to SUNY
1 Sixth annual meeting
4 System activity reports

January 15, 1974 No. 64

1 New members
1 Agreements signed with IUC and SUNY
1 MARC formats for films and maps
1 Change in use of "China (People"s Republic of China, 1949- )"
3 Use of Taiwan in subject headings
3 Problem search keys
4 System activity

January 25, 1974 No. 65

1 OCLC to continue to extend services
1 Jack R. Vincent—new comptroller
2 New member
2 Serials check-in schedule
2 Additional terminals for serials control
2 Function for medical libraries
3 Holidays
3 Trustees approve new formula for allocation of terminals [one terminal for each 11,000 first-time uses of records]
4 System activity

February 18, 1974 No. 66

1 Catalog production
1 Change in record display format
2 Duplicate records in the data base
3 On-line correction of input cataloging
4 Updating records for archives

April 1, 1974 No. 67

1 Input of serials records
1 Recent events
2 Encoding levels
2 Cataloging of music scores
3 Geographic area codes
3 New members
3 Communications with OCLC
4 System activity

May 17, 1974 No. 68

1 Special meeting of OCLC set for May 21
1 On-line hours extended
1 Equipment delays slow system usage rate
1 Executive Director visits equipment manufacturers
2 OCLC pricing under review
2 Serials Advisory Committee meets
2 New pages for manuals
3 Incomplete document
3 Inputing Dewey Decimal class number in field 082
3 Parentheses dropped from subject heading "Readers"
3 Eliminating duplicate records
4 System activity

June 7, 1974 No. 69

1 Trustees approve $2.2 million budget
1 Articles of Incorporation amended [purpose clause]
2 Billing of OCLC fees
3 Data lost on June 4
3 OCLC endorses Citizens" Task Force Recommendation
3 Long-on message changed
3 Printer specifications
4 Response time
4 Better mousetrap dept.
4 Center wants to hear from you

June 29, 1974 No. 70

1 System activity sets new record
1 Response time—more rapid
1 State Library [of Ohio] to fund test terminals
1 Terminal production
2 Off-line card production being phased out
2 Field 241—suppressed
2 System documentation available
2 Eliminating duplicate records—change
3 MARC II records with encoding level "I"
3 Serials record input available
3 ALA Conference
3 Center staff to visit libraries
4 System activity

July 29, 1974 No. 71

1 OCLC to acquire additional computers
1 New Assistant Director arrives [W. Stuart Debenham]
1 Illinois libraries join OCLC network
2 New Board member appointed [Ronald Frommeyer]
2 Foreign language records—12% of bibliographic records
2 Terminal allocation for public libraries
3 Dial-up access to OCLC
3 OCLC exhibit draws crowds at ALA Conference
4 System activity

August 20, 1974 No. 72

1 On-line system—3 years old
1 Debenham is Acting Director
1 Rush appointed Acting Manager of Data Processing Operations [James E. Rush]
1 New telephone numbers for OCLC staff
2 Recent downtime explained
3 10 week notice required to move terminals
3 Error report policy summarized
3 Date for reporting of duplicate records changed
3 NUC entries
3 IFLA Conference
4 Seminar on "Economics of Libraries"—8 November 1974

September 17, 1974 No. 73

1 Northeastern [University] catalogs millionth record in data base
1 OCLC's on-line system demonstrated in Australia
1 Sigma 9 delayed
2 Record update procedures changed
2 Duplicate records
2 Language code for Japanese changed [from "jap" to "jpn"]
2 The Economics of Libraries—A Seminar
2 Discussion and demonstration of hard copy printers
3 [Map showing locations of participating institutions as of 1 September 1974]
4 System activity

October 8, 1974 No. 74

1 Eighth annual meeting
1 Terminal installations rise
1 The Economics of Libraries—A seminar
1 Holidays
2 Screen message when system is down
2 Options for accessions lists
2 Proper care of the Data Set 201 C (Dataphone 2400)
3 Report damaged shipments
3 Error of the month dept. ["Boobs Merrill" instead of Bobbs Merrill]
3 Council for Computerized Library Networks [CCLN]
4 Luncheon—Millionth record celebration

November 18, 1974 No. 75

1 Catalog card production tops one million in September
1 Trustees approve terminal purchase agreements and new discount
2 First-time use charge for western libraries
2 Five o"clock system problems
2 Standards for Retrospective Cataloging
2 IFLA delegates visit OCLC
3 OCLC's seventh annual report
4 System activity

December 13, 1974 No. 76

1 System activity sets new high
1 New charging policies for profiling
1 Sigma 9 arrives
2 Holiday schedule
2 Center divisions reorganized
2 Terminal service call requests
3 Deferred MARC II records

January 3, 1975 No. 77

1 Response time
2 Error of the month dept.
2 Formula for calculating periodical subscriptions
2 Duplicate title cards
3 Charges for reclassification
3 Deleting OCLC authorizations
4 System activity

February 19, 1975 No. 78

1 On-line hours to extend to 10 P.M. EDT
1 CONSER project starts
1 OCLC expands and reorganizes data base, index files
2 New search key structures [derived search]
3 Terminal attachment guidelines
3 Queuing terminal installations

March 12, 1975 No. 79

1 System activity sets record
1 Sigma 9 debuts—response time drops
1 Trustees establish charges for searching
1 Register of additional locations—an experiment
2 OCLC acquires Spiras terminals, spare parts
2 Trustees establish serials check-in charges
2 Search key structure for author key
2 Leading blanks in 300 field
3 Additions to revised list of languages and language codes
3 "Do Not Use" note moves to 043 field
3 OCLC terminals meet the public
3 On-line storage is unlimited technically
3 Side glances [cartoon]
4 System activity

March 28, 1975 No. 80

1 System activity sets another record
1 Ceiling on search-key charges for public use terminals
1 System performance on schedule
1 Trustees approve $10.7 million budget as planning document for 1975/76
2 Executive Director on UNESCO mission to Yugoslavia
2 Stuart Debenham is Acting Executive Director
2 OCLC's structure and operation under review
2 Direct dial-up will increase access to system
2 Holidays
3 ISBN, ISSN and CODEN files available for searching
4 OCLC's "Top Ten"

April 24, 1975 No. 81

1 Trustees defer implementation of search charges
1 AT&T increases private line charges
1 OCLC's telephone numbers
2 OCLC and Battelle working on subject search
2 Evening hours are prime time for system usage
2 Jordan R. Maple—New comptroller
2 SUNY hosts workshop on resource sharing
3 OCLC Newsletter backfile available from SUNY Central
3 Library Systems Division handles production queries and complaints
3 OCLC to exhibit at ALA Conference—volunteers needed
3 Bibliographic price field available for input
4 System activity

May 28, 1975 No. 82

1 OCLC produces 2,123,683 catalog cards in April 1975
1 Standing Finance Committee created at May Trustees" meeting
1 Second Sigma 9 computer arrives
1 On-line system demonstrated in Austria
2 Volunteers needed for ALA exhibit
2 Libraries should refrain from inputting non-print materials in format for books
2 "New" command scheduled for 2 June 1975
3 OCLC to expand holdings symbols for card production
4 System activity

June 27, 1975 No. 83

1 Trustees set 1975/76 first-time-use charges
1 OCLC begins ninth year on 6 July 1975
2 Trustees set search-key search charges for public use terminals
2 Trustees commend Dr. Lewis C. Branscomb
2 Proper care of Data Set 201 (Dataphone 2400)
3 Reporting duplicate records
3 Spine, card and pocket labels available for printers attached to CRTs
3 Returning OCLC-MARC tapes for reuse
4 System activity

July 15, 1975 No. 84

1 OCLC acquires new facilities—$2.4 million project already under way [1125 Kinnear Rd.]
2 State Library of Ohio grants $56,000 to OCLC towards purchase of terminals for Ohio libraries
2 Cleveland Public Library joins OCLC
2 Office of Education awards OCLC grant for development of interlibrary loan subsystem
2 OCLC receives grant from Council on Library Resources, Inc.
3 System activity sets record
3 In special cases OCLC will pass on service call costs to institutions
3 "Training the Trainers" subject of SUNY seminar on 18 August
4 System activity

August 6, 1975 No. 85

1 Xerox withdrawal from computer manufacturing will have little impact on OCLC
1 System activity continues to rise as number of records in data base surpasses 1.5 million
1 OCLC adding MULS [Minnesota Union List of Serials] records to data base
2 Ordering spine, card and pocket labels
2 Addendum No. 1 to On-Line Cataloging available
2 Eth and double tilde will print on cards
3 Florida COMCAT converting shelflists to machine readable form
3 Additions and changes to revised list of languages and language codes
4 System activity

August 26, 1975 No. 86

1 On-line system enters fifth year
1 Joseph F. Shubert named to Board of Trustees
1 Labor Day
2 Columbus Public Library joins OCLC
2 Double diacritics
2 Interlibrary loan requests for serials
3 Duplicate records
4 System activity

September 30, 1975 No. 87

1 Board of Trustees announces FTU charge increase beginning in FY 76/77
2 Center takes action to improve response time and user productivity
3 On-line system available on Saturdays until response time is improved
3 Center officially moves to 1125 Kinnear Road on 6 October 1975
3 Center will discontinue off-line catalog production
3 Center will initiate scheduling of development of access to non-OCLC data bases
4 Center offices will be closed on 13 October—Columbus Day

October 17, 1975 No. 88

1 Ninth annual meeting—7 November 1975
1 Seminar on 7 November: On-line Retrieval Services for Non-monographic Data Bases
1 Tour of OCLC's new facilities will precede annual meeting on 7 November 1975
2 Libraries will receive via terminal immediate information about status of on-line system
2 Local call numbers
3 [Map of OCLC members and affiliates]
4 System activity

October 31, 1975 No. 89

1 Ninth annual meeting—7 November 1975
1 Center's new address and telephone number
1 Board of Trustees sets 1976/77 first-time use charges
2 Tour of OCLC's new facilities
3 Board of Trustees sets 1976/77 charges for other OCLC services and products
3 Summary of OCLC charges for fiscal year 1976/77
3 Seminar on 7 November: On-line Retrieval Services for Non-monographic Data Bases
4 System activity

November 21, 1975 No. 90

1 Ninth annual meeting
2 Response time rises again, but relief is in sight
2 Saturday hours of operation will continue through December
2 Ohio WATS number
3 Eighth annual report
4 System activity

November 28, 1975 No. 91

1 An open letter from the Executive Director about response time
2 What libraries can expect during installation of new computer system
3 Center freezes growth of and additions to on-line system
3 Feathering of terminals will continue until new system is stabilized
3 OCLC finishes loading of MULS and MARC-S records into on-line catalog
4 Unfortunate chain of events causes downtime 17-22 November
4 Library Systems Division moving to 1125 Kinnear Road
4 WATS line utilization

December 17, 1975 No. 92

1 8 December is most productive day in history of on-line system
1 R&D update
2 Demand grows for on-line retrieval services—OCLC's seminar
3 Holiday schedule
4 Board of Trustees prepares to study advisability of extending membership to libraries outside Ohio

January 14, 1976 No. 93

1 ALA"s Booklist using OCLC cataloging information
1 OCLC's address and telephone directory [1125 Kinnear Rd., 43212]
1 Training for serials check-in under way
2 Additions and changes to Revised List of Languages and Language Codes
2 How MARC II cataloging records enter OCLC's On-line Catalog
2 Center offices will be closed on Marin Luther King Day—19 January 1976
2 Saturday hours of operation will continue into January
3 Center establishes priorities for purchase orders for OCLC Model 100 terminals
4 New computer system becoming more stable

February 9, 1976 No. 94

1 On-line system will be available on Saturdays on a regular basis
1 OCLC lifts moratorium on terminal installations
1 System activity soars as new computer system becomes more stable
2 Center offices will be closed on 16 February—Presidents Day
2 How the Center calculates response time
4 System activity

February 27, 1976 No. 95

1 Two firsts and a second for OCLC's on-line system [first day that activity exceeded 30,000 books cataloged; first time over one million catalog cards produced in a week; second "millionth record" entered]
1 AT&T files with FCC for increases in charges for private line services
2 SAVE area is shared by participating libraries
3 First quarterly educational forum for Ohio members draws 70 persons
3 Input LC card number from any source including verso of title page
3 Case Western Reserve offers serials print-out including OCLC numbers
4 System activity

March 19, 1976 No. 96

1 AT&T increases charges for private line services by 3 percent
1 System activity increases as new computer system stabilizes
1 Facts about OCLC
2 New polling procedure should improve overall response time
3 Charges for reclassification
3 New address for mailing reports of duplicates and errors
3 Executive Director attends conferences on networks in Europe
4 System activity

April 2, 1976 No. 97

1 Trustees approve 1976/77 budget plan—FTU charges revised
2 New dual computer system can fly with one engine
2 Kent State University Libraries offers workshop on effective use of OCLC
2 Information about printer attachments for use with OCLC Model 100 terminals available
3 OCLC to install enhancements to on-line system in April [ALL PRODUCE; revised truncated entry; revisions of name index; new rules for constructing search keys]
4 Summary of OCLC charges for fiscal year 1976/77
6 System activity

April 30, 1976 No. 98

1 Second quarterly educational forum for Ohio members to be held on 7 May
1 Center compresses holdings bits, reloads on-line catalog
1 On-line system will be available on Memorial Day
1 System will not be up on 8 May so that OCLC can reorganize files and add new search capabilities
2 Executive Director delivers Miles Conrad Memorial Lecture at NFAIS Conference
2 Cost of serials print-out from Case Western Reserve University Libraries goes up
2 OCLC removes poll-all procedure to add improved logic to program
3 How the Center handles PDTs [Pack definition tables]
4 System activity

May 28, 1976 No. 99

1 Center receives $339,319 grant from W.K. Kellogg Foundation
1 Center implements ALL PRODUCE function
1 WATS line
1 Second Quarterly Educational Forum for Ohio members draws 76 persons
2 New search capabilities increase response time for certain types of searches [author/title; title; author; extended searches]
2 University of Toledo Law Library converts monograph holdings—hit rate more than 70 percent
2 Center installs improved "poll-all" procedure in on-line system
3 New procedure will help users when reporting malfunctions of terminals
4 Use 4,4 Author/Title search key to obviate input errors

June 11, 1976 No. 100

1 Thompson M. Little to be Associate Executive Director of OCLC
1 Trustees approve establishment of users support centers in non-network areas [OCLC Western Service Center]
1 On-line system will not be available on 5 July in observance of Independence Day
2 ALA publishes major research study of OCLC ["Ohio College Library Center System, Library Technology Reports, January 1976]
2 Executive Director to participate in project: Knowledge 2000
2 Change in submittal instructions for Accessions List Service Request Forms
3 Response time fast for "numbered" search keys, slower for others
4 Technical assistance for local processing of OCLC-MARC tapes

July 16, 1976 No. 101

1 State Library of Ohio awards OCLC grant for retrospective conversion of public library holdings
1 Cataloging activity sets records even though response time is high [first time libraries cataloged over 150,000 books in a week]
2 Donald L. Trotier assumes position of OCLC's Personnel Manager
2 Serials Cataloging Manual available from AMIGOS
2 New log-in procedures for dial-up access take effect on 19 July 1976
3 Terminal maintenance charges are reduced for FY 1976/77
3 New options for OCLC-MARC Tape Service available
3 Language code in workform contains three fill characters
4 System activity

August 30, 1976 No. 102

1 Advisory Council will guide consulting firm in study of OCLC
1 Average response time drops—Center makes author search available during off-peak hours [5.8 seconds down from 9.9 seconds]
3 OCLC will announce scheduled downtime for implementation of three-computer system
3 Corrections—Ohio net FTU charge is $1.87, not $1.88
3 Center engineering staff can take reports of terminal malfunctions 87 hours a week
3 OCLC Western Service Center
3 On-line system marks five years of operation on 26 August 1976
3 Visitors are welcome at OCLC
4 OCLC Trustee William Chait elected Treasurer of American Library Association
4 Additions and changes to Revised List of Languages and Language Codes
4 Kent State University offers workshops on effective use of OCLC
4 ALA/ISAD Telecommunications Committee solicits commentary on protocol for communication
4 Slings and Arrows Department: PRLC serials records
4 On-line system will not be available on 6 September in observance of Labor Day
5 OCLC members and affiliates [map]
6 System activity

October 5, 1976 No. 103

1 Annual membership meeting set for 5 November 1976
1 Shutdown of system for implementation of triple processor scheduled to begin 29 October
1 OCLC moves data base equipment on weekends in preparation for implementation of triple processor
2 Cataloging activity picks up in September
2 Annals of terminal maintenance: When debris hits the fan
3 Hal Schell named to OCLC Board of Trustees
3 Holiday schedule for October and November
3 OCLC now ships catalog cards almost exclusively via U.S. Mail
3 Government Printing Office uses OCLC-MARC tapes in preparation of Monthly Catalog
3 Change in nomenclature: OCLC-MARC Subscription Service
4 System activity

November 15, 1976 No. 104

1 Trustees suggest budgetary guidelines for payments to Center in 1977/78
1 Holiday schedule
2 Implementation of triple processor systems goes smoothly
2 Five-minute interruption of on-line service will occur Monday through Friday for some users
3 Cataloging activity: The eleventh hour that lasted five days
3 Health Science OCLC Users Group [HSOCLCUG] to hold workshop-seminar 2-3 December
3 OCLC seeks Director for Users Services Division
3 Center establishes Corporate Committee on Response Time
4 System activity

December 22, 1976 No. 105

1 Tenth annual meeting
2 Holiday schedule
3 Extended search inoperative thirty minutes before daily shutdown of on-line system
3 Deadlines for Retrospective OCLC-MARC Project extended
3 OCLC—On the move again [Library Systems Division and Research and Development at 2939 Kenny Rd.]
4 OCLC Policy Statement on Terminal Service Controlled by Networks and Non-network Affiliated Institutions
5 Self-Instructional Manual for Terminal Operation available from Amigos
6 OCLC lifts moratorium on installation of new terminals
6 Automatic check-in of serials now available
7 Ninth annual report
7 Center implements card production for additional MARC II formats
7 Hardware malfunction caused loss of SAVE files on 30 November
8 System activity

February 4, 1977 No. 106

1 CLR awards $122,000 grant to OCLC for consultant"s study of OCLC's governance and organization [A.D. Little]
1 Retrospective OCLC-MARC Project by no means for every library
2 OCLC moves to conserve energy during winter of "77
2 Serials Control Subsytstem Reference Guide is available from OCLC
2 SOLINET offers self-instructional terminal training manual
2 OCLC observed holidays for 1977
3 Limited supply of serials cataloging manuals available from Amigos
3 Kent State University offers three more workshops on effective use of OCLC
3 New Kent State video tape programs available for loan from OCLC [1: Finding information in the OCLC System (Part 1); 2: Finding information in the OCLC System (Part 2); 3: The OCLC System; 4: On-line Cataloging]
4 System activity

March 10, 1977 No. 107

1 Cataloging activity sets high
2 OCLC takes effective action to maintain acceptable level of response time
2 Processing of deferred records under way
3 OCLC implements quadruple processor system two weeks ahead of schedule
4 System activity

April 29, 1977 No. 108

1 Cataloging activity goes over the 200,000 mark
1 OCLC's security system guards people, data and facilities
3 Records of non-print instructional materials for handicapped in on-line catalog
3 SUNY to develop analytical programs for OCLC-MARC Subscription Service tapes
3 Prompt action by OCLC averts damage to computer facilities on April 2
4 OCLC Education Forum on Serials Control draws 100 persons
6 Mary Ellen Jacobs to be Director of OCLC's User Services Division
7 OCLC Members and Affiliates [map]
8 Log-on message gives users latest information on LC-MARC II records in on-line catalog

June 8, 1977 No. 109

1 Trustees approve $18.4 million budget plan for 1977/78—overall cost of on-line cataloging to rise only one percent—no other increases in charges
1 SUNY-Potsdam captures OCLC Control Number 3000000
2 Dr. William J. Studer name to OCLC Board of Trustees
2 OCLC to exhibit at ALA conference in Detroit—volunteers needed
2 Board of Trustees approves acquisition of Sigma 9 computer for not-on-line activity
2 Joint Network Development Group [JNDG] formed
3 OCLC's long-range plan
5 Biomedical serials list with ISSNs, OCLC numbers available from Medical College of Ohio
5 On-line system will not be available on Independence Day
5 Installation of backup line to OCLC increases reliability of Tymnet service for dial-up users
5 Serials Workbook available from SUNY at Stony Brook
6 System activity

August 18, 1977 No. 110

1 Participating libraries catalog 220,046 books during week of 1977 June 19
1 System will be down three Saturdays for installation of enhancement designed to improve response time
1 State Library of Ohio awards grant to OCLC for design of holdings component
2 Trustees approve construction of building at OCLC to house production equipment and personnel
2 Imprint dates of monograph records in on-line catalog go back to 1450
3 Lightning strike blacks out OCLC, disrupts on-line system on July 29
3 Variable Field Tags for Serials manual available from BCR
3 SUNY to hold workshops on quality control of bibliographic data, uses of OCLC/MARC tapes
3 Card production for serials should begin in September
4 System activity

October 14, 1977 No. 111

1 Cataloging activity sets high at summer's end
1 Multi-level indexing technique brings better response time & other benefits
1 OCLC splits author index into separate personal and corporate indexes
1 OCLC has new WATS number for Ohio libraries
2 As OCLC prepares to install new way of storing holdings information, some users might have a remote chance of getting special messages from system when they PRODUCE or UPDATE certain records
2 Processing of deferred LC-MARC II records completed ahead of schedule
3 Serials catalog cards will be available soon
3 OCLC increases support of CONSER Project
3 OCLC to include product warranty limitation statements with shipments of off-line products
3 System will be down early on Oct. 21, all day Oct. 22, for maintenance & reorganization of files
4 System activity

December 8, 1977 No. 112

1 Onward and upward with on-line cataloging
1 Board of Trustees suggests budgeting guidelines for OCLC payments in 1978/79
1 OCLC establishes Inter-Network Quality Control Council—first meeting set for December 14
1 Annual membership meeting set for Dec. 19-20
2 On-line system will be down all day Dec. 17 for maintenance and reorganization of on-line catalog
2 Board of Trustees approves acquisition of data base processor [Tandem]
2 Holiday schedule
2 Copies of OCLC's 1976/77 annual report available
2 Sorry, Wrong Number Dept. [wrong number given for Technical Bulletin]
3 OCLC users take the pledge to Boston ["I pledge allegiance to OCLC"]
3 Dr. Robert F. Cayton appointed to Board of Trustees
3 Icelandic Cataloging Project under way at Cornell University Libraries
3 OCLC reschedules installation of separate storage of holdings bits
3 Kent State University produces video tapes on OCLC's Serials Control Subsystem [Check-In Record and Automated Check-in.]
4 System activity

January 4, 1978 No. 113

1 New governance structure adopted—Ohio College Library Center becomes OCLC, Inc. [number of members of Board of Trustees increased from nine to fifteen; creation of OCLC Users Council]
2 Ohio OCLC participants establish OHIONET on December 20
2 What does the "OCLC" in OCLC, Inc. stand for? [nothing]
2 Videotape about OCLC available from Ohio Dominican College ["The Electronic Library: Cooperation through Computers"]
2 OCLC installs bibliographic record terminator
3 Internetwork Quality Control Council [IQCC] to take positive approach to quality control
3 Workshops on serial record format set for Ohio libraries
3 As predicted, surcharge for OCLC Western Service Center is reduced
3 OCLC holiday schedule
4 OCLC's new governance structure
5 Testing of network supervisor to begin in February
6 System activity

February 17, 1978 No. 114

1 OCLC may face rolling blackouts if electric power crisis in Columbus worsens
1 UPDATES
2 OCLC buys 500 kilowatt diesel generator for power back-up to on-line system—installation proceeding as prospects of power reductions and rolling blackouts loom over OCLC
2 January"s awful weather closed OCLC office three days
3 User Services Division [staff photo]
4 OCLC helps Cambria County Library System in Johnstown, Pa. rebuild its card catalog after flood [photo of damage]
5 OCLC Model 105 Cathode Ray Tube terminals to start coming off production line in March [photo of Julie Carterson at terminal] [price of terminal: $3,700]
5 OCLC libraries catalog over a quarter of a million books on-line during week of January 30
6 System activity

April 7, 1978 No. 115

1 OCLC plugs on-line system into diesel generator [NEWT] [photo of generator, fuel tank and crew]
1 On-line system will be down for two weekends for installation of new way of storing holdings
2 58 attend orientation meeting on OCLC Users Council [photo of Fred Kilgour addressing session]
2 OCLC Board of Trustees abolishes surcharge to for-profit libraries
3 OCLC will keep ceiling on Serials Control participation until improvements are made
3 SOLINET to hold meeting to explore future of card catalogs
3 OCLC to exhibit at SLA and ALA conferences
4 OCLC suspends assigning authorizations to new institutions until new way of storing holdings is installed in on-line system
4 OCLC reorganizes on-line union catalog on March 4
4 James K. Barrentine names Director for Technical Planning
4 Holiday schedule
5 Records place in SAVE on March 2 are lost; OCLC reduces retention period for SAVE file
5 Inter-Network Quality Control Council elects Tom Nichol Chairman
6 System activity

May 15, 1978 No. 116

1 OCLC installs new way of storing holdings information, resumes issuing new authorizations
1 OCLC management revising 1978/79 budget plan in light of new building requirements
2 OCLC MARC Subscription Service: The reel thing for some 320 subscribers [photo of staff]
3 USD schedules workshops on tagging of books and AV materials for Ohio & independents
3 USD survey describes use of printers with OCLC CRT terminals
4 System activity

July 10, 1978 No. 117

1 Trustees approve $25.9 million budget plan for 1978/79—prices of catalog cards to drop, FTU charge and other prices to remain same
1 OCLC reloads, reorganizes files in on-line union catalog over Fourth of July weekend
2 OCLC, Inc. names defendant in lawsuit filed by Telefile Computer Products, Inc.
2 Interim Trustees elect three to Board of Trustees
2 University of North Carolina, Greensboro wins OCLC Control Number 4000000
3 Users Council holds first meeting, elects officers [photos of Joseph Boykin, Richard Vorweck, Robert Stewart, and Esther Greenberg]
4 System activity

August 2, 1978 No. 118

1 ALA honors Kilgour [Melvil Dewey Medal] [photo of Kilgour and Eric Moon]
1 On-line system marks seventh anniversary on August 26
2 OCLC's new Research Department to conduct mission-oriented research on broad library problems [staff photo]
3 Richard J. Irvine first to earn OCLC's new cash award for exceptional performance [photo of Irvine]
4 Libraries of Claremont Colleges achieving objectives of increasing availability of library resources and lowering rate of rise of per-unit costs
4 When the lights go out at OCLC a new uninterruptible power system will keep users informed
5 Arthur D. Little study on OCLC's governance now available from Scarecrow Press [A new governance structure for OCLC: principles and recommendations]
5 Microfiche CONSER/KWOC index available from OCLC
5 OCLC encourages users and other interested persons to visit its facilities in Columbus
5 On-line system will be down on Labor Day—September 4
6 System activity

October 27, 1978 No. 119

1 Users Council elects six trustees [photo of meeting]
1 OCLC activates data base processor on October 9 [photos of processor]
2 Ronald L. Wigington elected to OCLC Board of Trustees
3 Users Council delegates elected new secretary, discuss AACR
2 and on-line catalogs at September meeting
3 OCLC Users Council seeks Coordinator
3 OCLC discontinues selling Avery label stock
4 OCLC signs agreement with Royal Library of Netherlands
4 Ronald E. Diener names Executive Director of OHIONET [photo of Diener]
4 OCLC terminal is easy on power consumption
5 Visiting Distinguished Scholar arrives at OCLC [Edward T. O'Neill] [photo of O'Neill]
5 OCLC to hold workshops on tagging maps and manuscripts
5 OCLC installs new holdings display procedures, additions to stoplist
5 CONSER participants agree to use successive entry back to 1967 as a minimum
5 On-line system will be down on Thanksgiving
6 System activity

December 20, 1978 No. 120

1 University of California chooses OCLC
1 Paul L. Oppenheimer elected to OCLC Board of Trustees
1 Backhoe operator in downtown Columbus disrupts on-line service to 690 terminals
1 OCLC will have a suite at ALA Midwinter Conference
2 OCLC issues 1977/78 annual report
3 OCLC's Bibliographic Record Management Section handles error reports [staff photo]
4 OCLC staff move to new office space [2929 Kenny Road]
5 Library of Congress issues MARC Serials Editing Guide
5 IQCC MEMO: Searching Techniques
5 Correction—Users Council will not meet at ALA Midwinter
6 System activity

February 8, 1979 No. 121

1 OCLC begins on-line test of interlibrary loan subsystem [photo of training session]
1 Member libraries catalog more than 300,000 books during the week of January 21
2 OCLC signs option to buy land, plans to seek industrial revenue bonds for financing new building [Dublin]
2 W. Arthur Cullman and John B. Deinhardt elected to OCLC Board of Trustees
3 OCLC staff member presents some thoughts on library of future at LITA hearing [Tom Harnish] [photo of Harnish]
4 OCLC retains Michael Gorman as consultant on implementation of AACR 2
4 OCLC to exhibit at AECT Conference in New Orleans, March 4-9
5 OCLC Board of Trustees elects officers, approves acquisitions of computer equipment
5 Telefile drops lawsuit against OCLC, Inc.
5 OCLC to hold library educators workshop in Columbus on March 19-21 5 OCLC's 1979 holiday schedule
6 System activity
6 OCLC Interlibrary Loan workform

April 5, 1979 No. 122

1 Research library directors meet in Columbus
3 Board of Trustees revises its policy on remote communication processors
4 OCLC distributes new manuals for cataloging and interlibrary loan subsystems
4 OCLC establishes Administrative Services Division, Finance Division [Donald L. Trotier, Jack R. Vincent]
5 OCLC activates Network Supervisor on March 12
5 OCLC removes ceiling on number of participants authorized for Serials Control Subsystem
5 Sharon Walbridge names OCLC Users Council Coordinator [photo of Walbridge]
6 OCLC Users Council meets in Atlanta February 5-6, adopts bylaws, begins to identify concerns
6 188 music librarians attend Music OCLC Users Group Annual Meeting
7 Kilgour describes the impact of AACR 2 on the economic viability of libraries
8 Users should not jump the gun on imputing records using AACR 2
8 Library educators conference draws faculty from library schools across the country [photos of conference]

June 13, 1979 No. 123

1 OCLC breaks ground for new facility; $38.5 million industrial revenue bond project successful [photos of groundbreaking and architectural sketch of new building]
2 Board of Trustees approves four percent increase in on-line processes for 1979/80; no other increases in processes planned through 1982/83
2 In Memoriam [Martha S. Carroll and Charles H. Stevens]
3 Ramtek will manufacture OCLC Model 200 terminal
3 Visit OCLC at ALA Conference in Dallas, June 24-27
4 OCLC's new facility [architectural sketch]
4 Videotape on ILL Subsystem available ["Interlibrary Loan with OCLC"]
4 SAVE file full most of the time: heavy users penalize saves by others
5 OCLC Users Council meets in Columbus, June 4-5
5 University of Louisville inputs OCLC Control Number 5000000
5 Member libraries catalog 320,496 books during week of May 13
6 Users should not remove terminal covers
6 System activity

August 13, 1979 No. 124

1 Library service enters home via interactive, cable television program in Columbus ["Home Book Club" on QUBE]
2 Kilgour receives LITA, ACRL awards at American Library Association Conference in Dallas
2 Dr. Lawrence G. Roberts elected to OCLC Board of Trustees
3 Six-percent discount for annual payments in advance a bargain for participating libraries
4 OCLC issues call for volunteer libraries to participate in shakedown of Acquisitions Subsystem
4 OCLC Library Educator Group formed
4 Kilgour named to NCLIS Task Force on dissemination of information in public and private sectors
4 CWRU [Case Western Reserve University] serials index available
5 On eighth anniversary of OCLC's on-line system, libraries in 50 states are members
6 University of Hawaii comes on-line [photos of staff]
6 ALA/LAMA issues call for papers on library effectiveness
7 Union list of serials meeting set for September 26 in Columbus
7 Training aids for Interlibrary Loan Subsystem available
8 System activity

October 9, 1979 No. 125

1 In July-Agust 962 institutions made 64,721 ILL requests via OCLC's on-line system
1 OCLC will implement AACR 2 Cataloging Rules in January 1981
1 Trustees approve $28.5 million budget plan for 1979/80
2 OCLC Western to open branch office in San Francisco
2 Retrospective OCLC-MARC Project finally gets under way
2 Users like new display of truncated entries
3 OCLC installs enhancements to Serials Control Subsystem
3 CCLN Colloquium on "International Library Networking" to be held in Columbus, December 6-7
4 How OCLC solves electronic whatdunits, gets terminals going again [includes photos of Network Control Center]
7 Institute of Jazz Studies catalogs jazz performances
7 University of Texas to add serials titles in its Benson Latin American Collection to on-line catalog
8 Research report on subject heading patterns in OCLC monographic records available from OCLC ["Subject Heading Patterns in OCLC Monographic Records" by Edward T. O'Neill and Rao Aluri]
8 System activity

November 30, 1979 No. 126

1 On-line interlibrary loan activity continues to rise
1 Users Council elects officers, urges continuing participation of large research libraries in OCLC
2 Board committee to hold open hearings on extended use of machine readable records
3 Board of Trustees approved acquisition of 300 additional Model 105 terminals from Beehive
3 Canadian library joins OCLC [Alberta Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Commission]
3 Kilgour receives ASIS Award of Merit
4 OCLC has installed numerous enhancements to the on-line system since July
4 OCLC's 1980 holiday schedule
5 OCLC receives National Science Foundation grant for work on name authority control ["The Probabilistic Matching and Control of Author Names in Automated Library Systems," by Thomas Hickey]
5 William E. McGrath names OCLC's 1979-80 Visiting Distinguished Scholar [photo of McGrath]
5 OCLC's new building is still on schedule [photo of building under construction]
6 System activity

February 6, 1980 No. 127

1 OCLC installs LC Name-Authority File
Board of Trustees reaffirms OCLC's intention to implement an on-line circulation system
2 OCLC receives grant from National Library of Medicine for evaluating on-line user behavior
Schrank re-elected Chairman of OCLC Board of Trustees
Member libraries set record for cataloging activity: 353,354 books cataloged in one week
OCLC System Performance 1980 January 20-26
3 OCLC brings fifth Sigma 9 on-line [diagram of on-line system]
4 Channel 2000: Turn on, Tune in, Find out
6 Channel 2000—how it works
7 OCLC in reorganized into five divisions
OCLC prints half a million catalog cards in one day
8 Hearing on third party use of records draws large crowd at ALA Midwinter

March 1980 No. 128

1 Trustees establish search committee for new chief executive officer
1,2 Trustees adopt nonrestrictive policy on third part use of records from OCLC database
2,3 Upstate Medical Center Strikes OCLC Gold
3,4 University of Illinois: Most Cataloging records it uses come from LC, then from a wide spread of libraries
4 System Activity

May 1980 No. 129

1 Marietta College confers honorary degree on Kilgour
1,2 Board of Trustees approves modem conversion project
2 OCLC and GEAC Discontinue discussions on circulation control system
3 OCLC signs agreement to market-test the source in libraries
4 OCLC to Users: Card production will get better
5,6 How OCLC prints 2.2 million catalog cards each week
6 Highlights of OCLC users Council meeting-1980 February 4-5
7 OCLC is on schedule for implementation of AACR2; Neal K. Kaske to manage OCLC's research department; Four more libraries join conser project
8,9 Twenty-two volunteer libraries to participate in evaluation of acquisitions subsystem
9 Landor associates studying OCLC's corporate identity; Library of Congress completes draft of new MARC format; OCLC to exhibit at SLA, MLA, AALL. and ALA conferences this summer
10,11 OCLC begins installing enhancements to interlibrary loan subsystem
11 OCLC's Dr.Rush appointed adjunct professor, writes updated book on information science
12 Serials control training manual available from OCLC
12 OCLC staff member named to CLR task force on name authority file service

July 1980 No. 130

1,2 Trustees approve 7.6 percent increase in FTU charge, agree to charge for retrospective conversion projects
2 Users Council elects Gapen, Boykin to 6 year terms on Board, Ratifies changes in code of regulations; Schrank will become full-time vice-chairman of the board of trustees
3 Rearrangement of holdings display pleases OCLC users; CLR Awards $16,300 grant to OCLC, RLG, for study of on-line patron access
4 Board of trustees directs OCLC to develop circulation control system in-house within nine months

September 1980 No. 131

1,2 Search Power: Retrieval enhancements give users a wider range of access points
2 Representatives of OCLC, RLN and WLN meet in Chicago to discuss cooperation
3 OCLC's affiliated online service offers discounted rates for access to a variety of data bases
4 PRLC Peer council cites Pittsburgh theological seminary library for high cataloging standards; Cataloger finds new use for old OCLC catalog card boxes; National science foundation awards OCLC $97,902 to study terminal requirements for online catalogs
5 SOLINET members adopt resolution honoring Kilgour; Richard Coward joins OCLC as director for Library Planning
5,6 OCLC Western opens pacific northwest office

October 1980 No. 132

1,2 Rowland C.W. Brown to be president of OCLC
2 Directors of research libraries establish research libraries advisory committee to OCLC
3,4 Users Council elects Richard Chapin president
4 Online audiovisual catalogers form users group
5 OCLC distributes documentation for books, scores and sound recordings formats; Survey of federal depository libraries under way to explore automatic distribution of cataloging
6 First OCLC remote communication processor is successfully installed at SOLINET headquarters; Construction of OCLC's Dublin facility if on schedule
7 OCLC system to be down December 12-16 for conversion of data base to AACR 2; $1.7 million check from OHIONET
8 System Activity

December 1980 No. 133

1 Belk Library at Appalachian state University captures millionth OCLC online interlibrary loan; online name-address directory available to users
2 SOLINET and OCLC agree in principle to establish mutual support corporation
2,3 OCLC's viewtel test gets underway
3 Music OCLC users group annual meeting set for February 9-10 in New Haven
4-6 The Clen Machine, Fear of Inputting, and Why Kids search rings around their parents on an OCLC terminal are just a few of the topics that come up at Illinois users workshops
6,8 Illinois valley library system experiments with cluster-sharing of OCLC terminals
7 OCLC issues bibliographic input standards for AACR 2 that supersede levels I and K; OCLC issues research reports; Conser advisory group met at OCLC on October 23

January 1981 No. 134

1 Northeastern Illinois University Inputs OCLC No. 7000000
Miriam Drake elected chairman of Board of trustees
2 OCLC issues statement on Battelle study on linking bibliographic utilities
2-3 OCLC's new building: a threshold for better service
3 OCLC's 7 millionth record
4 OCLC converts Data base to AACR 2 form
5-7 The year in review—1980
7 Revised OCLC-MARC Subscription service documentation to be issued in January; OCLC to have exhibit booth at ALA midwinter in Washington D.C.
8 System activity

April 1981 No. 135

1 An open letter on system performance
2 Users Council meets in Atlanta; Annual Meeting set for June 30 at ALA
3 OCLC gets OK for $25 million industrial revenue bond issue; University of Oregon Library to become OCLC general member; OCLC occupies Dublin Center; OCLC Europe opens office in England
4-5 Moving the online system from Kinnear Road to Dublin
6 Kilgour receives honorary degree from Ohio State; Pauline Cochrane of Syracuse named Visiting Scholar
7 Demand is up for affiliated online services; NLM and OCLC agree to maintain online LC MARC tag information
8 OCLC changes name, logo; OCLC System Performance 1981 February 15

June 1981 No. 136

1,2 Research library directors meet, will pursue programs within OCLC
1,2 OCLC announces 1981/82 prices
2 Shakespeare warned us, but…OCLC Interlibrary Loan celebrates second year
3 Public libraries explore remote electronic delivery of information
Serials Control training manual now available
Send us slides of your library (Please!)
4-5 Project Report issued: Channel 2000
6 Center for Research Libraries joins OCLC
OCLC issues research report
Discount rates for data bases
SPOTLIGHT OCLC: Annual Meeting set for June 30 at ALA
7 Retrospective conversion of 2.1 million records for State Library of Ohio is completed in 4 ½ years
First OCLC Acquisitions Action Form
8 Users Council issues report on effectiveness
OCLC System Performance

August 1981 No. 137

1 Dedication of Center set for Sept. 22-25
August 26: On this day in history
2 Users Council sees evolutionary Development of national network
OCLC & Source to abandon Joint service
3 Present at the beginning: Four who were there Ponder online decade
4-7 OCLC Annual Meeting: San Francisco June 30
7 College of Wooster Confers Honorary Degree on Kilgour
8 OCLC System Performance

November 1981 No. 138

1 OCLC will market Claremont system
1,2 Nancy Marshall New President-Users Council
2 WLN, OCLC discuss mutual interests
OCLC issues research report on Name files
3 Keep those slides coming, folks!
3,7 Online Union Listing Users are enthusiastic
4,5,7 OCLC Center Dedication & Celebration
*Message from the President
*The Center
6 Acquisitions librarians give OCLC system good marks
8 OCLC System Performance

January 1982 No. 139

1 Computer move completed on Dec. 7
OCLC's local library systems to be displayed at Midwinter
2 Three Gold Records: ILLINET-Network of Champions
*Interlibrary loan
*Cataloging
3 Board reelects Drake Chairman
Kaske named research director
OCLC gets $178,000 CLR grant to study online public access
4 The Year in Review: 1981
5 OCLC Publications for 1981
6 Sager named Visiting Scholar
7 Cleveland Public"s conversion project completed
Award for best paper goes to researcher
Research Reports issued
Price Increase for non-prime-time retrospective conversion postponed
8 OCLC system Performance
OCLC associates receive awards from ASIS

March 1982 No. 140

1 Three types of participants: New partial user status to allow use of non-cataloging subsystems
1-3 Users Council Winter Meeting
2 Users Council sends policy on telecommunications to House Subcommittee
3 Research Libraries Advisory Committee to OCLC meets
4 Serials Control
ILLAC
Accessions List Service
5 Retrospective conversion
Acquisitions
OCLC System performance
6 Linda Hall Library Becomes OCLC Member
New York State union listing project will strengthen library resources
7 Organizational changes announced
8 Annual Report issued
9 Oberlin College to distribute Shinn Lists via OCLC ILLNET
ILL a burden? Not so, says an OCLC user
10 OCLC appeals ruling on its tax exemption
James V. Jones, Former Board Chairman, dies

May 1982 No. 141

1,2 Local library system: Five colleges, OCLC to collaborate
2 OCLC, named defendant in lawsuit, files counterclaim, takes steps to meet terminal needs of libraries
Donald Bogart to be product manager for local systems
OCLC to be in design of network protocol
3 Libraries respond favorably to new ways to participate
Serials Union List Groups
ILL policy of future here today
4,5 Users Watch
6 Affiliated Online Services
Bibliographic Maintenance
OCLC System Performance
7 Cataloging
Acquisitions
Retrospective Conversion
8 OCLC launches monograph series with online public catalog study
LC Cataloging entries now 3.5 million
9 Universal serials & book exchange joins OCLC
OCLC: The Loan Arranger
Library Educators" Workshop to be held at OCLC in August
10 Health Science Users Group meets at OCLC
11 Your Users Council
Careers in Librarianship at OCLC
Online systems documentation: more or less?

July 1983 No. 142

1,2 Users Council elects Atkinson, Marshall to Board of Trustees
1,2 OCLC Founder gets ALA"s highest honor
1 Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico joins AMIGOS, OCLC
2 Grisham to head SOLINET
3 Lawrence G. Roberts, Trustee, receives international prize
Mockus named NELINET head
4-7 600 attend SPOTLIGHT OCLC in Philadelphia
8 Retrospective Conversion: Where old information takes on new forms
9 Bibliographic Detectives
10 Over 4.3 million converted
11 Users Watch
12 Cataloging Advisory Committee Meets
OCLC-MARC: Reel thing
Cataloging Reference Guide Available
OCLC System performance
13 ACQS at Anderson Public
ILL"s Top 20
14 Kansas Union List is tremendous effort of cooperation
15 How a user got a raise, a promotion, an award
16 More than "just another book"
OCLC live in Cincinnati

October 1982 No. 143

1 Brandeis University captures Gold ILL
1,2 Stoppel elected Users Council President
2 OCLC to offer prizes for library lit dealing with OCLC
3 Research Libraries Advisory Committee to OCLC Reconstructed
4 Records Missing from the cataloging save file
4,6 ACQ—Anatomy of a subsystem
5 Serials control
OCLC System Performance
6 Lighthill named Vice President & Corporate Counsel
OCLC joins Center for Research Libraries
Music OCLC users group to meet
7 Online Operations reorganized
Library Educators" Workshop to be held at OCLC in February
8,9 Users Council Annual Report
9 Users Watch
Employment Opportunities
10 OCLC holiday schedule

December 1982 No. 144

1,2 University of Denver Captures OCLC's Nine millionth record
1,2 University of Minnesota becomes first tapeloading participant
1,3 OCLC to copyright database
2 Wisconsin librarians honor OCLC trustee
3 Why OCLC is implementing a copyright protection program for the database
4 Cataloging: OCLC resumes loading LC audiovisual records
Bibliographic maintenance section making headway
4,5 Serials control subsystem: NYCON online
5 Anatomy of a subsystem: The early stages
6 Nancy B. Olson named OCLC visiting scholar
SUNY/OCLC Plans document delivery system
6,7 Cataloging micro software
7 Users Watch
8 The Year in Review: 1982
9 OCLC Publications for 1982
10 Wanted OCLC tape users invited to attend users council task force meeting at ALA midwinter- January 11
10 Miriam Drake reelected Chairman of OCLC Board

February 1983 No. 145

1 Regional Networks, OCLC issue joint relationship statement
1,2,OCLC users council looks to future at winter meeting
2,3 OCLC/ Network Relationship Statement
3 OCLC Western opens office in Seattle
4 ACQ: Anatomy of a subsystem: software development
Retrospective conversion service to expand
5 Microcomputers and OCLC access
6 Bibliographic maintenance priorities
Terminal installation backlog reduced
7 EXTRA!
Deadline nears in OCLC literature contest
8 Serials control to stake claims
OCLC to phase out affiliated online services
9 Pennsylvania union list of serials
Cataloging advisory committee develops subfield 5 guidelines
10 OCLC issues 1981/82 Annual report
11 Edward T O'Neill named OCLC research scientist
Health science users Group will meet at Chapel Hill
Users Watch

April 1983 No. 146

1 OCLC accelerates local system development with agreement with Online Computer Systems
2 New trustee has unique perspective on OCLC
3 Microcomputer Software Cataloging Task Force meets at OCLC
OCLC issues research report on subject searching in Library catalogs
4 Efficient system use will reward user
OCLC System Performance
5 Expansion of Nonprime time discount
Users Watch
6 ACQ—Anatomy of a subsystem: Quality assurance
7 SOLID Service: a Statewide Delivery System
SOLINET and OCLC to publish new training manual

June 1983 No. 147

1 IBM to manufacture new OCLC terminal
Four millionth ILL request sent
2,6 Users council holds planning discussions
3 OCLC issues guidelines for use, transfer & sharing of records
Use, transfer and sharing of OCLC records
4 Mary Jo Lynch named visiting scholar
5 NLM and Chemical Abstracts Service sign agreements with OCLC for serials projects
Orders to USBE via OCLC soar
Order OCLC publications easily—online
6 Task Force to advise OCLC on implementation of revisions to MARC manuscripts format
Proceedings Available
7 ACQ workshops bursting out all over
8 Union listing user group to form
Minimal level cataloging
9 Tapeloading capabilities expanding
OCLC to conduct cataloging survey
Use of display holdings in cataloging
10 Response time monitors installed
Users Watch
11 An OCLC Report to the Library Community: SPOTLIGHT OCLC

August 1983 No. 148

1 OCLC Library Literature Contest Winners Announced
1,10 OCLC, IAC to set up electronic document delivery system
2 IOD & OCLC in experiment with ILL
OCLC Board Chairman receives awards at SLA
OCLC and Avatar plan combination
3 Online public access catalog studies available
OCLC and terminal safety
4-6 SPOTLIGHT OCLC: Los Angeles
6 Jeanne Isacco to be Program Director for State & Public Libraries
7 OCLC to enhance WATS telephone service
Sager Monograph published
James Kennedy to be sales manager for OCLC local systems in western U.S.
8 Acquisitions: Happy Fiscal New Year!
Watch for bibliographic developments!
9 Resource sharing in the southwest
Serials Control: At ALA: Union listing Users Group, claiming demonstrated
10 Users watch

November 1983 No. 149

1 10 Millionth Record ILL request logged
1,2 Irene Hoadley elected Users Council President
Asiagraphics and OCLC to develop CJK library support
3 OCLC installs System enhancements
4,5 Evolution of library use: More than a terminal: the M300 workstation will give users formidable computing power
6 New: Serials Control Subsystem Includes Claiming
7 Serials Benefit from better control
8 OCLC loads records for University of Oklahoma
U. of Illinois joins NACO
Merge Holdings Function Operational
9 Acquisitions at De Paul University
10 Conversion projects undertaken by OCLC
Your Viewpoint counts
11 Over 6.9 million converted
SOLINET training manual published
13 University microfilms international using OCLC ILL Subsystem
California State College San Bernardino inputs ten millionth record to OCLC database
OCLC to appeal tax decision
14,15 ILS——The Origin of LS/2000

February 1984 No. 150

1,2 First LS/2000 system up at Hampshire College
1 Russell Shank elected Chair of OCLC Board of Trustees
1,3 OCLC installs enhancements to Cataloging, ILL subsystems
2 OCLC acquires Avatar systems
Bova Spies named local Systems Director
3 McGill named Director for Technical planning
OCLC Literature contest deadline nears
4 CLR awards Forest Press, OCLC $94,350 for study of Dewey Classification as online tool
MicroUse database to provide libraries with useful information on micro applications
6 Acquisitions users group
New retrospective conversion projects
7 OCLC Holiday Schedule
Change Request arrearage eliminated
Cataloging Advisory Committee fall meeting
8 Interlibrary loan version 3.0 installed
Five millionth ILL request logged
Archive Task force meets
9 College of the Atlantic Library rebuilding with help from volunteers, libraries, OCLC
10 The Year in Review—1983
12 OCLC issues 1982/83 Annual report
13-15 Financial strength needed to pursue broad public purpose says OCLC's Chief financial officer, John Shary
Users Council Task Force on local systems sees need for through documentation by libraries
16 Penniman to Bell Labs

March 1984 No. 151

Special report ON OCLC NETWORK
1 Message from OCLC President
2 What we"ve accomplished
2 Telecommunications Chronology
4 The divestiture of AT&T
5 Ramifications for OCLC
5 Glossary
6 OCLC telecommunications network
8 What OCLC is doing about telecommunications
8 What you can do about telecommunications

May 1984 No. 152

1 Power to the Libraries
2,3 M300 Workstation
4 LS/2000 at East Carolina, Glendale
5 OCLC forms Local Systems Advisory Committee
OCLC names Richard Dick Director
6 User looks at Micro Enhancer
8 ILL marks five years
9 British Library lending division
10 Lucker to Chair RLAC
11 Major Microforms Project underway
13 SPOTLIGHT OCLC at ALA
15 Users watch (response time)

June 1984 No. 153

1,3 OCLC to strengthen online quality control for database
1,4-7 Users council elects Evans and Hoadley to Board of Trustees
2 Enhancement of Records
3 Microforms project cataloging products
7 4134 years of information
8 M300 workstation news
9 Union list offline products
10 University of Kentucky gets LS/2000
10 LS/2000 Micro Series
12 SPOTLIGHT OCLC
13 American Geographical Society
13 Telecommunication Delays
14 Interview with ACQ Users
15 Micro Enhancer for IBM PC
15 MLA Honors Kilgour
15 OCLC Staff at ALA
16 Markey Monograph on subject searching

September 1984 No. 154

1 Ohio Supreme Court Decision on OCLC's Real Estate Tax status
2 OCLC Libraries Add 11 millionth bibliographic record, 6 millionth loan
1984 OCLC Library Literature contest winners
3 Two libraries acquire LS/2000 Local library systems
OCLC seeks visiting scholars
OCLC's Real Estate Tax status
4 Spotlight OCLC-1984 Dallas
8 Enhance Training Completed Libraries gear up for autumn
8,9 OCLC Serials users groups meet at ALA
9 New Microcomputer-based retrospective conversion service to be offered this fall]
10 Interlibrary loan micro enhancer now available for M300 workstations
10 School library users meet in Dallas
11 OCLC participating in linked systems project
11,12 Ohio librarian writes history of OCLC
12 Dedicated versus Dial Access cost analysis

November 1984 No. 155

1 OCLC to acquire $2.6 million in advanced telecommunication equipment and software
Code of responsible use adopted
3 Users council reelects Hoadley
5 Ergonomics of VDT Workstations
6 Patricia Sacks on OCLC membership
8 Cataloging Micro enhancer in field test
Microcomputer software exchange begins
9 ILL Group Access
10 Map Conversion project at University of Illinois
10 Accessions list service enhanced
10 New OCLC publications available
11 OCLC trustee named deputy executive director of ACS
11 Vivaldi project completed
12 Theological users group formed
12 Texas tech celebrates 10 years with OCLC
12 Rural libraries focus on OCLC & Micros
13 Julia Lixrud on CONSER A & I project
15 OCLC provides In-kind grant for CONSER A & I Project
16 LS/2000 selected by Pratt institute, Grove City Public

February 1985 No. 156

1,2 Wigington elected chairman of OCLC board of trustees
1,2, Database index regeneration completed over holidays
2 Research library directors meet
3 University of Oregon gets 11 millionth ILL
4 Users Council News
7 MITRE, Texas A & M Medical Sciences acquire LS/2000
MicroUse Database Publishes first directory on software
8 OCLC statement to ALA Task Force on copyright of databases
11 OCLC to offer printers, modems
12 Empowerment at local level with SC350 & MICROCON
14 Micro, a magazine for libraries from OCLC to debut
14 How many OCLC members own micros?
15 Eight vendors become direct transmission participants
16 AMIGOS, SOLINET to integrate conversion records with OCLC database
16 SUNY University centers to tapeload into OCLC database
17 Pennsylvania union list of serials
18 Advisory Committee to Public Libraries meets
19 Terry Noreault named visiting distinguished scholar
19 Mary Ellen Jacob, Michael McGill named Vice Presidents

April 1985 No. 157

1,2 California to have online integrated statewide database through OCLC
1,2 New Enhance Libraries chosen
3 Price change information
4 Hashim named to special library post
Line extenders cut costs
5 Holley & Mason elected to board
6 U.S. Newspaper Program
8 U.S. Army acquires LS/2000
9 Micro-Based Acquisitions
SC350 Field Testing
10 CJK Librarians meet
10 Board commends four
11 Texas union list
11 OCLC to participate in COBRA
12 OCLC publications in 1984
14 Research libraries video
15 Spotlight OCLC
16 Serials Control Advisory committee

July 1985 No. 158

1-4 Users Council Cover Ambitious Agenda May 19-21
1,4 Ohio Passes Legislation Clarifying OCLC's Tax Status
5 University of Illinois gets gold record
6 LS/2000 News
7 Publishers attend DX Meeting at OCLC
8 Finder and PBS Software available
Libraries participating in MICROCON
10 Local Database Creation Introduced
Member libraries surveyed on system use
11 OCLC staff at ALA conference
NCR to provide terminal maintenance

October 1985 No. 159

2 The British Library; OCLC Launch Cooperative Ventures
Belmont College activates LS/2000
3 Upjohn Technical Library Conducts Eight millionth interlibrary loan
4,5 OCLC SPOTLIGHT Shines on Chicago
6 British Library lending Division becomes ILL Subsystem supplier
7 Additional Enhance Libraries Sought
8 U.S. Newspaper Program National Union List Available
EASI REF Service Now Available
9 Northwest Libraries Begin New Group Access Venture
10 OCLC to offer Professional Bibliographic System
10 OCLC Tour Brings SUN(N)Y Smiles
11 ACQ350 and the Future of Online Acquisitions
12 Two-Thirds of OCLC Members own Micros
12 Three-Fourths of OCLC Members Use Online Information Services
13 EPCOT Outreach: Information technology in Wonderland
13 British Library Chief Executive Tours OCLC
14 Version 2 of ILL Micro Enhancer Now available for M300 Workstations
14 Members get discount on OCLC history
15 OCLC opens the Gateway to BRS
15 OCLC offers Career opportunities in Library automation
16 Howard Turtle named director of office of technical planning

December 1985 No. 160

2-3 Users Council focuses on strategic planning
4 Strategic Planning an Ongoing Process, says University of Illinois expert
5-6 Simmons dean encourages educating professionals for change
5-7 An interview with Robert Stueart
7 U.S. Air Force Headquarters Pacific using OCLC
8 Terry Zinser appointed OCLC PACNET Director
Mary Ellen Jacob named to Information Delivery Council
WILS is "Lester library of the year"
OCLC 1986 holiday schedule
"Check-in to SC350" new slogan
9 Mid-Peninsula Library Cooperative logs 9 millionth ILL
OCLC to re-start interlibrary loan numbering
UMAB Health Sciences Library dumps (literally) card catalog
10 OCLC announces new processing service
10 Lewandowski to promote development at OCLC
11 New M300 software distributed to users
11 Central Ohio demonstrations of LS/2000 to begin in January
12 SUNY/OCLC recognizes network vetrans
12 LS/2000 is compatible with 3M Security systems
13 OCLC 1984/85 Annual report: "New highs in growth"
14 Additional Enhance libraries chosen
15 Video programs available to the library community
16 OCLC at ALA Midwinter

February 1986 No. 161

1 Message from OCLC President
2 For libraries: a new systems environment
4 New telecommunications network to set stage for 24-hour available
6 Terminals: more powerful in an open environment
7 Training & documentation are critical in phased implementation of new environment
8 Integrating user input for a unified system
10 New environment will affect OCLC as well as users
12 Environmental impact statements
13 The OCLC system: a chronology of innovation

April 1986 No. 162

1,2 French, OCLC explore cooperation
1,3,4,5, Users Council discusses networking
2 OCLC, RLG exchange of preservation records.
6 Telecommunications network modernized
7 New York Public Library records available
Library of Congress music catalog online
8 OCLC gains license for iNet 2000 software
13 millionth database record input
9 Three university libraries acquire LS/2000
Federal agencies acquire LS/2000
10 OCLC Founder receives Ohio Governor's award
10 Optical disk technology video available
11 OCLC participates in ARL RECON Program
11 LS/2000 is accepted at 3 libraries
11 OCLC OPENS GATEWAY TO brs
12 3.5 million records to be converted
13-14 Contact Desk answers the call for help
14 Classification in online catalogs studied
15 Cataloging ME Version 2 available for M300
16 Special collections guide to be updated
16 New OCLC Format documents now available
16-17 MICROCON observes first anniversary
18 "Libraries Learning for life: kickoff
19 OHIONET "OhioPi" demonstrated at OCLC
19 Send us your slides

June 1986 No. 163

1,2,3,4,Users Council elects 2 to Board
1,4 Spotlight OCLC Set for New York
Kilgour to receive SLA award
5 ILLINET/OCLC accord reached
10 Millionth ILL logged
5 Wigington named CAS Director
6,7 Top 100 OCLC Database records
8,9 ACQ350 interim report
9 LS/2000 to North Carolina
Two libraries acquire LS/2000
10 School network joins OCLC
LS/2000 to Texas Wesleyan
11 COM products available
Libraries test CJK350
12 ALA New York conference map
13 OCLC schedules for ALA
OCLC suite activities at ALA
14,15 Duplicate record problems
15 UK MARC records update
16,17 SC350 tests conclude
17 Clarence Waters joins OCLC
17,18 Compact Disc Cataloging System
18 Information shared with vendors
19 Community spirit at OCLC
20 Californian wins button contest
21 UNISON Gateway introduced
21 Compact Disc Reference package.
22 OCLC Video Communication current program listing
23 SPOTLIGHT OCLC
24 Order form for video programs

August 1986 No. 164

1-4 Spotlight OCLC reaffirms membership philosophy
5 North Carolina library network to build database and union list via OCLC
6 OCLC and ALA join in research partnership
University of Utah logs the 11 millionth ILL via OCLC system
7 Colorado College librarian inputs 14 millionth record into OCLC database
8 The Library of Congress Loan Division is now accepting loan requests from AMIGOS affiliated libraries via the OCLC ILL Sub-system
CJK350 field testing completed
9 New TAPECON service provides tape-to-tape conversion of records
WILSONLINE, VU/TEX to become available via OCLC intelligent gateway service
Major European retrospective conversion contract announced
10 The Task Force on Training and Education focuses on Phase I implementation
OCLC System celebrates 15 years online
11 Online Audiovisual Catalogers to hold annual conference Nov. 6-7 at OCLC
OCLC Library School Research Equipment Support Program grant recipients announced
12 British Document Supply Centre and University Microfilms join other non-OCLC members making ILL requests via the OCLC system
13 LC, NEH, and OCLC sponsor a technical update session for participants in the U.S. Newspaper Program
Six libraries will test ACQ350, OCLC's new micro-based acquisitions system
14 Final acceptance of LS/2000, OCLC's standalone, minicomputer-based local library system, is completed at 8 libraries
Andrew Wang is promoted to Program Director, OCLC Asian/Pacific Services
With the recent addition of a Johns Hopkins University library, OCLC supports 83 LS/2000 installations in the U.S. and the U.K.
15 Martin Dillon to direct Office of Research
Dr. Francis Miksa is named OCLC Visiting Distinguished Scholar for 1986/1987
Edward Kurdyla is named Program Director for Electronic Publishing and Information Delivery
16 The complete text of OCLC President Rowland C.W. Brown"s remarks at SPOTLIGHT OCLC 1986

November 1986 No. 165

1-2 Hugh Atkinson, distinguished librarian, dies at 52
3 German Library Institute and OCLC sign an accord
Universidad de Costa Rica acquires LS/2000
4 OCLC Users Council studies international networking at fall meeting
Tamkang University, Taiwan goes on-line
5 AMIGOS, MINITEX and OCLC team up to make the Minnesota Union Lists of Serials more widely available.
OCLC loads CATLINE records from the National Library of Medicine
6 Academic Librarians to advise OCLC
Libraries participating in OCLC
Advisory committee on college & university libraries
7 OCLC enhances Group Access
Current GAC Groups
8 Wayne State University Libraries will use OCLC Microcon Service
OCLC-developed CD-ROM package tested at Vanderbilt University
9 73 percent of OCLC members own microcomputers according to new OCLC survey
OCLC's Research Advisory Committee meets
10 Planning for future workstation needs
11 Public Library Association receives grant from OCLC to assist in development project
11 First annual review of OCLC research activities is mailed to the membership
12 CJK350 system: update on field test.
13 East Asian librarians describe their system
14 Dial access to OCLC moves to CompuServe
14 University of Connecticut Health Center Library acquires LS/2000
15 In-depth report of Users Council Meeting
18 OCLC issues 1985/86 annual report
19 OCLC LINK is new name for intelligent gateway
19 "OCLC Report" a new video magazine premiers

January[February] 1987 No. 166

1 Library of Congress to accept requests from OCLC members
2 Lesley College Library logs 12 millionth ILL
Postdoctoral Fellowships available in OCLC Office of Research.
3 OCLC database reaches 15 million
OCLC Europe reports growing interest in ILL Contents
4 New trustees join OCLC Board [Doris Brown; Francis Buckley; Claudine B. Malone; F.G. "Buck" Rodgers; Russell Shank (p.5)]
5 Library School Research Equipment Support Program
6 OCLC acquires Data Phase software
OCLC names Vice Presidents
Archivists schedule workshops on AMC MARC format
7 Network Coordinators interact with member libraries and OCLC
8 Advisory Committee on Public Libraries meets [members listed]
OCLC LINK service now available
9 Retrospective Conversion, or "How to get ready for your automated future"
10 The New-York Historical Society completes bibliographic control portion of its U.S. Newspaper Project
11 See the Sites with LS/2000
Muhlenberg and Cedar Crest College libraries acquire LS/2000
12 Final acceptance of LS/2000 completed at 10 libraries
1986/87 Users Council Committees [membership of each committee given]
13 OCLC Video Communications Program No.1
14 Video programs available from OCLC with Videotape order form
15 OCLC helps build regional and state databases
Tapeloading—building the Online Union Catalog
16 OCLC ..At ALA Midwinter

March/April 1987 No. 167

1 First M300XT installed
2 OCLC begins second AACR2 database conversion
3 From Rowland C.W. Brown
4-6 OCLC to introduce optical disc packages for cataloging, reference and ILL
5 [chart listing 11 libraries field testing OCLC Search CD450 system]
6 Elinor Hashim named NCLIS Chairman-Emeritus
7 Engineers & librarians evaluate terminals for possible use on OCLC system
8 Agreement reached by WLN, RLG, OCLC and LC on Linked Systems
Project priorities and issues
OCLC publications receives award [OCLC Micro]
9 The Wit and Wisdom of Grace Hopper
10 OCLC phases in new tape storage format for internal operations
LSU cataloger honored [Catherine Thompson]
The Ohio Historical Society receives NEH grant
11 OCLC publishes monograph on Information Resources for the Campus of the Future
Karen Markey joins University of Michigan faculty
12 Automation of GPO series files
Spotlight OCLC set [date: Monday, June 29]
OCLC Micro—"the deep six"
13 OCLC Services for Libraries [schedule of conference dates]]
14 Users Council explores directions in new technology at winter meeting
15 OCLC Users Council small group discussion questions
16 Trinity College Dublin signs agreement to use OCLC Europe"s new TAPECON service
Online Data Quality Control sets record
17 Catherine Wilt named RONDAC Executive Coordinator
From Sea to Shining OCLC posters
18 Seven school libraries in Tennessee share OCLC access
19 The User Training Development section at OCLC
Schedules: Medical Library Association Conference
Special Libraries Association Conference
20 Users Council explores impact of technology on libraries at February meeting [Report continued]
23 OCLC Video Communications program: OCLC Report No. 2 Research
25 Researchers investigate nonfiction book use Products, Processes, & Services
26 Dial access offers decreased telecommunications costs, increased functionality
Twelve libraries acquire the OCLC CJK350 system
27 DIALOG and BRS to be available through OCLC LINK service
28 OCLC Newsletter seeks articles, letters

May/June 1987 No. 168

From Rowland C.W. Brown: "Reference and OCLC"
Membership News
3 Report of the May Users Council meeting
7 Librarian invited to attend SPOTLIGHT OCLC in San Francisco on June 29
OCLC loads Books Canada files
Frederick G. Kilgour, OCLC Founder, to receive award from ASIS
A.E. Staley Manufacturing Company Technical Information Center logs 13 millionth Online Interlibrary Loan
8 Research Libraries Advisory Committee to OCLC develops Reciprocal Faculty Borrowing Program
9 Music OCLC Users Groups met in Eugene, Oregon, and decided to widen the group"s focus to include music reference librarians
OCLC and RLG will collaborate in development of technical standards
10 Second edition of the USNP National Union List will be released this summer
OCLC hosts LOEX conference attendees
11 Jeanne Kearney, Brookdale Community College Library, Lincroft, N.J., wins OCLC Button Slogan Contest
Video of presentations at the Fifth Annual Conference of Directors of Research Libraries in OCLC are available via the OCLC ILL Subsystem
12 "Most Popular Book in the OCLC Database?" For the second year, it"s In Search of Excellence. See the Top 100 for 1987
15 Librarians at the Hewlett-Packard Technical Information Center describe their experiences as an OCLC Selective User
16 An update on implementation of the New OCLC System
Electronic Publishing and Information Delivery Division is formed at OCLC
Research News
17 Researchers study book use in the United Kingdom
OCLC names Dr. Paul Kantor and Dr. Elaine Svenonius as Visiting Distinguished Scholars
Interview
18 Ralph Russell, new President of the OCLC Users Council, talks about membership and Users Council"s effectiveness
Letters
21 A reader contemplates OCLC in space
Product News
22 How researchers went about selecting databases for OCLC's compact disc cataloging system
24 Wyse Technology chosen as supplier for OCLC workstations
25 New OCLC micro-based acquisitions system now in field test
OCLC Update, a report on recent developments in products and services, will be held at ALA on June 28 from 8-10 p.m. in the Hotel Meridien in San Francisco
A user comments on the new OCLC LINK Service
26 A librarian at Indiana University School of Medicine Library improves its method of generating spine and book labels
27 The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania becomes a geographical group for Group Access on the OCLC ILL Subsystem
OCLC at the American Association of Law Libraries Convention.

July/August 1987 No. 169

From Rowland C.W. Brown: "Quality and OCLC"
Membership News
4 350 librarians celebrate OCLC's 20th anniversary at SPOTLIGHT OCLC
Barbara Markuson pays tribute to Frederick Kilgour
7 A Wellesley College record is 16 millionth in OCLC database
Online Interlibrary Loan requests reach 14 million
Center for Research Libraries receives $250,000 grant
8 Report of a Music Retrospective Conversion project
12 Second conversion of Online Union Catalog to AACR2 form completed on July 16, 1987.
13 The New Jersey State Library strengthens interlibrary loan.
14 OCLC Online Data Quality Control section works to maintain database accuracy
Research News
16 Researchers explore electronic version of Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia Chemical Technology
17 Projects focus on database quality
Interview
18 Five librarians talk about quality control and the OCLC database [Brian Helge, V. Louise Saylor, Brian Schottlaender, Barbara Smith and Edward Swanson]
Product News
27 Search CD450 to add AGRICOLA and NTIS and to be added to ERIC and library schools.
28 CD-Resource Sharing Advisory Committee formed
OCLC issues 2nd edition of USNP National Union List
Task Force on Training and Education assesses user needs
People
29 Frederick Kilgour and Elinor Hashim receive awards
Letters
30 Cleveland State celebrates OCLC's 20th anniversary
Kudos

October/November 1987 No. 170

From Rowland C.W. Brown: "An international, global network"
Membership News
4 Users Council review pricing at September meeting
15 millionth ILL logged by Frederick Cancer Research Facility
5 What is RONDAC/
OCLC will sponsor a Conference on the Future of the Public Library
Research News
7 "Research Patterns and Research Libraries" by Francis Miksa can be ordered from OCLC
1986/87 Office of Research activities outlined in the Annual Review of Research International
9 A report on OCLC's collaborative programs throughout Europe
14 65 French university libraries to become OCLC members
German libraries are exploring the use of the OCLC database for retrospective conversion
15 A look at the British Library Document Supply Centre
17 OCLC CJK350 system now used by 54 libraries
18 Librarians from Asia are OCLC interns
19 Kinki University is the first Japanese OCLC user; seven other libraries will participate
20 International standards are the focus of the NISO annual meeting
Interview
22 Brenda Moon, Director of the Edinburgh University Library in Scotland, shares her views on resource sharing and discusses some of the challenges of international networking
Product News
26 Version 2 of OCLC Search CD450 System software provides new capabilities
EMIL, a compact disc of education materials in the OCLC database, is available
27 Software scan of OCLC database enhances 2.75 million records
"We Work Where You Work"—See where at ALA Midwinter
29 LS/2000 local library system installations top 100 mark
An expanded EASI Reference database is available through BRS
Letters
30 OCLC Control numbers to top 100 records requested
Network Profile
31 A look at the OCLC Europe offices
32 OCLC video communications current program listing

January/February 1989 No. 171

From Rowland C.W. Brown: "Our Grand Central Station"
Membership News
4 Lawrence G. Roberts is new chairman of the OCLC Board of Trustees
41 state librarians visit OCLC
5 RONDAC news
Coin a Phrase and enter the Fifth Annual OCLC Button Slogan Contest
6 Users Council Committees for 1987/88
7 A Report on the OCLC Conference on the Future of the Public Library will be given at the PLA Conference in Pittsburgh
Libraries respond to Strategic Planning Survey
Duke University captures the 17 millionth record in the OCLC database
8 Ohio Librarians explore the 21st century at Symposium
9 OCLC converts Library of Michigan collections for move to new building
10 How to order a new monograph on the Linked Systems Project
Revised guidelines for Use of Records issued
Write for your copy of the 1986/87 OCLC Annual Report
Research
11 An overview of the OCLC Office of Research
14 An advanced interface management system works with full-text databases
Extramural researchers meet at OCLC to discuss their projects in the Library School
Research Equipment Support Program
15 A collection analysis tool could provide library administrators with new ways to look at their collections
16 A research projects seeks to automate cataloging
OCLC is accepting applications for the 1988/89 Library Schools Grant Program
Interview
19 Martin Dillon, Director of the OCLC Office of Research, provides his perspective on research in both OCLC and the library community
Product News
24 Minimal-level LC-MARC records are added to the OCLC database
A Communications and Access Planning Guide helps libraries plan their future workstation needs
Library of Congress Subject Authority records are available online
25 New Guide explains retrospective conversion options
New retrospective conversion services are introduced
OCLC announces prices for Search CD450 databases
27 National Technical Information Services reports are now available via the Interlibrary Loan Subsystem
Letters
27 A user transforms a Model 105 into an aquarium

March/April 1989 No.172

From Rowland C.W. Brown: "The Impact of Technology on Libraries: Keeping Sight of the Music"
Membership News
 4 Indiana University inaugurates OCLC's LSP link with the Library of Congress
Providence Public Library logs 16 millionth ILL
J. Drew Racine named Program Director for Research Libraries in OCLC
 5 OCLC Report no. 4 examines special libraries, a Collection Analysis prototype and library power
 6 Report of NISO Standards Committee meeting
Special Report/Impact of Technology
 9 Pat Molholt on "Courting The Cheshire Cat"
11 Users Council examines impact of new technologies on libraries
12 Lily Crane, OCLC First Visiting Practitioner, has dealt with technological change and the OCLC System for 14 years
13 OCLC Office of Technical Planning reviews newest technologies
Interview
15 F. William Summers, Dean of the Graduate School of Library and Information Studies, Florida State University, and President-elect of ALA, shares his views on technology and libraries
Product News
20 Current program listing of OCLC video communications
21 Computer-based training for ILL is introduced
OCLC Link Service is to be discontinued April 30
Dramatic increase for vernacular CJK records in the OLUC
22 Tapeloading contributes to growth of database
 

May/June 1988 No. 173

From Rowland C.W. Brown: "Public Libraries and OCLC"
Membership News
4 Rowland Brown will relinquish the OCLC presidency
17 Millionth ILL logged by the Fordham Health Sciences Library
5 Spotlight OCLC scheduled for July 11 at ALA Conference
Edward Holley named ACRL Academic or Research Librarian of the Year
6 30 Enhance libraries added
7 Marjorie Bloss to receive Bowker/Ulrich Serials Librarianship Award
A report on the May RONDAC meeting
8 Users Council committee report on new technology to be published
Library planning monograph available
Audiovisual Material Glossary published
9 The top 100 authors in the database
10 Patrick T. Barkey, PACNET founder, dies
Research
11 HyperBach, a prototype music reference system
Special report/Conference on the Future of the Public Library
13 Conference coverage
20 Listing of conference participants
A view of the conference from a British librarian
22 The OCLC Advisory Committee on Public Libraries
Interview
24 Eleanor Jo Rodger, Executive Director of the Public Library Association, shares her views on public libraries
Product News
29 Orders for CD-ROM cataloging system now being accepted
OCLC Online System holiday schedule
Button Contest winner announced
30 Video programs available on ILL listed
OCLC exhibit booth schedule
Letters
31 Why the screen displays "danger"

July/August 1988 No. 174 The OCLC Database

From Rowland C.W. Brown: "Bibliographic Glasnost"
Membership News
4 OCLC acquires Forest Press, Published of Dewey Decimal Classification
OCLC Users Council examines planning and strategic directions
5 Report of the Users Council Committee on New Technology published
6 Luce Foundation to support Chinese Bibliography program
British Library and OCLC offering joint service
LC contributing authority records through Linked Systems project
7 Chadwyck-Healey to add 19th century microfiche records to OCLC database
8 National Library of Canada and OCLC announce ILL referral project
OCLC database reaches 18 million records
9 Australian records to be added to OCLC database
OCLC to operate AAP"s Electronic Publishing Special Interest Group
Online Audiovisual Catalogers to meet in California
10 18 millionth ILL is logged
OCLC Board honors the late Patrick T. Barkey
11 450 librarians attend Spotlight OCLC in New Orleans
Research
13 A research tool for study of the OCLC database
14 OCLC Research Grant recipients announced
Dr. Abraham Bookstein is Visiting Scholar
Standards
15 Report on NISO standards
Special report/The OCLC Database at 17
17 The spirit of the database
18 Code of Responsible Use
19 Gold Record Hall of Fame
22 Enhance Libraries honored at ALA reception
New Guide to Special Collections in the OCLC Database to be published
23 Cooperative programs
24 Database statistics
Interview
25 Susan Rhee, Associate University of Librarian for Technical Services, University of California, Berkeley, shares her views on the database
Product News
30 Field test of CAT CD450 under way
OCLC adds earth science databases to its CD-ROM reference line
31 Conference on the Future of the Public Library video available
User Contact desk provides support
32 Apple Macintosh-compatible
33 Three new monographs published by OCLC
LS/2000 project managers discuss library system selection/planning
34 OCLC video program listing
35 OCLC Report no. 5 highlights North Carolina and quality control
New OCLC booth made its debut in New Orleans
Letters
36 Top-100-authors list omitted William Faulkner as Nobel Prize Winner

September/October 1988 No. 175

From Rowland C.W. Brown: "Networking on Campus"
Membership News
4 OCLC Users Council studies end-user access at September meeting
5 New Jersey gets 19 millionth ILL
Ralph Papkhian updates members on the NACO-Music project
6 OCLC issues 1987/88 Annual Report
7 Bilingual monograph, "Japan Honors America," available from OCLC
OCLC establishes International Office of Marketing and Field Operations
Research News
8 Annual Review of OCLC Research is published
"OPACs and Beyond:" report of an international meeting
9 Of note: music research activities
Abraham Bookstein analyzes library data
Special report/Networking on Campus
11 UCLA
12 University of Kentucky
13 University of Maryland, Baltimore, Health Sciences
14 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
15 Carnegie Mellon University—Mercury: An Electronic Library
Interview
19 Paul Gherman, Director of Libraries, Virginia Polytechnic and State University
Product News
24 Reference questions? Visit OCLC at ALA Midwinter
CAT CD450 is here!
25 In New York BOCES and Guilderland Central Schools acquire LS/2000
Growing number of libraries are using OCLC to automate serials and acquisitions
Letters
26 Photo incorrectly identifies librarians—again!
Sherlock Holmes Newsletter editor seeks clues

November/December 1988 No.176

From Rowland C.W. Brown: "Eight years and 12 million records later"
Membership News
4 K. Wayne Smith is new OCLC President and CEO
Dorothy Gregor and Myer Kutz elected to OCLC Board
 5 OCLC establishes electronic publishing subsidiary
1988/89 Users Council committees
People [Bob McKee; Joe Hewitt; John Shipman; Edward G Holley; Drew Racine; Mary Ellen Jacob; Barbara E Markuson]
Research News
6 MARC-UP explores automation of retrospective conversion
8 Assessing optical character recognition system
Special report/Electronic publishing and information delivery at OCLC
11 Search CD450 team enhances access to information
12 USGS databases on CD-ROM increase information availability
15 New Search CD450 database compares school choices
16 OCLC prepares for field test of new reference service
Electronic Publishing Special Interest Group
17 OCLC Micro aims to inform and entertain
19 EIDOS: OCLC President Rowland Brown describes a collaborative venture with publishers and libraries to facilitate scholarly communication
Interview
24 Edward M. Kurdyla, Jr., Director, electronic Publishing and Information Delivery Division, OCLC
Product News
27 OCLC introduces CAT CD450, a compact disc cataloging system
Library schools to receive free subscription to CAT CD450
28 Glen Ellyn Public Library is first to acquire CAT CD450
New video program from OCLC
29 OCLC video programs available through ILL
Letters
30 George Eliot was a woman
It was the University of North Carolina at Greensboro that input the 4 millionth record

January/February 1989 No. 177

From K. Wayne Smith: ""First Impressions"
Membership News
 4 Harvard"s Hebrew and Yiddish bibliographic records are now in OCLC database
Gold Records for cataloging and interlibrary loan
6 Conference explores future of classification
MARBI to sponsor program on format integration at ALA
7 Library of Congress publishes geographic cutters
People [Rowland C.W. Brown; Ann Ekstrom]
Research News
8 Sun Microsystems and OCLC to exchange technology
OCLC Campus Information system will bring database to users
9 OCLC publishes music library research
Special Report: Local Library Systems & OCLC
12 How to automate smoothly
15 LS/2000 Users Group: active, effective
16 Local Systems communicates
17 What"s Happening in New Hampshire: An Overview
A profile of New Hampshire"s Seacoast Area Integrated Library System
18 Support for Local Systems
20 Library Roster: Local Systems
Interview
22 Phyllis Bova Spies, OCLC Vice President, Local Systems Division
Product News
26 20th edition of Dewey Decimal Classification is published
27 LS/2000 to link University of Kentucky libraries and 14 community college libraries
ACQ350 System available at discount to current Online Acquisition Subsystem users
28 OCLC/AMIGOS to provide Collection Analysis System
EBSCO invoice data to interface with ACQ350
OCLC Report No. 7 highlights introduction of new OCLC President K. Wayne Smith to the Library Community at ALA Midwinter
Letters
30 Who"s changing whom?
Reader asks for database statistics on Elizabeth Linington
Will these records survive the centuries?

March/April 1989 No. 178

From K. Wayne Smith: "Read All about It"
Membership News
4 Users Council explores value-added information
Research & Development
7 Research Advisory Committee meets Cataloger's Assistant
8 Duplicate Detection
10 Graph-Text assigned patent
Project ADAPT studies electronic conversion of documents
Special Report: The United States Newspaper Program
13 OCLC provides vital role in USNP
LC staff train, advise and monitor USNP projects
14 Iowa Project was one of first and is still going
15 Digging deep helps to find newspaper treasures
16 Unique names for unique newspapers
3rd edition of USNP National Union List available soon
17 USNP participants list
19 The use of early Western newspapers in historical research
Interview
26 Jeffrey Field, Assistant Director of the Office of Preservation at the NEH
Product News
30 Highlights of OCLC happenings at ALA
31 Three new document suppliers available through OCLC ILL subsystem
32 Medical and Law CAT CD450 databases to be introduced
Collection Analysis compact disc system introduced
33 OCLC Report no. 8
Letters
34 Interview informative

May/June 1989 No. 179

From K.Wayne Smith: "A New Network for the New System"
Membership News
4 Users Council Examines Challenges of Marketing
5 Edward G. Holley elected Chairman of OCLC Board of Trustees
K. Wayne Smith announces reorganization of senior management
6 Thompson Little to retire
Retrospective Conversion at Williams College"s Sawyer Library
7 OCLC celebrates 10th anniversary of ILL
8 California State University, Long Beach, logs 21 millionth ILL
9 OCLC Reciprocal Faculty Borrowing Program grows
10 Communications and Access Services Advisory Committee created
Top 100 Serials in the OCLC database
12 People [Frederick G Kilgour; Thomas Michalak; Russell Shank; Rowland C.W. Brown; Martin Runkle; Toni Carbo Bearman; Martin Dillon; Nancy Eaton; Marshall Keys]
Research & Development
13 Trevor Haywood"s Research on library and information science education Technology Assessment
15 A look at projects currently being investigated by OCLC's Technology Assessment Division: Image Processing; The NeXT Computer System; Voice Recognition
Interview
17 Ken Price, Director of OCLC's Technology Assessment Division
Product News
21 Version 30 of Search CD450 introduced
21 LS/2000 systems grow by two
22 EPIC Service field test begins
23 More documents available through OCLC ILL Subsystem
OCLC Video programs
25 OCLC's Documentation Department documents today"s technology
27 Monograph: Telecommunications for Information Specialists available
MARC format integration and its implications
Letters
30 Why Lenin?

July/August 1989 No. 180

From K. Wayne Smith: "Celebrating a Decade of Resource Sharing"
Membership News
4 Interlibrary Loan libraries honored at Spotlight
5 Joint project to enhance LC"s MARC database
L. Donne Olvey named Vice President
Dawn Puglisi appointed RONDAC Coordinator
6 OCLC supports JMRT endowment
New disk drives take up less space in OCLC computer room
7 Dallas County Community College District inputs 20 millionth record
The race for 20 million
8 Indiana University School of Law Library logs 22 millionth ILL
People: [Linda F. Crismond; Mohammed M. Aman; Bonnie Juergens; Howard F. McGinn; Larry L. Learn; Clarence Walters]
9 Cataloging and Database Services Advisory Committee formed
Advisory committee for Reference Products and Services created
13 named to Resource Sharing Advisory Committee
10 New OCLC Report video features the Newberry Library,
EPIC and the USNP
Research & Development
11 Recipients of Library and Information Science Research Grants named
Special Report/Resource Sharing
12 OCLC ILL Subsystem marks 10th anniversary
13 Member libraries recognized for ILL activities at Spotlight
Top 50 ILL requesters
14 Top 50 ILL lenders
16 10 Year review of selected ILL data
First 10 titles requested on the ILL Subsystem
17 ILL users and staff examine future of ILL
18 Denver Public Library celebrates 100 years of providing information access
20 Online interlibrary lending by library type
21 OCLC Document Suppliers and Resource Centers
22 CSU Stanislaus" experiences with union listing and resource sharing
Interview
27 David Ferriero, Humanities Librarian, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries
Product News
31 LEGEND, a new service for law libraries introduced
31 Third edition of USNP National Union List available
32 OCLC/AMIGOS Collection Analysis CD available
Two new Search CD450 databases introduced
33 Communications & Access Planning Guide updated
Video programs available through ILL listed
Letters
36 Newsletter requests come from Japan and Poland

September/October 1989 No. 181

From K. Wayne Smith: "LC and OCLC"
Membership News
4 OCLC Users Council urges library community to oppose LC licensing agreement
5 RLG and OCLC to exchange ICPSR data files
6 University of Heidelberg to start RETROCON project
Stanford University Retrospective Conversion to begin
7 LC Hebrew and Yiddish Records loaded
Edward Emil David Jr., elected to OCLC Board of Trustees
8 Conference on Role of Information in Economic Development planned
9 Elinor Hashim receives NELA librarianship award
RONDAC Preservation Committee makes recommendations
10 OCLC Users Council issues report on Telecommunications Link Test
People: [Kenneth J. Bierman; Emily Mobley; James G. Neal; Jean Rauch; Thomas