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Online index to the OCLC Newsletter, 1967-2005This 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
December 18, 1967 No. 11 MARC II2 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 policies2 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. 31 Grant request presented to the Council on Library Resources1 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 address1 Adoptions of OSU Libraries lending policy 1 EDUCOM program 2 Annual meeting November 25, 1968 No. 51 Second annual membership meeting3 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. 61 Simulation study2 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. 71 Catalog card production2 New staff [Curtis E. Higgins] 2 Research & development 4 Loans to faculty of OCLC institutions 5 Membership March 14, 1969 No. 81 Simulation2 Catalog card production 3 Assessments 4 Conversion April 15, 1969 No. 91 Simulation2 Catalog card production 4 Proposal for support of shared cataloging development 4 Loans to faculty of OCLC institutions June 15, 1969 No. 101 Simulation2 Catalog card production 2 Conversion—OSU 2 File organization 4 Ohio leads at Amsterdam August 29, 1969 No. 111 Catalog card production1 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. 121 Annual meeting1 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. 131 Multiple copies of the OCLC Newsletter1 Third annual meeting 2 Faculty borrowing among OCLC libraries March 3, 1970 No. 141 Office of Education grant1 Trustees approve contract for Sigma 5 2 Catalog production 3 Costs of on-line shared cataloging system April 27, 1970 No. 151 Catalog production system1 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. 161 Assessments for 1970/711 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. 171 Council on Library Resources, Inc. grants $14,113 to OCLC1 Cataloging in Publication 2 Catalog production 2 Deposit funds for catalog cards 2 Grant from National Agricultural Library August 27, 1970 No. 181 New telephone number1 Sigma 5 computer 1 Annual meeting 2 OSU remote catalog access and circulation system 2 Catalog production 3 Membership November 6, 1970 No. 191 Annual meeting1 Membership 1 Library of Congress Recon Project 1 Terminal selected [Irascope] 2 Catalog production December 4, 1970 No. 201 PRLC-OCLC network1 Fourth annual meeting January 14, 1971 No. 211 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. 221 Ohio Board of Regents accepts grant proposal1 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. 231 Manual for OCLC Catalog Card Production1 "Slings and arrows"—Information Dynamics style 2 Brochure 2 Retrospective catalog conversion 2 Distribution of newsletter March 19, 1971 No. 241 State budget contains OCLC subsidy1 Catalogers' meeting Friday, 26 March 1971 2 Site preparation for cataloging terminal equipment 2 Catalog production April 21, 1971 No. 251 Procedure for determining number of terminals for member libraries2 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. 261 Cataloging meeting—Wednesday, 2 June, 19711 Attrition 2 Transportation of catalog cards 2 Catalog production 2 Optional character to follow call number May 19, 1971 No. 271 Meeting of Cataloging Committee1 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. 281 Instruction in use of terminals1 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. 291 Systems status telephone1 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. 301 New telephone numbers1 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. 311 Implementation schedule—correction1 Authorization numbers for terminal users July 27, 1971 No. 321 Shared cataloging1 Telephone circuits 2 Terminals 2 Dewey call numbers 2 Superintendent of Documents class number to be in MARC records August 4, 1971 No. 331 Shared cataloging—training system1 The cataloging telecommunication network—or, the things mother did not know to tell us 3 Terminals 3 Catalog production August 20, 1971 No. 341 Terminals1 Operation of terminals 1 Reports of malfunctions 2 Cataloging in Publication (CIP) 2 Development of new sub systems 3 Manuals September 1, 1971 No. 351 Grant received from Council on Library Resources1 On-line catalog production launched 3 Use of Mstr Reset key on Irascope 3 Terminals 3 Fifth annual meeting September 10, 1971 No. 361 Cataloging on-line1 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. 371 On-line cataloging2 Contents notes 2 Terminals—fuses 2 Request cards—off-line catalog production October 1, 1971 No. 381 Terminals1 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. 391 Input cataloging1 Card production 2 Union catalog holdings information 3 Sharing on-line cataloging procedures 3 Indexes 3 Holidays October 22, 1971 No. 401 On-line union catalog1 Input cataloging implemented 2 On-line cataloging procedures—29 October 1971 2 Negligible radiation from terminals November 12, 1971 No. 411 On-line cataloging1 Cancellation of holding codes 1 Formating [sic] of call numbers 2 Order of fields on catalog records 2 Duplicate records November 24, 1971 No. 421 On-line cataloging2 Advisory Committee on Technical Processing December 6, 1971 No. 431 Request for machine readable serials records1 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. 441 Glitch of the week2 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. 451 State subsidy for OCLC1 Annual report, 1970/1971 1 Communications with OCLC 2 Schedules January 17, 1972 No. 461 MARC records added1 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. 471 New on-line index by OCLC number1 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. 481 Membership fees for 1972/731 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. 491 Union Catalog location symbols3 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. 501 Membership meeting1 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. 511 Revised LC records1 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. 521 Membership fees1 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. 531 Sixth annual meeting1 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. 541 Sixth annual meeting1 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. 551 Free text call number field—a new function1 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. 561 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. 571 Free telephone calls—1-800-282-64961 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. 581 Membership meeting—26 March 19731 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 Ohio1 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. 601 New address1 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. 611 Seventh annual meeting1 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. 621 Seventh annual meeting1 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. 631 Phil Long to go to SUNY1 Sixth annual meeting 4 System activity reports January 15, 1974 No. 641 New members1 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. 651 OCLC to continue to extend services1 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. 661 Catalog production1 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. 671 Input of serials records1 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. 681 Special meeting of OCLC set for May 211 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. 691 Trustees approve $2.2 million budget1 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. 701 System activity sets new record1 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. 711 OCLC to acquire additional computers1 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. 721 On-line system—3 years old1 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. 731 Northeastern [University] catalogs millionth record in data base1 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. 741 Eighth annual meeting1 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. 751 Catalog card production tops one million in September1 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. 761 System activity sets new high1 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. 771 Response time2 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. 781 On-line hours to extend to 10 P.M. EDT1 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. 791 System activity sets record1 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. 801 System activity sets another record1 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. 811 Trustees defer implementation of search charges1 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. 821 OCLC produces 2,123,683 catalog cards in April 19751 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. 831 Trustees set 1975/76 first-time-use charges1 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. 841 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. 851 Xerox withdrawal from computer manufacturing will have little impact on OCLC1 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. 861 On-line system enters fifth year1 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. 871 Board of Trustees announces FTU charge increase beginning in FY 76/772 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. 881 Ninth annual meeting—7 November 19751 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. 891 Ninth annual meeting—7 November 19751 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. 901 Ninth annual meeting2 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. 911 An open letter from the Executive Director about response time2 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. 921 8 December is most productive day in history of on-line system1 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. 931 ALA"s Booklist using OCLC cataloging information1 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. 941 On-line system will be available on Saturdays on a regular basis1 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. 951 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. 961 AT&T increases charges for private line services by 3 percent1 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. 971 Trustees approve 1976/77 budget plan—FTU charges revised2 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. 981 Second quarterly educational forum for Ohio members to be held on 7 May1 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. 991 Center receives $339,319 grant from W.K. Kellogg Foundation1 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. 1001 Thompson M. Little to be Associate Executive Director of OCLC1 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. 1011 State Library of Ohio awards OCLC grant for retrospective conversion of public library holdings1 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. 1021 Advisory Council will guide consulting firm in study of OCLC1 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. 1031 Annual membership meeting set for 5 November 19761 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. 1041 Trustees suggest budgetary guidelines for payments to Center in 1977/781 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. 1051 Tenth annual meeting2 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. 1061 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. 1071 Cataloging activity sets high2 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. 1081 Cataloging activity goes over the 200,000 mark1 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. 1091 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 charges1 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. 1101 Participating libraries catalog 220,046 books during week of 1977 June 191 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. 1111 Cataloging activity sets high at summer's end1 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. 1121 Onward and upward with on-line cataloging1 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. 1131 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. 1141 OCLC may face rolling blackouts if electric power crisis in Columbus worsens1 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. 1151 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. 1161 OCLC installs new way of storing holdings information, resumes issuing new authorizations1 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. 1171 Trustees approve $25.9 million budget plan for 1978/79—prices of catalog cards to drop, FTU charge and other prices to remain same1 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. 1181 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. 1191 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. 1201 University of California chooses OCLC1 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. 1211 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. 1221 Research library directors meet in Columbus3 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. 1231 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. 1241 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. 1251 In July-Agust 962 institutions made 64,721 ILL requests via OCLC's on-line system1 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. 1261 On-line interlibrary loan activity continues to rise1 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. 1271 OCLC installs LC Name-Authority FileBoard 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. 1281 Trustees establish search committee for new chief executive officer1,2 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. 1291 Marietta College confers honorary degree on Kilgour1,2 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. 1301,2 Trustees approve 7.6 percent increase in FTU charge, agree to charge for retrospective conversion projects2 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. 1311,2 Search Power: Retrieval enhancements give users a wider range of access points2 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. 1321,2 Rowland C.W. Brown to be president of OCLC2 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. 1331 Belk Library at Appalachian state University captures millionth OCLC online interlibrary loan; online name-address directory available to users2 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. 1341 Northeastern Illinois University Inputs OCLC No. 7000000Miriam 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. 1351 An open letter on system performance2 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. 1361,2 Research library directors meet, will pursue programs within OCLC1,2 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. 1371 Dedication of Center set for Sept. 22-25August 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. 1381 OCLC will market Claremont system1,2 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. 1391 Computer move completed on Dec. 7OCLC'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. 1401 Three types of participants: New partial user status to allow use of non-cataloging subsystems1-3 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. 1411,2 Local library system: Five colleges, OCLC to collaborate2 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. 1421,2 Users Council elects Atkinson, Marshall to Board of Trustees1,2 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. 1431 Brandeis University captures Gold ILL1,2 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. 1441,2 University of Denver Captures OCLC's Nine millionth record1,2 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. 1451 Regional Networks, OCLC issue joint relationship statement1,2,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. 1461 OCLC accelerates local system development with agreement with Online Computer Systems2 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. 1471 IBM to manufacture new OCLC terminalFour 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. 1481 OCLC Library Literature Contest Winners Announced1,10 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. 1491 10 Millionth Record ILL request logged1,2 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. 1501,2 First LS/2000 system up at Hampshire College1 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. 151Special report ON OCLC NETWORK1 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. 1521 Power to the Libraries2,3 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. 1531,3 OCLC to strengthen online quality control for database1,4-7 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. 1541 Ohio Supreme Court Decision on OCLC's Real Estate Tax status2 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. 1551 OCLC to acquire $2.6 million in advanced telecommunication equipment and softwareCode 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. 1561,2 Wigington elected chairman of OCLC board of trustees1,2, 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. 1571,2 California to have online integrated statewide database through OCLC1,2 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. 1581-4 Users Council Cover Ambitious Agenda May 19-211,4 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. 1592 The British Library; OCLC Launch Cooperative VenturesBelmont 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. 1602-3 Users Council focuses on strategic planning4 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. 1611 Message from OCLC President2 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. 1621,2 French, OCLC explore cooperation1,3,4,5, 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. 1631,2,3,4,Users Council elects 2 to Board1,4 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. 1641-4 Spotlight OCLC reaffirms membership philosophy5 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. 1651-2 Hugh Atkinson, distinguished librarian, dies at 523 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. 1661 Library of Congress to accept requests from OCLC members2 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. 1671 First M300XT installed2 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. 168From 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. 169From 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. 170From 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. 171From 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.172From 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. 173From 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 DatabaseFrom 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. 175From 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.176From 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. 177From 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. 178From 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. 179From 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. 180From 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. 181From 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 F.R. Clareson; J. Drew Racine] 11 Top 100 monographs in the OCLC database listed Research & Development 13 Enhanced bibliographic record retrieval Special Report/Networks 15 Back to the Future 18 NELINET on cutting edge of training [photo of NELINET staff] 22 Collection analysis is model for joint product development 23 Network listing 26 RONDAC improves communication between networks, users and OCLC SOLINET, Hugo and preservation Interview 27 H.E. (Chuck) Broadbent III, Chair, RONDAC, and Executive Director, PRLC Product News 31 Four academic libraries purchase OCLC/AMIGOS Collection Analysis CD 31 Use of OCLC CJK 350 system grows 32 OCLC now accepting Enhance program applications any time 32 December 1 is deadline for ILL contest entries 32 OCLC publishes monograph about Campus Information Systems 32 OCLC reports available for purchase Letters 34 Blank Page? Library Scene 35 The Fondren Library at Rice University November/December 1989 No. 182From K. Wayne Smith: "Five Proposals for LC"Membership News 4 Telenet to install New Telecommunications Network 5 Raleigh, N.C. office opened Disaster Relief Program offered 6 NEH funds Chinese Bibliography program OCLC issues 1988/89 Annual Report People: [Cecil Beach; Peter Paulson; James E. Rush; David Heinmiller] 7 Top 100 musical scores in database presented Research & Development 10 Cataloging time and workflow studies 13 Research investigates experimental library system Special Report/A Hard Look at Hardware 15 New technology examined 17 Two new hardware options introduced Price of M310 Workstation reduced 18 Communications and Access Section profiled 19 Hardware history reviewed 20 New hardware, software testing 21 Help is a phone call away 22 Library Equipment Study results Donate soon-to-be obsolete terminals to Cristina Foundation Interview 23 Susan Cady, Associate Director for Technical Services, Lehigh University Product News 28 EasyNet to be available through EPIC OCLC to introduce GOVDOC in February 1990 29 OCLC Founder and Trustee Fred G. Kilgour Interviewed OCLC Report no. 10 30 Want to Tour OCLC? See the details USNP participants train at OCLC Library Scene 31 Houston Academy of Medicine—Texas Medical Center Library January/February 1990 No. 183From K. Wayne Smith: "An EPIC Begins"Membership News 4 Revised NLM subscription agreement signed Dr. Robert Hayes named to academic and research library relations post 5 ILL contest winners announced 6 September 1989 Users Council meeting report 7 People: service at ALA Midwinter 16 Reference Services Advisory Committee provides input for EPIC Interview 17 Lucinda Conger, Coordinator, Online Information Services and Principal Reference Librarian, U.S. State Department Library Product News 21 Auto-Graphics and OCLC to develop SharePAC for resource sharing Library schools receive free Collection Analysis CD subscriptions Reprint of 200 Religion class from DDC 20th edition releases [Dewey, Forest Press] 22 Information Store documents available over OCLC ILL Subsystem [document supply] Retrospective conversion of Hoover Institution materials begins Video program features Interview with OCLC Founder Fred Kilgour Library Scene 23 The J. Porter Shaw Library, National Maritime Museum, San Francisco March/April 1990 No. 184From K. Wayne Smith: "Keeping Our Priorities Straight"Membership News 4 AAAS and OCLC to develop electronic journal [OJCCT/Current Clinical Trials/EJO] Utlas and OCLC begin cooperative talks Ameritech Information Systems to purchase OCLC Local Systems 5 Campus information is RLAC conference theme Mississippi County Library logs 25 millionth ILL 6 Users Council examines OCLC's role in network environment Delegates discuss periodical information 8 SoundBytes from the 1990 Users Council meeting 9 21st gold record input by Indiana University, Bloomington A report on the Conference on the Role of Information in the Southeast 11 Fred Kilgour joins University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill faculty 12 Richard Van Orden new Program Director for Research and Academic Libraries OCLC and SLS discuss strategic alliance Research and Development 13 Research Advisory Committee members meet at OCLC [Robert C. Heterick Jr.; Joseph H. Howard; Clifford Lynch; Karen Sparck Jones] Robert Heterick Jr. discussed "Demons, Paradoxes, and Golden Arches" Special Report/Retrospective Conversion 15 Retrospective Conversion operators are fast and accurate 17 New cataloging software is tested in Retrospective Conversion Section Training is stressed for employees 18 Retrospective Conversion operators have unique perspectives of database 19 There are several ways to convert backlogs 20 Retrospective Conversion specialists are liaisons 21 More than 48 million records converted since 1976 Interview 24 J. Randolph Call, Director, Retrospective Conversion Division Product News 29 Online System adds hour Record-breaking system activity New Online System update 30 Price of M310 and M386 Workstations reduced 31 EPIC helps improve database quality Faxon joins CONSER 32 GPO on CD-ROM at Alma College 33 CD-ROM music cataloging database introduced [CAT CD450] Search CD450 Music Library introduced 34 New OCLC video report released [Library Scene] 35 Pasadena (Calif) Public Library May/June 1990 No. 185From K. Wayne Smith: "A Good Beginning for LC and OCLC"Membership News 4 Users Council Notes 6 Dr. Smith to host luncheon at ALA The 26 millionth ILL logged [Grinnell College] Z3950 software provided to Canadian and US libraries 7 LITA and OCLC to sponsor minority scholarship A philosopher looks at networking [David Hoekema] 9 OCLC and RLG cooperate on computer linkage compatibility Japanese libraries access OCLC through Kinokuniya 11 CODATA meets in Columbus, Ohio People: [David S. Ferriero; OCLC names directors: Clarence Walters, J. Randolph Call, Gary Houk, Fred Lauber, Judy Michaelson, Phil Schieber] Research and Development 13 Donald Marchand discusses information management Special Report/Advice and Consent 15 When members talk, OCLC listens 16 Committees provide product advice Health Sciences OCLC Users Group is oldest user group 17 OCLC Users Council is a unique advisory group 18 Staff serves as liaisons to user groups and advisory committees 20 Users groups and advisory committees listed Interview 27 George Shipman, University Librarian, University of Oregon Product News 31 ERIC added to EPIC reference service EPIC authorizations hits 2,000 OCLC provides support for local system vendors 32 Information on Demand accessible via OCLC ILL New abridged edition of DDC20 available in June [Dewey, Forest Press] 33 New products to be demonstrated at ALA [EPIC, SharePAC, CAT CD450 Music Cataloging Collection, Search CD450 Music Library, DiscLit American Authors, DDC12 Abridged (Dewey, Forest Press)] 34 Monograph on MARC tagging for music published [Jay Weitz] OCLC video programs available through ILL Library Scene 35 The Indiana University School of Medicine Library in Indianapolis July/August 1990 No. 186From K. Wayne Smith: "Preservation and OCLC"Membership News 4 More than 900 attend OCLC President"s Luncheon 6 Users Council Notes 7 Utlas becomes OCLC regional network In a rare book adventure OCLC helps the FBI and libraries [Omaha Project] 10 New Illinois State Library dedicated 11 Upper Hudson Library System logs 27 millionth ILL Online Audiovisual Catalogers conference announced 12 People [Henriette Avram, Don Riggs, Gloria Werner, Warren J. Haas] Research and Development 13 OCLC's Office of Research is active in preservation 14 LISRG award winners announced Special Report/Preservation 16 OCLC guidelines for recording preservation detailed 19 OCLC will convert 400,000 NRMM records [National Register of Microform Masters] Tapeloading of preservation records increases OCLC networks have preservation programs 20 Dr. Margaret Child named RONDAC preservation consultant 21 Commission on Preservation and Access supports collaboration NEH funds preservation activities Interview 23 Carolyn Clark Morrow, Malloy-Rabinowitz Preservation Librarian, Harvard University Library Product News 29 New Online System field test began July 9 [PRISM] 30 Book Data available via EPIC service UMI databases to be available through EPIC 31 DiscLit is new tool for American literature Research Special price on 1990 edition of SchoolMatch 32 Search CD450 Local Area Network capability now available Tucson Public Library is 3,000 EPIC subscriber Collection analysis CD update released 33 The Best of MOUG published Largest TAPECON project is under way in Dupage Library System 34 M386/16 Workstation and DiscLit winners at ALA announced Library Scene 35 The new Illinois State Library, Springfield September/October 1990 No. 187From K. Wayne Smith: ""Get Ready, Get Set, Be Kind!"Membership News 4 OCLC to acquire Mid-Atlantic Preservation Service [MAPS] LC to use OCLC System in pilot project RONDAC to distribute Preservation Needs Assessment Survey 5 Users Council notes 8 Boston Public Library claims 22 millionth gold record Ben Franklin hosts new video on how computers help libraries 9 New Jersey State Library sponsors Group Access pilot project How Group Access works 10 Keene State College logs 28 millionth ILL OCLC Washington Office monitors national scene 11 SOLINET receives cooperative microfilming project grant User Contact Desk has more efficient tracking system 12 People: [Joe A. Hewitt, Russell Shank, Patricia Battin, MaryEllen Sievert, Ronald R. Powell, Libby Pollard] Research and Development 13 Report on the Research Advisory Committee meeting Usability Lab helps developers create interfaces [Special Report/National Programs] 16 The CONSER Program 17 The Enhance Program 19 The Linked Systems Project [LSP] 20 Major Microforms Project [MMF] United States Newspaper Program [USNP] Interview 24 Kate Nevins, OCLC Vice President, Corporate Relations Product News 28 Six field-test libraries switch over to PRISM 29 EPIC service price reduction for Database 23 EasyNet now accessible through EPIC ABI/INFORM database now available on EPIC 30 USBE serials available over ILL Subsystem [document supply] Price of M386/16 Workstation reduced 31 OCLC Report No 12 now available Library Scene 32 Washington University School of Medicine Library and Biomedical Communications Center in St. Louis, Missouri November/December 1990 No. 188From K. Wayne Smith: "1990—A very good year"Membership News 4 Transfer of MAPS to OCLC finalized 5 Users Council notes OCLC issues 1989/90 Annual Report 6 Libraries fared well in budget process 7 OCLC Library logs 29 millionth ILL NCLIS celebrates 20th anniversary 8 Power outage follows planned power shutdown National Library of Canada becomes OCLC ILL supplier 9 OCLC announces award for reference librarianship [OOFLA] PRLC celebrates move into new headquarters People: [Frederick G. Kilgour; Sherrie Schmidt; Donald E. Riggs; Leonoor Ingraham-Swets; John A. Hearty; Sister Mary Dennis Lynch] Research and Development 11 OCLC Research project focus Special Report/PRISM service, Nov. 12, 1990 14 PRISM at a glance 16 The OCLC Online System through 1990 17 PRISM service field-test notes 20 Field test makes system better 21 Production of PRISM documentation 22 New video and booklet provide PRISM information 23 A light-hearted look at the PRISM service 25 Resolutions presented to OU and OHIONET [Ohio University] 26 A PRISM poem [by Barbara Markuson] Interview 27 Teresa Strozik, Director of Technical Services, Hamilton College Library, Clinton, NY Product News 31 EPIC interface for library patrons coming this spring [FirstSearch] EPIC now accessible through the Internet 32 Dissertation Abstracts added to EPIC M386sx Workstation introduced 33 SharePAC now available Retrospective Conversion project for the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine to begin GOVDOC improves access to government information 34 Demonstrations featured at ALA Midwinter Library Scene 35 The U.S. Air Force Academy Library in Colorado Springs, Colorado January/February 1991 No.189From K. Wayne Smith: "It"s Not Business As Usual"Membership News 4 New Network update Washington Report 5 Dublin Chamber of Commerce honors Frederick Kilgour Cooperative Preservation Programs Group meets 7 RLG and OCLC sign preservation agreement Nihon University is 27th OCLC member in Japan 8 Holdings of 16 Philadelphia libraries added to database 9 A talk with Chinese, Japanese, Korean Cataloger, Lori Bates [CJK] 10 CRL receives retrospective conversion grants 11 OCLC news releases to be available via Internet Mary Berghaus Levering is new FLICC Executive Director 12 PRISM field-test libraries honored at reception Research and Development 14 John Carroll calls for more science in interface design Special Report/Group Access Capability 16 OCLC's Group Access Capability promotes resource sharing A profiling profile SoLINET is OCLC's largest GAC 17 SharePAC helps Kentucky consortium improve library services 18 GAC and GAC/Union List groups listed 20 Northwest Group Access Project links libraries in the Pacific Northwest California XPRS speeds up borrowing LSCA funding has helped libraries since 1956 Interview 22 Joe B. Forsee, Director, Division of Public Library Services, Georgia Department of Education Product News 28 Field test of new reference service announced PNI now available on EPIC [Pharmaceutical News Index] 29 Business Dateline added to EPIC service OCLC to convert records of the Guildhall Library, London 30 Records from the National Library of Australia processed via TAPECON service National Taiwan Normal University to use TECHPRO service 31 Use of tapeloading grows Validator Software available through EPSIG Letters 32 Toward gender-neutral language Swedish translation error noted March/April 1991 No. 190From K. Wayne Smith: "Important Milestones for the New Network and PRISM"Membership News 4 Users Council elects William Gray Potter Vice President/President Elect 5 Database to help return stolen books to their owners [Book Return, Omaha Project] OCLC Manager testifies at trial [Claudia Bogner, Omaha Project] 6 New Network and PRISM are changing OCLC computer room 8 OCLC purchases neighboring property [OCLC Annex] Library wall at Olivet College collapses 10 Washington Report 30 millionth ILL logged by Michigan State University 11 University of Illinois catalogs 23 millionth record Use of OCLC in French university libraries to expand 12 Research Library Directors Conference report 13 Class with Fred Kilgour 14 [Ann Allan"s class from Kent State University visits OCLC] 15 Andrew Wang and Maureen Finn named to new posts Slides needed for audiovisual presentation Esther Greenberg dies Research and Development 16 Howard Besser explores image databases 18 Report on computer networks in Yugoslavia [Radovan S. Spiridanov] 19 Research publications available Special Report/A New Perspective on the Database 21 EPIC provides a new frame of reference 22 LC and OCLC sponsor pilot project [Fiction Project] Title II-C grant funds improve database Protecting 23 million records 23 Database facts 24 Top 50 countries of publication Top 10 spoken word sound recordings 25 Top 10 musical sound recordings Top 10 audiovisual materials Top 10 machine-readable data files 26 Top 100 monographs 27 Top 10 scores 28 Top 100 serials 29 Top 10 maps Top 10 archives and manuscripts Top 10 current cataloging Interview 30 Liz Bishoff, Director of OCLC's Online Union Catalog Product Management Division Product News 36 New Network and PRISM news Max becomes FirstSearch 38 Meckler Publishing to publish OCLC Micro MAPS building dedication scheduled 39 OCLC enhances Name-Address Directory "On The Front Line" award judges named [OOFLA] ASCII terminal access to PRISM now possible 40 FULLMARC introduced Internet to provide news May/June 1991 No. 191From K. Wayne Smith "The Best Is Yet to Come"Membership News 4 70 libraries a week migrating to PRISM service MAPS dedicates new building 6 31 millionth ILL logged by Shawnee Library System Washington Report 7 Industrial revenue bonds finance property purchase RONDAC Preservation Survey results available 8 Resource sharing between American and Canadian libraries increasing 9 Ron Jones named Human Resources manager Research and Development 10 OCLC and OSU to study book deterioration [preservation] 12 CORE project enters phase III Special Report/20 Years of Online Service 14 Evolving, computerizing, personalizing 16 OCLC Online System chronology 21 Networks and OCLC continue partnership 22 Chronology of OCLC milestones 28 What 20 years of online service means to librarians Product News 36 Celebrations, demonstrations at ALA Second generation CJK system in development 38 First FirstSearch subscriber [San Diego County Law Library] Consumers Index to be available on EPIC and FirstSearch 39 EPIC price reduced for library schools 40 EPIC on California"s MELVYL system EPIC hours extended July/August 1991 No. 192From K. Wayne Smith: "Some Reflections on the White House Conference"Membership News 4 900 attend OCLC President"s Luncheon at ALA Marketing Research Panel is created [Library Market Research Panel] 5 Users Council elects officers and passes three resolutions 6 Betty Bengston reviews Users Council year at President"s Luncheon 7 1990/1991 Users Council committee members Washington Report New York Public Library links to OCLC system 9 OCLC/RLG talks cease University of Pennsylvania tapeloads 24 millionth record 10 Deadline for claiming stolen books set [Book Return, Omaha Project] 11 Director of ruined Romanian library visits OCLC [Ion Stoica] 12 University of Louisville logs 32 millionth ILL Kinokuniya and OCLC benefit from employee exchange [CJK] 13 Millionth record libraries honored at ALA People 14 Edward Holley receives Beta Phi Mu award John Burgan dies New ACPL members appointed 15 Hwa-Wei Lee receives award Liz Bishoff elected to ALCTS post Leslie Vasquez named RONDAC Coordinator 16 Erik Jul is Editor of "Research & Education Networking" Winner of LITA/OCLC minority scholarship announced [Alvaro V Simon] Lucia Rather is awarded Dewey Medal Charles Maurer retires Research and Development 17 Several OCLC Research projects focus on cataloging 19 US Department of Education grants funds for Internet Research State Library of Ohio provides grant for Preservation Research 20 Grants awarded to three Researchers [LISRG] Special Report/Cataloging in the 21st Century 22 Cataloging experts share their views of the future 23 Building a classification system for the computer age 24 New software cleans up database [database quality, DDR, duplicate records] Interview 25 Michael Gorman, Dean of Library Services at the Henry Madden Library, California State University, Fresno Product News 31 Faxon Research Services and OCLC announce new service SilverPlatter and OCLC form strategic alliance 32 OCLC begins retrospective conversion project for Queen"s University of Belfast Group Access Capability grows 33 Instruction kit on DDC use developed Blackwell North America enhances OLUC subject headings 34 Compact disc database for American literature Researchers available [DiscLit] African-American Institute is 4,000th EPIC 35 GEOREF to be added to EPIC this fall BIOSIS to be available on EPIC EPIC non-member price reduction for OLUC announced 36 GPO Monthly searchable on the EPIC service September/October 1991 No. 193From K. Wayne Smith: "Making the Right Things Happen"Membership News 4 Online Journal of Current Clinical Trials to be launched in April [OJCCT, EJO] 5 Technology and features of the new journal [OJCCT, EJO] 6 Dr. Smith"s news conference remarks [OJCCT, EJO] 9 Users Council committee reports on electronic information 7 RONDAC approves action plan 8 RONDAC to develop preservation program 10 Washington Report 11 RLAC News 12 IFLA Conference report 14 Summary of OCLC's strategic plan available 15 33 millionth ILL logged [New Jersey Library Network Access Center] OCLC celebrates 20 years of online service Research and Development 16 Graph-Text is basis for online journal [OJCCT, EJO] 17 New Research Advisory Committee members announced Electronic conference to aid Research project Special Report/FIRSTSEARCH 19 FirstSearch is introduced 20 Discovering FirstSearch 23 FirstSearch developers use new tools and tests 24 Usability Lab tests improve FirstSearch 25 Field-test libraries like FirstSearch 27 FirstSearch users find previously unavailable materials Interview 29 John Hearty, Director of OCLC's Reference Services Division Product News 33 17 H.W. Wilson databases to be added to FirstSearch & EPIC 34 BIOSIS/FS to be added to FirstSearch EPIC available on Sundays via the Internet [hours] DDC to be translated into Italian [Dewey, Forest Press] Library Scene 35 Zimmerman Library, University of New Mexico November/December 1991 No. 194From K. Wayne Smith: "Keeping Our Momentum in 1992"Membership News 4 New Network installation completed 5 PRISM ILL prototype being tested 6 Janice Weide wins OCLC On the Front Line award [OOFLA] 7 Users Council focuses on library decision making 8 Contribution Pricing detailed 9 FBI begins returning stolen books to libraries [Omaha Project] 10 Advisory Committee on Public Libraries meets 11 Cataloging project to provide access to medical artifacts 12 Washington Report 13 Procter & Gamble logs 34 millionth ILL 14 Nebraska and North Carolina are information partners 15 OCLC issues annual report Strategic plan available 16 John Comaromi dies Access Services Advisory Committee members appointed MLNC celebrates 10th anniversary 17 MAPS has new cameras, begins new projects Research and Development 19 Theodor Nelson describes Xanadu 20 Review of Research available Special Report/A Global Network 22 OCLC in Asia and the Pacific region 23 Project to catalog Chinese materials begins 24 Chinese staff find working in the US interesting 25 OCLC services provided in the Orient by representatives 26 Libraries in Europe connected by telecommunications network 28 National Library of Turkey becomes OCLC member 29 European libraries represented on Users Council International organizations agree on electronic standards 30 BLDSC adds serials holdings to database [British Library Document Supply Centre] 30 More French academic libraries join OCLC 31 OCLC to convert records for French libraries 32 OLUC has materials in many languages Interview 33 Phyllis Bova Spies, Vice President of OCLC's International and Conversion Services Product News 37 FirstSearch to be demonstrated at ALA M386sx price reduced, rebate offered 38 Newspaper Abstracts and Periodical Abstracts on FirstSearch and EPIC Libraries begin adding subject headings to fiction records [Fiction Project] 39 Electronic Dewey field test begins [Forest Press, DDC] January/February 1992 No. 195From K. Wayne Smith: "Taking the Initiative in Pricing"Membership News 4 Brandeis University enters 25 millionth record 5 The Gold Record Hall of Fame keeps growing 6 35 millionth ILL logged by the William F. Laman Public Library Washington Report 7 ACCUL meeting report 8 New members appointed to ACSL [Advisory Committee on Special Libraries] New "Newsletter" editor named [Nita Dean] 9 RONDAC meets in Philadelphia RONDAC Preservation Program update 10 Joan Mitchell elected Chair of Dewey Editorial Policy Committee [DDC, Forest Press] Helena M Van Deroef appointed to serve on Dewey committee [DDC, Forest Press] 11 LITA/OCLC Minority Scholarship applications available Conference of Research Library Directors proceedings available Network statistics Research and Development 12 Electronic DDC field tested [Electronic Dewey, EDDC, Forest Press] Collection-development serial publication to be available ["OCLC Selected Titles for University and Research Libraries"] 13 Book on user interfaces features ASIS presentations Special Report 15 PRISM to have steady stream of enhancements 16 Users say PRISM is better and faster PRISM survey results 18 Networks train thousands of PRISM users 19 Trouble calls are now handled more efficiently 20 New Network performing well 21 Telecommunications route diversity improves reliability 23 New internal systems help OCLC improve service 24 Computer room update Interview 26 Donald J Muccino, OCLC Vice President, Research and Development Product News 30 OCLC/Faxon Finder databases will help Researchers and students 31 Subject headings corrections project under way [database quality] 33 OCLC serials union lists now on CD-ROM Work begins on DDC 21 [Dewey, Forest Press] 34 FirstSearch now lists holdings with journal citations PAIS database added to OCLC Reference Services 35 Three more Wilson Indexes added to FirstSearch and EPIC 36 Arts & Humanities SEARCH to be available on FirstSearch and EPIC March/April 1992 No. 196From K. Wayne Smith: "PRISM Brings New Era for Catalogers"Membership News 4 Users Council examines decision-making 5 University of Washington adds Ch"ing dynasty records to database California State University, Hayward, logs 36 millionth ILL 6 PRISM/PASSPORT training efforts saluted 10 Washington Report Two library associations honor Edward Holley 11 RONDAC meeting report 12 Top authors and composers Network statistics Research and Development 13 Internet assessment project overview 14 What is the Internet? [includes photo of NSFnet backbone network] 16 Research Advisory Committee meets Special Report/Research Library Directors Conference 18 A report on the 10th annual conference [Presenters were: Susan M. Hockey; Richard M. Cyert; Barbara von Wahlde; Thomas J. Galvin; Dr. Smith; and Kate Nevins] Interview 25 James F. Williams II, Dean of Libraries, University of Colorado, Boulder Product News 29 ILL to be transferred to PRISM in December Ei: Engineering Information is document supplier OCLC product demonstrations at ALA 30 OCLC On the Front Line award judges named [OOFLA] 31 How phone line outages are handled Collection Analysis CD Version 20 released 32 Documentation mailing list verification completed May/June 1992 No. 197From K. Wayne Smith: "Toward the Emerging Digital, Broadband, Global Community"Membership News 4 Users Council Coordinator named [Betsy Kiser] 37 millionth ILL logged [New England Mutual Life Insurance Co. Library] 5 Representative of Singapore visits OCLC [Veronica Boudville] Washington Report 6 Advisory Committee on Special Libraries meets 7 State Librarians visit OCLC 8 CDSAC members discuss cataloging issues [Cataloging and Database Services Advisory Committee] OCLC Network statistics 9 OCLC vice presidents named [Don Muccino, Gary Houk, Mary Landers, Phyllis Bova Spies, Kate Nevins] [Ann Allan"s students from Kent State University visit OCLC] Research and Development 10 Ben Shneiderman talks about interface design 12 CORE project installs database at Cornell 13 Librarians assist cataloging experiment Special Report: Telecommunications Linking 15 Telecommunications advances provide new options 19 PASSPORT Software 200 broadens access 20 Users Council committee explores telecom issues Interview 21 Marshall Keys, Executive Director, NELINET and CONI member Product News 27 Electronic Dewey to debut at ALA [DDC, Forest Press] PRISM ILL CBT readied 28 MAPS adds new camera MAPS receives patent Microfilm samples available from MAPS 30 MLA Bibliography available soon PsycINFO databases added to reference services FirstSearch wins award 31 DiscLit honored 32 OCLC's role in hardware maintenance July/August 1992 No. 198From K. Wayne Smith: "The Summer of 92"Membership News 4 May Users Council meeting report 5 Advanced linking options identified Library leaders attend OCLC President"s Luncheon 8 University of Illinois logs 26 millionth record 9 Hofstra University makes 38 millionth ILL request 10 PRISM ILL tested in California 11 Deborah Ann Torres wins LITA/OCLC Minority Scholarship 12 Washington Report Online Audiovisual Catalogers to meet 13 K. Wayne Smith receives honorary degree [Dr. Smith] OCLC Network Statistics 14 Video program on database available OCLC's linking strategy for the Internet and NREN issued 15 Humphry/Forest Press award announced [Oprista D Popa] [Photo of Wayne State University library school students] 16 OCLC promotions and reassignments [Georgia Brown; James Hackbarth; Clarence Walters; Liz Bishoff; Ann Dodson] David Lighthill retires from OCLC Research and Development 17 Elliot Soloway discusses new technologies for learning 18 Internet Resources Project volunteers" support critical 20 OCLC awards three Research grants [LISRG] Special Report: Still Growing After All These Years 22 Research, Academic, and Community/Junior College Libraries [Patrick O"Brien, Marilyn Boria, Kenneth Dowlin, Katherine Wingerson, Glen Holt, and Pat Woodrum] 25 Public Libraries and Processing Centers 26 State, Federal, and State/Municipal Libraries 27 Special Libraries Interview 29 Patrick O"Brien, Director of Libraries, Alexandria, Va. Product News 33 Online Journal of Current Clinical Trials begins publication [OJCCT, EJO] 34 OCLC user support groups reorganized OCLC updates subject headings [database quality] 35 Two quality assurance awards go to OCLC 36 National Translations Center becomes document supplier OCLC enhances authority file searching 37 Library Market Research Panel provides information 38 Union Lists available on CD-ROM EPIC transmission rate increased 39 A Matter of Fact and Disclosure now available EPIC lists holdings with journal citations 40 AGRICOLA and EventLine to be added to reference services OCLC publishes Bibliographic Input Standards September/October 1992 No. 199From K. Wayne Smith: "Coming Soon: PRISM ILL, document delivery, and subscription pricing"Membership News 4 New databases provide access to journal articles [ContentsFirst & ArticleFirst] Harvard University Library signs retrospective conversion contract 5 OCLC and networks offer disaster relief 6 John Popko becomes Users Council president IF is OCLC distributor in three European countries 7 Virginia Commonwealth University logs 39 millionth ILL OCLC statistics 8 Japanese OCLC users meet 9 Washington Report 10 Glenn Patton receives OLAC award 11 OCLC begins listserver pilot project Phelix Hanible is OCLC Core Services manager Rick Schwieterman is vice president of Finance Research and Development 12 Office of Research project examines ILL 15 Visiting scholars join Office of Research Special Report/PRISM ILL 17 Moving interlibrary loan to PRISM 19 Software developers create and test system 20 New documentation created for PRISM ILL users Training task force provided guidance 21 ILL Micro Enhancer improved 22 ILL staff finds unusual requests with Authority File AMIGOS uses teleconference for training 23 PASSPORT 200 has new features for PRISM ILL Interview 24 Mary Jackson, head of the Interlibrary Loan Department, University of Pennsylvania Product News 29 OCLC to convert records for Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 30 National Translations Center adds holdings to OLUC [document supply] The Genuine Article holdings now in OCLC database [document supply] Sunday reference services access expanded [hours] 31 CJK Plus system field test begins 32 Two User and Network Support Section groups formed November/December 1992 No. 200From K. Wayne Smith: "1993: Carpe Annum!"Membership News 4 A report of the October Users Council meeting 5 Users Council Task Force to examine future use of OLUC Subscription pricing for FirstSearch available in January 6 UK Research libraries will load records into OLUC FirstSearch locates new home for archival materials 7 Fiction Project to continue University of Michigan logs 40 millionth ILL 8 Nancy Eaton elected chair of OCLC Board of Trustees [Edward E .David, Robert M. Duncan] OCLC statistics 9 Washington Report OCLC issues annual report 10 Jane Bambrick wins OCLC reference award [OFF] Larry Learn elected ATP vice president/president elect 11 RETROCON Services Section enters first Harvard record Andrea Stamm appointed to Dewey Editorial Policy Committee [DDC, Forest Press] 12 Phil Schieber and Nita Dean promoted Database producers meet at OCLC Research and Development 13 SGML and electronic publishing 15 Annual Review of OCLC Research available Special Report/Standards 17 Standards are key to information sharing 18 Speaking of standards SiteSearch uses Z3950 20 Glossary of terms Interview 22 Nolan Pope, associate director for automation at the University of Wisconsin-Madison General Library System Product News 27 Electronic Dewey is introduced [DDC, Forest Press] OCLC begins implementing Electronic Data Exchange [EDX] 28 Online medical journal named Database Magazine"s Product of the Year [OJCCT, Current Clinical Trials, EJO] FirstSearch: one year later 29 Social Sciences Index and EventLine added to reference services 30 MAPS will microfilm Quaker periodicals for Haverford College MAPS trains German microfilmers 31 OCLC expands CAT CD450 medical set and introduces Hispanic collection British literature version of DiscLit available [DiscLit: British Authors] 32 Tracking user problems January/February 1993 No 201From K Wayne Smith: "Making Progress in Pricing"Membership News 4 OCLC announces intent to acquire IDI [Information Dimensions] OCLC reduces telecommunications charges by $3 million 5 PRISM ILL launched Dec 14 6 Brandeis University catalogs 27 millionth record 7 OCLC on the Front Line award judges named [OOFLA] 8 OCLC listserver to continue [OCLC-NEWS] 9 Washington Report 10 Editorial Policy Committee reports progress on next DDC edition [Dewey, Forest Press] 11 Maureen Finn named director of Conversion and Contract Cataloging Services Video tour of MAPS now available 12 LITA/OCLC minority scholarship applications sought OCLC Statistics Research and Development 13 Internet Research report available Special Report/OCLC Europe 16 European distributors support diverse users 21 BTJ to distribute OCLC services in Sweden [Biblioteksjanst] 22 European libraries convert materials and enrich database 23 OCLC Europe users meet in Birmingham 24 Dewey spoken around the world [DDC, Forest Press] Interview 25 Brian Lang, chief executive of the British Library Product News 28 Document ordering debuts on FirstSearch OCLC offers more powerful workstations 29 PRISM Keyword Searching coming this spring 30 DDC 20 workbook now available [Dewey, Forest Press] 31 Fourth edition of the US Newspaper Program National Union List published [USNP] 32 OCLC tests Gateway software March/April 1993 No 202From K Wayne Smith: "Reference Services: A Progress Report"Membership News 4 Users Council discusses electronic information economics 5 42 millionth ILL logged by Winthrop University 6 Maurice Glicksman is new Board member 7 OCLC wins Internet award [Meckler Internet Award] New Dewey editor named [Joan Mitchell, DDC, Forest Press] 8 North Adams State College wins workstation LASER will provide access to OLUC in UK 9 Library students visit OCLC [Ann Allan, Kent State University] Elaine Estes wins Electronic Dewey [DDC, Forest Press] 10 The most popular books of 1992 [Top 66 titles of 1992] 11 OCLC statistics Research and Development 12 Research Advisory Committee meets Special Report/Reference Services 14 Quality and teamwork improve software development 16 Research supports reference services development Hours extended for reference services Accessing reference services 18 Sigma Theta Tau and OCLC to publish electronic journal [OJKSN, EJO] Jane Barnsteiner to edit new journal [OJKSN, EJO] 19 GUIDON interface improves Internet access to electronic journal [OJCCT, EJO] New Internet listserver to provide electronic journal information 20 OCLC responds to FirstSearch users 21 EPIC is reference tool for librarians 22 ArticleFirst and ContentsFirst: database creation, quality control, enhancements, subjects represented, updating and indexing process 25 FirstSearch and EPIC databases listed 26 MEDLINE to be added to FirstSearch and EPIC Dynamic Information is new document supplier Interview 27 Berna Heyman, assistant university librarian for automation and bibliographic control; and James Rettig, assistant university librarian for reference and information services, College of William and Mary Product News 33 Supporting reference services CAT CD450 updated [PRISM CAT CD450] 34 Forest Press and Celtech offer library guide New regional GAC facilitates borrowing [NEUL, GNYS, NE@R] Editorial Policy Committee reports progress [DDC, Forest Press, Dewey] Library Scene May/June 1993 No. 203From K. Wayne Smith: "Three Pieces of Very Good News" [IDI, pricing, industrial bond]Membership News 4 OCLC acquires IDI [Information Dimensions, Inc] 5 OCLC TECHPRO catalogs 28 millionth record [Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society] 6 Research library directors meet at OCLC 7 Online journal for electrical engineers scheduled for October [IEE, Electronics Letters Online, INSPEC, ELO, EJO] 8 Stetson University requests 43 millionth ILL 9 Howard University makes 44 millionth ILL request 10 FBI donates remaining stolen books to Creighton [Omaha Project] 11 OCLC to publish new consolidated manual for OCLC-MARC formats [Bibliographic Formats and Standards] UC-Berkeley to use OCLC CJK Plus 12 Catholic University wins workstation OCLC statistics 13 Swem Library celebrates with FirstSearch drawings [College of William and Mary] Washington Report 14 Renee McHenry is On the Front Line award winner [OOFLA] 15 OCLC Library School Program offered in Europe Internet speeds document delivery [listserv, list servers] 16 Blue ribbon panel assesses telecommunications regulation [Larry Learn] 17 OCLC invited to speak at Bogazici University [Turkey] ITIMG visits OCLC 18 Health Sciences OCLC Users Group meets [HSOCLCUG] Ron Jones named director of administrative services 19 Top 100 monographs Research and Development 21 Roger Noll speaks on the economics of scholarly publishing Special Report/MAPS 25 Through innovation and invention, MAPS breaks the mold 26 Steps in the microfilming process 29 Deciding which items to preserve 31 The MAPS staff: handling with care 33 The MAPS Storage facility Tour MAPS via video Interview 34 C. Lee Jones, president, MAPS The MicrogrAphic Preservation Service Product News 39 PRISM Keyword Searching installed More enhancements added to PRISM 40 OCLC to extend PRISM service availability FirstSearch users can now place electronic ILL requests OCLC begins massive automated authority control project [database quality, name headings corrections and subject headings corrections] 41 Library Literature database now on FirstSearch and EPIC 42 DiscLit: British Authors named to Media & Methods awards portfolio 43 Supporting new workstation platforms EPIC prices to be standardized 44 The minimalist approach to CBT [computer-based training, Penny Mattern] 46 New Dewey teaching tool available [DDC, Forest Press] OCLC CJK Plus adds Pinyin-to-Wage-Giles conversion feature Letters 48 British Library"s catalogs available [Brian Kefford, BLAISE Information Services] July/August 1993 No. 204From K. Wayne Smith: "Building Our Electronic Information Highways"Membership News 4 Library leaders attend fourth President"s Luncheon OCLC On the Front Line award nominations sought [OOFLA] Flood-damaged libraries offered assistance 5 Washington Report New Jersey library logs 45 millionth ILL [Burlington County Library] 6 Opinions on documentation wanted [Debbie Hysell] OCLC begins cataloging project for LC [TECHPRO, Hungarian, Romanian] 7 Robots move into OCLC Computer Room [StorageTek, nearline storage] 8 Users Council discusses values 9 Users Council meeting minutes available via Internet OCLC statistics 10 California woman wins LITA/OCLC Minority Scholarship [Shirley Ann Fonseca] Collection analysis tool offered to North American library schools [CACD] Two win TECHPRO cataloging 11 Katherine Blauer promoted to director of national sales Martin Dillon now heads library resources management division 12 Mark Matson promoted to manager of human resources Susan Olson appointed director of network relations Research and Development 13 OCLC awards three Research grants [LISRG] Special Report: Database Quality 15 Database quality: its cost, focus, and future 16 How OCLC and member libraries are improving the Online Union Catalog 19 Users comment on database quality 21 Task force reports on future use of OLUC [Users Council] 22 Cooperative programs promote quality [CONSER, Enhance, Fiction, NACO] 24 Four areas work together to maintain OLUC quality [staff quotes] Interview 26 Martin Dillon, director of OCLC's library resources management division Product News 30 ISI"s The Genuine Article to supply FirstSearch documents Dynamic Information drops price on some documents for delivery Three popular databases added to FirstSearch and EPIC 31 Troubleshooting Internet connections AMIGOS and OCLC introduce Custom Cut CD for group collection assessment [CACD] 32 North Carolina State Library pioneers statewide FirstSearch availability [group purchase plan] September/October 1993 No. 205From K. Wayne Smith: "Making Progress on Our Three New Priorities" [Reference Services, enhancements to PRISM, and International expansion]Membership News 4 Meg Bellinger is new MAPS president Colorado Library logs 46 millionth ILL 5 Washington Report 6 RONDAC meets in Massachusetts SOLINET submits grant proposal for RONDAC preservation project 7 OCLC Statistics 8 Lynn Ziegler wins award for PRISM ILL CBT Special Report/Conversion & Contract Cataloging Services 10 How to plan conversion and contract cataloging projects [Maureen Finn] 12 RETROCON tackles Harvard and 40 other projects 14 More libraries use OCLC's batch conversion services 17 Burning the midnight oil: third-shift staffers input conversion and serials data 18 Experienced TECHPRO staff catalogs wide variety of >materials 20 Libraries in Europe and Asia choose OCLC to convert their catalogs Interview 21 Gary Houk, vice president for OCLC services Product News 25 New OCLC workstation is introduced Cables—the crucial link 26 Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia available on FirstSearch OCLC Reference Services available around-the-clock around the world 27 Editorial Policy Committee continues work on DDC21 [Dewey, Forest Press] Book Review Digest now available on FirstSearch and EPIC Library Scene 28 Pickler Memorial Library, Northeast Missouri State University [building dedication] November/December 1993 No. 206From K. Wayne Smith: "Cataloging and the Electronic Library" [on "OCLC's Cataloging & Database Services Strategy" white paper]Membership News 4 Users Council discusses Bibliographic Commons 5 OCLC and IDI to develop ACM"s electronic publishing system [STEPS] 6 Ohio University enters OLUC"s 29 millionth record 7 DePaul University logs 47 millionth ILL OCLC statistics 8 OCLC Europe coordinates 1993 IFLA activities 9 Washington report OCLC issues 1992/93 Annual Report 10 Librarians from Eastern Europe visit OCLC [Soros Foundation Fellows, LC] OCLC issues Cataloging & Database Services Strategy 11 Garden libraries share resources through new GAC [CBHL Consortium] Irene Hoffman new director of OCLC Pacific 12 Giles Martin appointed to Dewey Editorial Committee [DDC, Editorial Policy q Committee, Forest Press OCLC to demo products, host symposium at ALA Midwinter 13 Judges named for 1994 OCLC on the Front Line Award OOFLA] Special Report/Public Libraries and Technology 15 Public libraries advise, govern, participate [Clarence Walters] 16 The Allen County Public Library [Jeffrey R Krull] 18 The Alexandria Library [Patrick M O"Brien] 20 The Elmhurst Public Library [Marilyn Boria] 22 The San Francisco Public Library [Kenneth E Dowlin, Katherine M Wingerson] 24 The St. Louis Public Library [Glen Holt] 26 The Tulsa City-County Library System [Pat Woodrum] Interview 27 Marilyn Mason, director of the Cleveland Public Library Product News 31 R.R. Bowker and OCLC plan electronic ordering/cataloging service Automatic copy cataloging service tested [PromptCat] 32 INSPEC added to FirstSearch and EPIC 32 Dawson to distribute FirstSearch in Europe Microcomputer Abstracts added to FirstSearch and EPIC 33 Worldscope now on FirstSearch TLP can contain costs, increase productivity 34 UMI and OCLC announce one-hour document delivery ContentsAlert now available 35 IDI awarded contract with Barclays Bank GUIDON 20 improves electronic journal access 36 OCLC enhances PRISM service, extends hours of availability OCLC begins retrospective conversion project for Japan"s Waseda University 37 New Dewey workbook published [DDC, Forest Press] High-speed modem now available 38 Symposium on technical services to be held at ALA Midwinter Library Scene 39 The Gelman Library, George Washington University January/February 1994 No. 207From K. Wayne Smith: "Measuring Our Response Times" [network, symposium at ALA Midwinter, pricing]Membership News 4 OCLC to test Internet access to PRISM OJCCT included in Index Medicus [Current Clinical Trials, EJO, MEDLINE] 5 500 million holdings now in OLUC 6 Users Council discusses electronic publishing OCLC offers assistance to earthquake-damaged libraries 7 OCLC Statistics University of California, Riverside, logs 48 millionth ILL 8 OCLC expands Enhance program after CIP upgrade test MAPS name changed to Preservation Resources 9 NY librarian wins Electronic Dewey [DDC] Frank Grisham roasted at RONDAC meeting Morton Sinkoff is new IDI vice president of marketing 10 Liz Bishoff addresses Chinese librarians A Day in the Life of user and network support 11 OCLC staffer contributes ornament to White House tree [Donna Dietz] Special Report/OCLC Forest Press and the Dewey Decimal Classification 12 Dewey 101: Melvil Dewey, the Dewey Decimal Classification, and Forest Press 14 Keeping Dewey up-to-date [DDC] 15 Keeping up-to-date on Dewey [DDC] 16 Dewey Classification is used worldwide [DDC] 17 Electronic Dewey: a high-tech version of the classic classification system [DDC] 18 Research libraries use and help build the DDC [Dewey Decimal Classification] Organizing your computer [by David Mundie, DDC, Dewey Decimal Classification] Interview 21 Peter J Paulson, executive director of OCLC Forest Press Product News 25 FirstSearch use growing 25 Electronic nursing journal now available [OJKSN, Online Journal of Knowledge Synthesis for Nursing, EJO] 26 FirstSearch discounted for school libraries 26 FirstSearch available to universities in the UK [CHEST/NISS] 26 BusinessNews to be available on FirstSearch, EPIC 27 UMI and OCLC now offering one-hour document delivery [FastDoc] 28 FirstSearch to be available in Scandinavia [BTJ, Bibliotekstjanst] 28 Harvard acquires OCLC CJK Plus systems 28 Volume discounts, expanded base package, and per-database pricing for FirstSearch subscribers 29 Harvard to use OCLC for retrospective conversion of Korean titles (CJK RETROCON] 30 British Library Document Supply Centre is a document supplier on The FirstSearch Catalog [BLDSC] 31 Changes made to CONSER newsletter [CONSERline] 32 Symposium on the future of technical processing draws SRO audience [ALA] March/April 1994 No. 208From K. Wayne Smith: "Toward a Global Library Network" [Vernon R. Library, Ohio University, International expansion]Membership News 4 FirstSearch Document Ordering/ILL System wins CLIPS Award 5 LC and OCLC cooperate to broaden information access OCLC to develop ILL reimbursement system 6 Virginia Commonwealth University logs 49 millionth ILL 7 OCLC Statistics OCLC publishes cataloging symposium proceedings 8 Automated Authority Control project completes final phase The most popular book of 1993 [Top 100 monographs] 9 ARL receives OCLC grand for preservation guide revision 10 AT&T and OCLC to offer FirstSearch on trial basis to corporate Internet users 11 Washington Report 12 James Rush is ASIS president-elect Ichiko Morita moves from Ohio State to Library of Congress [OSU] 13 OCLC-News available via Internet Rick Noble named vice president of reference services Kate Nevins named SOLINET executive director Special Report/OCLC Asia Pacific Services 15 Asian records help libraries worldwide 16 National Library of Australia catalogs Asian collections on OCLC 18 The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology uses OCLC for cataloging, reference services, and ILL 19 Andrew Wang to speak at APALA conference 20 CJK Plus transfers to PRISM this fall 21 Selected Titles aids collection development 22 Local dealers distribute OCLC services in Asian countries 25 OCLC CJK TECHPRO services catalogs for USC [University of Southern California] 26 China Project staff learn about life in the US [Lani Porter] Interview 28 Andrew H. Wang, director of the OCLC Asia Pacific services division Product News 32 Online Journal for electrical engineers available [Electronics Letters Online, ELO, \JO] 33 Cambridge databases to be added to FirstSearch Information Dimensions" new BASIS SGMLserver now available 34 Colorado State University transfers local file to OCLC PRISM ILL system [LDRs] Library Scene 35 Earthquake unshelves books at the Master's Seminary Libraries 36 Cool catalogers work at Indiana University Libraries [sunglasses] May/June 1994 No. 209From K. Wayne Smith: "Coming Up: An International Video Teleconference on the Electronic Library" [International Videoconference on the Electronic Library]Membership News 4 Directors of Research libraries attend annual conference [Annual Research Library Directors Conference, Brian L. Hawkins, Robert M. Hayes, Nancy L. Eaton, William Gray Potter, Carla Stoffle, William J. Studer] 6 Sonoma State University logs 50 millionth ILL 7 Southern Illinois University at Carbondale enters 30 millionth record Librarians win at conferences [Electronic Dewey, workstation, FirstSearch] 8 50 ILL milestones 10 Washington Report [NII] Automated Authority Control project completed 11 Senior management appointments announced [Don Muccino, Phyllis Spies, Rick Schwieterman] Dorothy Gregor receives Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award OCLC Statistics International 12 FirstSearch available in Australian universities 13 National Taiwan Normal University makes FirstSearch available to students and faculty 14 Tamkang University Library to expand use of The FirstSearch Catalog Libraries in European countries evaluate FirstSearch 16 FirstSearch to be demonstrated in Europe FirstSearch available in the United Kingdom [CHEST/NISS agreement] Special Report/ The FirstSearch Catalog 19 Statistics indicate FirstSearch"s value at Columbia [Elaine Sloan] 20 FirstSearch widely used from day-one at University of Minnesota (Thomas W Shaugnessy] 21 User response is enthusiastic at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro [Doris Hulbert] 22 FirstSearch is a focus of end-user searching at the University of Vermont [Paul Philbin] 24 FirstSearch provided through gateway at Washington University [Shirley Baker] 25 The Wellesley Free Library provides mediated access [Patricia G Oyler] 26 Group purchases bring FirstSearch to thousands of users Reference Services Timeline 27 FirstSearch/PRISM ILL link streamlines interlibrary loan process 28 FirstSearch documentation available on the Internet Keeping current on OCLC reference products [OCLC Reference News] 29 California State Library to coordinate FirstSearch access The FirstSearch Catalog offers three full-text document retrieval options 30 Reference Services Advisory Committee meets 31 WRLC and OCLC to develop imaging capability for SiteSearch [Pat Stevens, Washington Research Library Consortium] 32 Librarians report on FirstSearch"s popularity with their users 43 The Cleveland Public Library makes FirstSearch widely available 36 Library damaged by earthquake uses FirstSearch to provide information [California Institute of the Arts] 37 FirstSearch databases Future databases Interview 38 Lee Donne Olvey, OCLC vice president and assistant to the president Product News 42 Raleigh Muns is named OCLC On the Front Line Award winner [OOFLA] OCLC PRISM service training materials available soon [PRISM Basics Training Materials, CBT] 43 Facts OnLine joins OCLC PRISM ILL Document Supplier Program OCLC's new IBM workstation is a winner [M486sx/25, M486DXI] 44 OCLC to exhibit at ALA July/August 1994 No. 210From K. Wayne Smith: "IDI and OCLC: Positive Synergies for the Electronic Library"Membership News 4 OCLC and networks to host International videoconference Library leaders attend OCLC President"s Luncheon 5 OCLC nominated for 1994 Computerworld Smithsonian Awards OCLC 00 to Library of Congress ISSN fund INCOLSA celebrates 20th anniversary 6 OCLC Users Council elects William Potter, Ellen Waite to board 7 The OCLC Online Union Catalog: Principles of Cooperation for OCLC and Member Libraries 8 Richard Van Orden is named Users Council program manager Southwestern University logs 51 millionth ILL 9 EPA Headquarters Library makes 52 millionth ILL request 10 IDI announces two staff appointments [William Claire, Paul Williams] Washington Report [Task Force to spell out NII vision] IDI sells ZyLab to ZyCo Incorporated 11 RONDAC elects 1994-95 officers OCLC Statistics 12 OCLC offers assistance to libraries damaged by floods OLAC/MOUG meeting scheduled for Oct. 5-8 Staff promotions announced [Richard Hale, Terry Noreault, Thom Hickey, Mike Teets] International 13 Three major retrospective conversion projects under way in Europe [French Ministry of Education and Culture, University of Oxford, University College London] 17 Third Japan OCLC Users Meeting draws more than 300 librarians Research 18 Terry Noreault discusses the OCLC office of Research 19 Visiting scholar completes Research on quality control of cataloging rules [Shoichi Taniguchi] 20 OCLC office of Research has opportunities for Researchers [Visiting Scholar, Postdoctoral Fellowship] Special Report/Information Dimensions Inc. 22 IDI provides document-management solutions Thomson Professional Publishing automates process with BASISplus 23 Document management helps organizations succeed What IDI"s customers are saying 24 Applying BASISplus to the publishing industry will increase productivity BASISplus serves the information superhighway 25 IDI"s user group to meet in October 2,000 installations around the world 26 SGML allows cross-system electronic document sharing 28 TECHLIBplus provides automation solutions for special libraries Interview 30 James R. Hackbarth, president and chief operating officer, Information Dimensions Inc Product News 33 OCLC to transfer Union List and Name-Address Directory to PRISM Supporting Internet access to the PRISM service 34 OCLC Gateway Software now available EPIC documentation now available on the Internet 35 Business News is now on FirstSearch and EPIC Texas cataloger designs PASSPORT for Windows icon [Barbara Szalkowski] ABI/INFORM now available on The FirstSearch Catalog September/October 1994 No. 211From K. Wayne Smith: "At Warp Speed"Membership News 4 OCLC Videoconference explores electronic library 5 US Department of Education provides grant for catalog of Internet resources 6 RONDAC meets in Washington, DC 7 Public library staffer wins LITA/OCLC Minority Scholarship OCLC Statistics 8 Indiana University enters the 31 millionth record University of Delaware makes 53 millionth ILL request 9 Clarence Walters is honored at ALA 10 Elaine Svenonius appointed to the DCEPC International 11 Three universities in Taiwan become PRISM users 12 OCLC converts Chinese titles for Harvard-Yenching Library Bodleian Library (Oxford) converts post-1920 collection with OCLC [photo: B. Cupps, B. Porter; G. McKinney; and E. Yandolino] Research 13 Research Advisory Committee meets 14 OCLC TULIP project explores electronic access to journals without SGML tags Special Report/OCLC Electronic Publishing 15 OCLC electronic publishing: creating new pathways to information 18 Constructing the information superhighway in medicine Guidon 30 offers photos and link to FirstSearch 19 Readers" Memorandum 20 Disseminating nursing knowledge Glossary of cyberspace terms 21 ISI to index Online Journal of Knowledge Synthesis for Nursing 22 Stepping into electronic publishing 23 British publisher shares his electronic vision at Belfast conference 24 Focusing on providing information to users 26 OCLC staff members from many areas work on the EJO service Racing into the future: AIP embraces electronic publishing 28 Current Opinions journals going online Interview 30 David J. Brown, founder of DJB Associates, and Rick Noble, OCLC vice president of reference services Library Scene 38 University of Oregon"s Knight Library Product News 39 Union List and Name-Address Directory now in PRISM 40 GEOBASE is now available on FirstSearch and EPIC Chicago Library System begins FirstSearch pilot project Yankee Book Peddler is first vendor to sign on to PromptCat service 41 Dewey Classification committee approves important revisions for DDC21 Four book vendors now signed on to PromptCat 42 A practical guide to the DDC published New release of OCLC SiteSearch provides links from article to library holdings 43 OCLC ILL PRISM Transfer service streamlines the interlibrary loan process DiscLit: World Authors—from Aeschylus to Zola—is now available 44 IDI developing new BASIS WEBserver November/December 1994 No. 212From K. Wayne Smith: "Planning our Work and Working our Plan"Membership News 4 OCLC Users Council meets 5 OCLC World Wide Web Server offers information, documentation and more 6 Information providers meet at OCLC Internet problem interrupts some FirstSearch users 7 University of Connecticut logs 54 millionth OCLC interlibrary loan 8 OCLC creates national level category for Enhance Program State Librarians Forum meets OCLC to implement Format Integration, Phase 1 9 UPS replacement ensures online systems" uptime 10 OCLC Statistics 11 DDC books awarded at NYLA conference 12 Washington Report The end of an era 13 OCLC promotes Liz Bishoff to vice president, member services "Cruisin" That Information Superhighway with Mr. Dewey and his Dot" video available International 14 New Zealand universities now use the FirstSearch service Soros Fellows visit OCLC 15 PICA libraries test Z3950 interface to OCLC FirstSearch databases Research 16 Yuri Rubinsky explores use of SGML to generate text for sight-impaired 18 OCLC awards three Research grants OCLC invites applications for Research Fellow program Special Report/PromptCat 20 PromptCat, OCLC's new copy cataloging option, to be introduced in April Academic Book Center 21 Blackwell North America Yankee Book Peddler Baker & Taylor 22 Michigan State tested PromptCat prototype in fall 1993 Ohio State conducts selection-rate study of PromptCat 23 OCLC will use EDI for PromptCat efficiency PromptCat Seminar Interview 24 Donald J. Muccino, OCLC executive vice president and chief operating officer Product News 27 OCLC CJK Plus gains popularity in public libraries 28 Subject Headings for Children is now available from Forest Press 29 Electronic Error Reporting activated in October University of Missouri offers networked access to journal citations through OCLC SiteSearch 30 Two TECHPRO projects are under way for Loyola University Chicago 31 Visit the OCLC booth at ALA Midwinter Conference 32 FirstSearch upgrade provides online access to documents January/February 1995 No. 213From K. Wayne Smith: "OCLC and the Internet"Membership News 4 SUNY celebrates 20th anniversary TECHPRO reaches 10-year mark 6 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign logs 55 millionth OCLC interlibrary loan in record time Task force looks back on Videoconference 8 OCLC issues annual report OCLC Statistics 9 OCLC appoints Susan Lowenstam vice president and general counsel DDC books awarded at American Association of School Librarians conference Nicholas Cop named director of Latin American marketing 10 Top 100 serials International 11 110 libraries in Asia Pacific joined OCLC last year Andrew H. Wang appointed advisor of National Central Library, Taiwan Research 13 Office of Research project develops tools for describing and accessing Internet resources Product News 17 OCLC Electronic Journals Online system adding World Wide Web access OCLC announces port price reductions for FirstSearch 18 Applied Physics Letters Online now available 19 PRISM Authorities now available Physical Review Letters to go online in 1995 20 Library of Congress uses OCLC SiteSearch to speed cataloging of foreign titles March/April 1995 No. 214From K. Wayne Smith: "Our Global Community"Membership News 4 University of Strathclyde adds 32 millionth gold record to OLUC 5 Elsevier Science and OCLC to make journals available electronically 5 OCLC Users Council discusses The NII, the Internet, and OCLC 6 OCLC and EBSCO Publishing to offer full-text images of articles for 1,000 general reference journals 7 Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information joins PRISM document supplier program OCLC seeks participants in Internet cataloging project 8 Global conference of Research library directors meets at OCLC 10 Reflecting on BCR"s 60 years of service to the library community 11 OCLC Statistics 12 Kansas State University logs 56 millionth OCLC ILL Electronic nursing journal subscription information now available on the World Wide Web 13 FirstSearch trial begins in Colorado 14 Over 200 Iowa libraries begin FirstSearch pilot ALA attendees win Forest Press publications Facts OnLine delivers for Researchers 15 Dorothy Gregor appointed assistant to the president for academic and Research library Ann Nash named director of OCLC Pacific 16 Top books in 1994 18 PromptCat seminar held at ALA Midwinter International 19 National Library in Prague to contribute Czech National Bibliography to OLUC 20 An update on the OCLC CJK Plus System National Technical Information Center and Library of Hungary to use retrospective conversion and PRISM ILL Research 22 Research Advisory Committee meets Accessing OCLC 23 OCLC access options increase 24 Several Internet access methods available 25 Internet access to PRISM now regular service 26 OCLC Gateway software discussed at ALA Midwinter 30 Telecommunications Linking Program (TLP) participants meet Interview 31 George Carpenter, director of OCLC telecommunications and user support Product News 33 FastDoc offers quick, easy access to full text of articles RILM Abstracts of Music Literature to be available on FirstSearch and EPIC 34 EconLit is now available on FirstSearch and EPIC OCLC introduces new workstations 35 Immunology Today Online now available Library Scene 36 A quiet moment at the Research Library Directors Conference May/June 1995 No. 215From K. Wayne Smith: "Good News on the Economic Front"Membership News ;4 OCLC NetFirst to improve end-user access to Internet resources NetFirst FAQ 5 Chapman & Hall announces new editorial staff 6 University of Chicago logs 57 millionth ILL using FirstSearch/PRISM Link University of Rochester sets new record logging 58 millionth ILL 7 OCLC PRISM service availability extended 8 A changing of the guard: OCLC's new state-of-the-art PRISM hardware 10 OCLC statistics 11 Series and Mesh headings correction projects begin OCLC Forest Press home page now available on WWW 12 Washington Report: House and Senate debate telecommunications reform Top 1,000 serials on WWW 13 In Memoriam: Kevin Flaherty, executive director of Michigan Library Consortium Susan Gangl is named OCLC On the Front Line (OOFLA) Award winner 14 Pamela Brown appointed to Dewey Editorial Policy Committee OCLC trainers receive International award for CBT 15 OCLC exhibits, meetings at the American Library Association Annual Conference International 16 SABINET hosts OCLC Europe staff visit to South Africa 92 institutions in Japan begin trial use of FirstSearch 18 OCLC Europe Users" Forum held 19 End-user Services and the Electronic Library 20 Seminar on library integration held in Romania Research 22 Carol Tenopir discusses electronic reference services 24 Annual Review of OCLC Research now available Resource Sharing 25 Working to improve access to information 27 Resource sharing strategy white paper available 28 OCLC ILL Fee Management service tracks interlibrary loan charges FirstSearch increasingly provides access to materials 29 OCLC ILL PRISM Transfer moves local ILL files to the PRISM service ILL ME for Windows being developed 30 Development of new PRISM ILL reports under way Custom Holdings to be added to PRISM ILL 31 PRISM UL/NAD Interview 32 Christine Deschamps: The director of the library of the University Paris V (ReneDescartes) discusses resource sharing in Europe Product News 36 New OCLC cataloging service, PromptCat, is now available FirstSearch Web server to debut this fall 37 ProceedingsFirst and PapersFirst now available on FirstSearch and EPIC American Business Information now available on FirstSearch and EPIC 38 Dissertation Abstracts now on FirstSearch Index to Legal Periodicals and Books added to FirstSearch and EPIC New versions of OCLC SiteSearch software products introduced 39 Discover the Electronic Library at OCLC Booth 412 during ALA annual Library Scene 40 Central library in San Antonio, Texas July/August 1995 No. 216From K. Wayne Smith: "To the Next Stage of the Electronic Library: Continuing the Dialogue"Membership News 4 OCLC Users Council holds elections, focuses on cooperation and competition 6 800 attend OCLC President"s Luncheon at ALA Conference 7 Oprah spoof from President"s Luncheon available through ILL OCLC holds authority control seminar at ALA 8 Decimal Classification Editorial Policy Committee wraps up edition 21 and plans for edition 22 OCLC makes Z3950 development tool available to public South Carolina State University Library logs 59 millionth OCLC ILL 9 OCLC to seek compliance with ISO 9000 standards OCLC Statistics 10 Internet Cataloging project database now available Dorothy Gregor named consultant for Japan STI project 11 RONDAC executive committee elected Randy Dykhuis named executive director of MLC RONDAC roasts departing directors 12 Top 100 International newspapers International 14 University in Chile tests FirstSearch Mexican library first in Latin America to use FirstSearch 16 Latvian library uses OCLC services 17 25 libraries in South Africa adopt FirstSearch Research 18 HotJava is brewing 19 OCLC offers free access to Fred, a tagged-text interpreter Steps 20 STEPS toward a new era of electronic publishing 21 SGML keeps document elements in their place Product News 22 Current Opinions journals available through OCLC Electronic Journals Online Vaccine Online is second Elsevier electronic journal available through OCLC 23 IEE Proceedings to go online 24 Electronic nursing journal available on the World Wide Web FirstSearch goes statewide in Illinois 25 FirstSearch enhanced in version 31 26 Chicago pilot initiates FirstSearch into Illinois Virtual Library of Virginia contracts for FirstSearch through SOLINET 27 H.W. Wilson to offer two new full-text databases on OCLC online reference services Use of ILL Fee Management continues to increase 28 PromptSelect pilot begins FastDoc revised 29 OCLC CJK Plus seminar held in Washington, DC 30 Central Michigan University Libraries use TECHPRO OCLC WebZ Server functions as HTTP server and gateway to Z3950 31 IDI announces TECHLIBplus OPAC for Windows Release 20 32 Internet publishing capabilities are presented at DRUPA "95 September/October 1995 No. 217 Preservation ResourcesFrom K. Wayne Smith: "The Information Highway, Librarians and OCLC"Membership News 4 OCLC PRISM service available 24 hours, five days a week University of Missouri-Rolla logs 60 millionth ILL 5 Kansas City Public Library enters 33 millionth OLUC record ALA attendees win Forest Press publications 6 RONDAC meets in Madison, Wisconsin 7 Millard Johnson appointed executive director of INCOLSA 8 OCLC to sponsor Margaret Mann Citation Jungja Park Yoon is LITA/OCLC minority scholarship winner 9 Flags in OCLC atrium represent OCLC services around the world Librarians win dictionaries in conference drawings OCLC employment opportunities posted on home page International 10 Restoration of Accademia dei Georgofili under way 11 Crimea 95 Conference 12 OCLC converts 209,000 East Asian titles OCLC CJK Users Group Executive Board meets Research 13 Research Advisory Committee meets 14 OCLC awards 1995 Research grants Preservation Resources 15 Preservation Resources broadens services, geographic coverage 16 Scanning focuses on access to preserved materials 17 Preservation Resource projects involve range of libraries, materials 20 Preservation Resources home page now on WWW Interview 21 Meg Bellinger, president, Preservation Resources Product News 25 IEEE"s proceedings journal to join EJO service Journal of Applied Physiology to go online Books in Print now accessible on FirstSearch and EPIC 26 New French intermediate edition of DDC published DDC 20 to be published in Spanish 27 Information Dimensions to provide integrated document management solutions using open technologies Information Dimensions announces strategic relationship with PowerCerv To the Editor 28 Error in Top 100 International Newspapers noted November/December 1995 No. 218 OCLC Affiliated US Regional NetworksFrom K. Wayne Smith: "OCLC to Subsidize Workstation Purchases for Member Libraries"Membership News 4 OCLC Users Council discusses Human Factors and Information Technology 5 OCLC to accelerate upgrading of CIP data in OLUC Kent State using TECHPRO 6 Northern Illinois University logs 61 millionth ILL University of Southern Maine hits 62 millionth ILL 7 OCLC to complete format integration project 8 OCLC issues 1994/95 annual report Dewey drawing winners announced 9 WWW provides easy access to OCLC Internet lists OCLC Europe director to retire OCLC statistics 10 Top 100 monographic records in OCLC libraries 12 Database producers meet at OCLC International 13 First Russian experience with OCLC 14 German libraries and OCLC to align International standards 15 European Union publications to be added to OLUC 16 FirstSearch use increasing in Thailand 17 Andrew H Wang speaks in Singapore 18 PRISM ILL goes down under Research Research proposals sought US Regional Networks 20 A special partnership 21 An introduction AMIGOS support desk is a success 22 BCR—60 years of serving members CAPCON—Helping fledgling users take wing 23 FEDLINK—Serving distributed clientele ILLINET—Communicating electronically 24 INCOLSA—Internet options and new accounting system Resource Sharing through MINITEX 25 96 attend MLC-sponsored program on outsourcing 26 MLNC—No-charge resource sharing group grows 27 On the road with the NEBASE mobile network NELINET—Introducing FirstSearch 28 OCLC Pacific—Measuring customer satisfaction OHIONET—Working with statewide and regional library groups 29 PALINET—Communicating with member libraries PRLC merges with PALINET 30 SOLINET—Consulting packages developed to support member needs SUNY—If it"s Tuesday, this must be New York City 31 The WILS distance education program RONDAC: coordination and communication Interview 32 Susan Singleton, RONDAC chair Product News 35 OCLC to offer workstation subsidy PromptCat takes copy cataloging to a new level 36 OCLC introduces Passport for Windows 38 EBSCOMags increases full-text availability on FirstSearch and EPIC 39 Dewey for Windows to be demonstrated at ALA Midwinter Information Dimensions and Netscape form relationship 40 ALA Midwinter Jan/February 1996 No. 219From K. Wayne Smith: "GALILEO: Customizing, Connecting, Cooperating"Membership News 4 Harvard Judaica audiovisual resources now in OLUC 5 RONDAC addresses resource sharing directions 6 Phoenix Public Library enters 34 millionth bibliographic record into OCLC Online Union Catalog 7 Smith College logs 63 millionth ILL InterLingua joins ILL Document Supplier Program 8 OCLC Statistics Casalini Libri to add Italian records to OLUC 9 Puvill Libros to add Spanish records to the OLUC International 10 Japanese records from Waseda University added to OLUC 11 154 libraries in Asia Pacific join OCLC in 1995 Slovenian libraries to access FirstSearch 12 Russian DDC 21 translation agreement signed Dewey guide now available in French Research 13 Office of Research studies copy cataloging throughput time for CIP titles OLUC 25 15 Announcing the "What the OCLC Online Union Catalog Means to Me" essay contest 16 January/February highlights GALILEO/SiteSearch 18 Georgia"s GALILEO project 19 GALILEO uses OCLC SiteSearch software to deliver information to Georgia libraries 20 The building blocks of GALILEO 22 Valdosta State University moves closer to other state universities 24 Local information to be added to GALILEO SOLINET provides training to libraries 25 PeachNet links Georgia campuses OCLC helps convert records for GALILEO libraries 26 Current GALILEO Participating Libraries Interview 27 Merryll Penson, Ralph E. Russell and William Gray Potter Product News 31 Harvard Resource File makes rare bibliographic records available to OCLC PRISM users SIRSI and OCLC to begin pilot project using common interface for cataloging 32 Business and Industry database to be added to FirstSearch 33 PRO CD databases provide telephone information from OCLC FirstSearch, EPIC DataTimes to be available on FirstSearch 34 25 Million INSPEC records added to FirstSearch and EPIC World Almanac books to be added to FirstSearch 35 Information Dimensions delivers electronic library management system for Intranets Information Dimensions supports Hewlett-Packard Internet Solutions Program 36 Intranets To err is Truman March/April 1996 No. 220From K. Wayne Smith: "Libraries, the Internet, and OCLC"Membership News 4 OCLC Users Council discusses electronic information users 6 OCLC, ARL and University of Texas-Austin work together in Latin Americanist Research Resources Pilot Project 7 Florida International University makes 64 millionth OCLC ILL request 8 PALINET celebrates 60 years of pioneering technology 10 EPIC sleuth strikes Seuss solution 11 Phase 2 of Format Integration installed TECHPRO prize donated to Glenside Free Library 12 Librarian wins workstation; others win software from OCLC drawings Jan DeSirey named to Dewey Editorial Committee 13 OCLC Forest Press announces winner of ALA Midwinter drawing Linda Arnold appointed library member relations program manager 14 Conference of Research Library Directors focuses on archiving digital information 15 OCLC Statistics International 16 OCLC helping to rebuild National Library of Bosnia 17 Libraries in Denmark using FirstSearch 18 Norwegian academic institutions using First Search Kinokuniya representatives visit OCLC 19 Nanyang Technological University Library uses OCLC CJK Plus system to catalog Chinese collection Research 20 Barbara Tillett discusses cataloging rules and conceptual models OLUC 25 23 Enhancing and protecting the OCLC Online Union Catalog March/April Records OCLC FirstSearch and NetFirst on the Web 26 FirstSearch has new look, added capabilities on the World Wide Web 27 World Wide Web enhances the future of FirstSearch 28 NetFirst offers direction to Internet searchers 29 OCLC offers free access to NetFirst via the World Wide Web Product News 30 Yankee Book Peddler joins OCLC CIP Upgrade Program 31 ILL PRISM Transfer continues to streamline the interlibrary loan process 32 Library Staffs find OCLC ILL Fee Management services saves time, money 33 Workstation Replacement program under way Information Dimensions 34 Information Dimensions appoints new president and CEO News International selects BASIS to power its new Internet editions About Information Dimensions 35 BASIS named Product of the Year at exposition Information Dimensions, SIRSI, EBSCO and CARL discuss >emerging trends in library automation Letter/Library Scene 36 Harvard Resources File valuable tool for cataloging rare titles CIRLA Board June/July 1996 No. 221From K. Wayne Smith: ""The Growing Value of Your OCLC Membership"Membership News 4 OCLC Users Council discusses the globalization of OCLC services 5 High speed dial access service now available to OCLC network users 6 University of Colorado at Denver logs 65 millionth ILL request 7 University of Connecticut logs 66 millionth OCLC interlibrary loan OCLC Statistics 8 Asia Link provides Asian language materials to libraries 9 Sandra Matsco named OCLC On the Front Line Award winner 10 DDC Translations brochure available Fred Lauber named OCLC vice president, Telecommunications 11 OCLC names three to Reference Services posts International 12 Tsinghua University establishes OCLC Service Center in China 13 OCLC Asia Pacific Services brings OCLC technical services to the East 14 The University of Waikato Library uses OCLC PRISM service 15 Janet Mitchell named managing director, OCLC Europe 16 Russian catalogers host meeting on bridging MARC formats Research 17 Research Advisory Committee meets OLUC 25 Collections and Technical Services 21 Integrating collections and technical services 22 The evolution of OCLC's technical services offerings 24 PromptCat provides automated copy cataloging OCLC Selection coming 25 PRISM ILL facilitates acquisitions 26 OCLC works to automate authority control 27 Authority Control service now available 28 Contract services focus on customization and value 32 OCLC CJK services mark 10th anniversary 33 Product Services Menu provides access to OCLC information and support 34 PRISM Usage Stats provides details on PRISM use 35 US regional networks help libraries move into the 21st century Interview 37 Jennifer A Younger, Ohio State University Product News 42 The New York times soon will be available on FirstSearch, EPIC ILL Fee Management reports now offered in electronic format 43 AIDS and Cancer Research on FirstSearch, EPIC Abstracts added to Applied Science & Technology Index on FirstSearch 44 ILL Custom Holdings now includes union list data OCLC to convert 23 million records for NYPL Research Libraries Information Dimensions 45 Information Dimensions announces new executive team 46 Shell transforms Research organization with BASIS 47 Information Dimensions joins Petrotechnical Open Software Corporation 48 Winners of the OCLC Online Union Catalog essay contest named July/August 1996 No. 222From K. Wayne Smith: ""Happy 25th Birthday, OLUC!"Membership News 4 OCLC President"s Luncheon celebrates 25th anniversary of OLUC 5 Eden-Webster Library enters 35 millionth bibliographic record 6 New Hampshire State Library logs 67 millionth OCLC ILL OCLC makes PURL software available free on the WWW 7 The Internet and why it"s difficult to support 8 PALINET, West Virginia Library Commission produce FirstSearch training program OCLC Statistics 9 NEBASE celebrates 20th anniversary Participating Institutions available 10 OCLC's Web site grows 11 PLA, SLA and ALA drawing winners announced Yin-Fen Pao receives LITA/OCLC minority scholarship International 14 University of São Paulo joins OCLC OCLC Site Search seminar held in Tokyo 15 OCLC Asia Pacific Services celebrates 10th year 16 OCLC RETROCON service is converting records for UK universities 17 NetFirst launched in London OCLC Europe visits libraries in Israel 18 DDC 21 introduced in the UK 19 David Buckle retires from OCLC Europe Research 20 Scorpion Project explores using Dewey to organize the Web 21 OCLC Office of Research publication available 22 OCLC awards 1996 Research grants 23 OCLC Office of Research and Special Projects Division staff OLUC 25 24 Four who were there 25 July/August Highlights What the OCLC Online Union Catalog Means to Me 27 Essay contest winners affirm value of OLUC Product News 32 Dewey Decimal Classification: knowledge organization tool for the 21st century 36 DDC Edition 21 published 37 Practical guide revised for DDC 21 Dewey for Windows available 38 The UnCover Company becomes a FirstSearch document supplier CINAHL now on FirstSearch and EPIC 39 FirstSearch service gets enhancements, new look on the Web 40 RILM Abstracts of Music Literature available on FirstSearch, EPIC 41 CatCD for Windows offers OCLC cataloging in offline, stand-alone environment 42 OCLC Selection now available 43 11 book vendors now participating in OCLC PromptCat service Information Dimensions 44 BASIS Intranet Solution 45 Information Dimensions receives Ohio exporting award 46 BASIS Document Manager 47 Information Dimensions moves to OCLC campus Library Scene 48 The Denver Public Library September/October 1996 No. 223From K. Wayne Smith "FirstSearch Is Changing The Way People Use libraries"Membership News 4 OCLC Users Council meets to discuss regional networks, corsortia and other partnerships 5 Victoria Hanawalt is new OCLC Users Council president 6 Committee on Institutional Cooperation and OCLC building a Virtual Electronic Library 7 Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Library makes 68 millionth ILL request 8 The year 2000: Are OCLC computer systems ready for the millennium? 9 Help available for Internet problems OCLC Statistics 10 WRLC supports information and Research needs of seven universities in District of Columbia area 12 OCLC Today video available through ILL 13 Arlene Taylor awarded Margaret Mann Citation Mark Crook leaves empty place at OCLC International 14 OCLC Service Center dedicated at Tsinghua University 100 academic and special libraries in Japan are now using FirstSearch 15 Tsinghua University honors K. Wayne Smith 16 NetFirst used by more than 85 higher education institutions in the UK 17 OCLC and SABINET forge closer relationships to serve South African libraries Research 18 Research Advisory Committee meets OLUC 25 19 The (in)famous OCLC apple cake 20 September/October highlights FirstSearch Is Five 22 FirstSearch celebrates five years of innovation OCLC FirstSearch Web is upgraded 23 FirstSearch use continues to grow in public libraries 24 Diverse users search FirstSearch at New York Public Library 25 FirstSearch "opens the world" for Allen County Population 26 FirstSearch is a staff favorite at Hennepin County Public Library 27 FirstSearch saves time for staff and users at San Francisco Public Library 28 FirstSearch makes good economic sense for Cuyahoga County Public Library 29 The New York Times is now available on OCLC FirstSearch service Upcoming FirstSearch demonstrations 30 CAS teams with OCLC to launch FirstSearch CA Student Edition Product News 31 OCLC WorldCat to be available to STN users via Z3950 gateway 32 OCLC SiteSearch 30 software adds features, flexibility PALNI and Vanderbilt select OCLC SiteSearch 33 OCLC introduces Bib Notification Information Dimensions 34 Information Dimensions" new BASIS Intranet Solution for Intranet document management Library Scene 36 The Anderson (County) Public Library Bookmobile November/December 1996 No 224From K Wayne Smith "A Very Good Year for OCLC Member Libraries"Membership News 4 OCLC opens facility and names buildings 5 OCLC issues annual report 6 National Digital Library Program awards contract for digital conversion to Preservation Resources 7 High Library at Elizabethtown College enters 69 millionth ILL request 8 RETROCON project will make all Harvard-Yenching Library CJK records available online MORE debuts at Marquette University 9 Bug busters are on the lookout for defects 10 NACO Libraries hit milestone OCLC Statistics 11 MOUG executive board meets International 12 FirstSearch users form group in Japan 13 Phyllis B Spies speaks in Brazil OCLC Europe celebrates OLUC"s 25th Research 14 OCLC seeks research proposals for the OCLC Library and Information Science Research Grant program OLUC 25 15 Home sweet OCLC 17 November/December highlights Mapping Information Access 19 Maps to 21st century access show how to avoid technological obsolescence Product News 23 First group of publishing partners announced for OCLC FirstSearch Electronic Collections Online 25 Pilot projects to produce shelf-ready materials 26 Resource kit for teaching DDC 21 available OCLC NetFirst available via EBSCOhost 27 ILL Fee Management impacts libraries worldwide Information Dimensions 28 IDI BASIS software helps keep critical government department working 29 IDI brings Web-based document management to Netscape"s AppFoundry BASIS document management available to the Arab world 30 Bright IDEA contest winners announced(Booth ad and notice regarding name changes) January/February 1997 No. 225From K. Wayne Smith "OCLC Research Helps Libraries Build for the Future"Membership News 4 OCLC CJK RetroCon enters 36 millionth record into WorldCat for Cornell University Library 5 University of North Carolina at Wilmington logs 70 millionth ILL request 6 InterCat and NetFirst provide access to the World Wide Web Iberbook International to contribute Spanish records to WorldCat 7 OCLC Statistics 8 Cataloging Internet resources: the view from the GPO 10 OCLC, Academic Book Center, SOLINET to provide automated collection and technical services to new Florida university 11 Sharon Rogers elected chair of OCLC Board of Trustees International 12 National Chiao Tung University Library moves toward the 21st century 13 NOWCOM launches the OCLC FirstSearch service in Korea Looking Ahead 14 The OCLC Office of Research looks ahead 15 OCLC Research Advisory Committee helps to evaluate, guide OCLC research 16 Current projects in the OCLC Office of Research 18 External and collaborative research benefits the library community worldwide Worldwide connections to the OCLC Office of Research 19 Bosnian National Library: Building a virtual collection 20 OCLC Office of Research continues involvement in metadata workshops 21 Collaborating to create and maintain metadata Distinguished Seminar Series focuses on diverse topics 22 John Richardson continues work on aspects of general reference as visiting distinguished scholar Thomas Hickey leads research teams from search keys to FirstSearch—and beyond 23 The research process 24 OCLC research scientist awarded patent for SGML Grammar Builder Project Library and Information Science Research Grant program supports research Interview 25 Terry Noreault, director of the OCLC Research and Special Projects Division Product News 27 OCLC TechPro service moves materials to users—fast 29 LC subject headings and Dewey numbers linked on the >World Wide Web The World Almanac and Book of Facts now available on OCLC FirstSearch service 30 FirstSearch service is enhanced 31 Business & Industry database now on FirstSearch OCLC ILL Micro Enhancer for Windows now available Information Dimensions 32 Information Dimensions" BASIS Version 8.0 debuts 33 BASIS Web document management now available on Microsoft Windows NT platform 35 BASIS Web document management gives United Nations >agency new weapon in war against hunger 36 Library Scene: Shanghai Library inaugurates new building March/April 1997 No. 226From K. Wayne Smith "Archiving and OCLC"Membership News 4 OCLC Users Council holds strategic planning session at January meeting 5 Martin Dillon to head new OCLC Institute 6 Federal Reserve Bank of New York Research Library logs 71 millionth OCLC interlibrary loan request University of Oregon makes 72 millionth OCLC interlibrary loan request 7 OCLC fixed-fee pricing for cataloging to be available 8 MOUG meets in New Orleans New reference card for Windows-based software available 9 Papers from IFLA workshop on DDC published SUNY/OCLC Network appoints new director 10 OCLC RetroCon staff complete conversion project at FGCU warehouse Conference goers win in OCLC drawings 11 Smith Building wins awards James Houfek named OCLC general counsel and director of legal affairs OCLC Statistics International 12 National Library of Slovenia to contribute records to WorldCat 13 173 libraries in Asia Pacific joined OCLC last year National University of Singapore now using OCLC CJK software Research 14 OCLC investigates using classification tools to organize Internet data 18 Archie Dick discusses librarianship and information science in South Africa 19 Research Advisory Committee meets Electronic Archiving 21 OCLC begins electronic archiving pilot project 23 Preservation Resources projects enrich OCLC's electronic archive initiative 24 JSTOR and OCLC agree to cooperate in providing access to and storage of scholarly journals Interview 25 Rick Noble, OCLC's vice president of Marketing and Reference Services Product News 27 OCLC again offers workstation replacement program for member libraries 28 EBSCO and Faxon to support OCLC FirstSearch Electronic Collections Online service 29 CA Student Edition from Chemical Abstracts now available on OCLC FirstSearch service 30 OCLCFirstSearch Base Packages expand Majors Scientific Books is now participating in OCLC PromptCat service 31 OCLC CIP Upgrade Program adds Yankee Book Peddler records 32 OCLC ILL Micro Enhancer for Windows software now available Passport for DOS retiring after eight years 33 Access Russia now participating in OCLC ILL document supplier program Information Dimensions 34 BASIS Document Management System helps Thai citizens vote, drive and travel Information Dimensions drives Pacific Rim intranet boom, expands distributor network 35 BASIS Intranet Solution helps Astra Pharmaceuticals build manufacturing center in Sydney March/April 1997 No. 227From K. Wayne Smith "The OCLC Institute Will Reach Out to the Library Community"Membership News 4 OCLC to offer two new telecommunications access options 6 OCLC Workstation Replacement Program continues 7 Ohio State University Libraries enters 73 millionth OCLC interlibrary loan request 8 Bridgetown State College enters 74 millionth OCLC interlibrary loan request 9 OCLC FirstSearch Electronic Collections Online previewed 10 Type-of-library advisory committees add input, expertise to support OCLC mission 12 Internet links now available in FirstSearch WorldCat records OCLC AsiaLink celebrates first anniversary 13 CJK users discuss public services and information access at ALA Midwinter 14 OCLC CJK Users Group meets in Chicago 15 OCLC Statistics 16 Thomas Shaughnessy elected to OCLC Board of Trustees Marda Johnson named director of OCLC Collections and Technical Services Division 17 OCLC board member is candidate for IFLA presidency ALA Midwinter symposium video available through ILL 18 Top 100 monographic records in OCLC libraries International 21 UK universities preview OCLC FirstSearch Electronic Collections Online service OCLC Users" Forum held in Paris to mark 10 years of French academic libraries" OCLC use 22 OCLC Europe discusses emerging consortia in Israel 23 Edinburgh University Data Library uses OCLC SiteSearch software 24 Asia Pacific librarians meet at OCLC to discuss cooperation, diversity [Janine Schmidt (University of Queensland); Yoichi Muraoka; Alex Byrne (CAUL); Liu Gui (CERNET); and Zhu Qiang (CALIS)] (Photo on p. 25 of speakers) 26 Tamking University opens building Research 27 Toni Carbo speaks about access and government information services 28 Cataloging syntax and public policy meet in PICS Beyond 2000 3 0 Research Library Directors Conference at OCLC focuses on "The University and the Research Library—Beyond 2000" Product News 34 OCLC FirstSearch to offer full text from H.W. Wilson FirstSearch instructional tools added to OCLC Web site 35 OCLC SiteSearch software version 3.1 enhances access, management of information 36 Cataloger appraises keyword searching in WorldCat Information Dimensions 37 Information Dimensions helps librarians put the library on the "Net at CIL conference Information Dimensions" BASIS meets "Destiny" in multimedia system by Centillion Digital Systems 38 Information Dimensions and Inso Corporation deliver document management searcher 39 Information Dimensions" BASIS Intranet Solution software provides key credit information via the Web July/August 1997 No. 228From K. Wayne Smith "An Exciting New Chapter in Electronic Journals"Membership News 4 Users Council discusses model partnerships, elects executive committee members 6 OCLC President"s Luncheon celebrates membership President"s Luncheon video available through ILL 7 Defining OCLC in the 21st century 11 OCLC Institute launched with first seminar 12 SUNY-Buffalo enters 37 millionth record into WorldCat OCLC Statistics 13 George Mason University enters 75 millionth ILL request 14 Harvard celebrates completion of retrospective conversion OCLC TechPro service offers Basic Price Option 15 Ohio schools try FirstSearch through INFOhio 16 DOS-svidanya! 17 INCOLSA hosts OCLC Day 18 PALINET holds OCLC Users Conference 19 Sheila Intner receives Margaret Mann Citation Ravindra Sharma receives Humphry/OCLC/Forest Press Award 20 Larry Learn is LITA/Library Hi Tech Award winner Top 100 serials in WorldCat International 22 OCLC develops UNIMARC conversion capabilities CEIBS is first in China to use OCLC Cataloging service and OCLC CJK software 23 Shanghai Bell uses OCLC Cataloging and ILL services OCLC FirstSearch Electronic Collections Online 24 Electronic Collections Online is here 26 Integration is a key feature 28 Archiving ensures perpetual access 29 Four more subscription agents sign on [Blackwell, Ltd. DA Information Services, HARRASSOWITZ, Sets & Zeitlinger] 30 Six more publishers to offer journals 32 OCLC to integrate CatchWord server into electronic Collections Online 33 Publishers support Electronic Collections Online Product News 35 CA Student Edition database covers additional chemistry journals 36 Contemporary Women"s Issues database to be added to FirstSearch Baker & Taylor begins active participation in PromptCat 37 Libraries use OCLC SiteSearch to manage electronic resources 38 DA Information and Rittenhouse begin active participation in PromptCat Information Dimensions 39 Gores Technology Group acquires Information Dimensions from OCLC September/October 1997 No. 229From K. Wayne Smith: "Business as Usual"Membership News 4 K. Wayne Smith to step down as OCLC president and CEO in June 5 OCLC acquires Blackwell"s Authority Control Services business RetroCon completes 13-year project 6 University of Oklahoma enters 76 millionth ILL request 7 DDC Abridged 13 published New workbook is guide to DDC Abridged 13 8 Cataloging Micro Enhancer for Windows field test begins OCLC to sponsor award for information technology research OCLC Forest Press drawing winners announced 9 California librarian wins Korean language books in OCLC AsiaLink drawing OCLC distributes strategic plan to member libraries 10 Content Selection, PICS and the Internet discussion now available on video OCLC Institute plans events 11 Julia Leggett receives LITA/OCLC minority scholarship Robert Wedgeworth awarded ALA Melvil Dewey Award 12 Don Muccino elected NISO Board chair-elect Richard Glenn appointed director of OCLC Systems Engineering 13 Daniel Boivin named director of OCLC Canada Marty Withrow named director of OCLC Technical Services Development Division OCLCStatistics International 14 CISTI records enhance WorldCat 15 CLC Institute goes international in Latvia and Russia Research 16 Research Advisory Committee meets, gets update on OCLC Office of Research projects 19 Understanding the elements of book publishing Usability Testing 21 OCLC Usability Lab helps staff learn more about the user 23 OCLC staff on the Usability Lab 24 Usability testing started in the OCLC Office of Research 26 Who are the Usability Lab test users? 27 Writers test documentation to determine users" needs Product News 28 OCLC Dial TCP/IP Access now available OCLC FirstSearch service enhanced 29 IP address recognition available for FirstSearch and Electronic Collections Online Kluwer Academic Publishers partners with OCLC 30 IAC health information databases to be added to FirstSearch and EPIC Publisher information added to Books in Print 31 Union Lists of Periodicals database added to FirstSearch November/December 1997 No. 230From K. Wayne Smith "1997—Another Very Good Year For OCLC Member Libraries"Membership News 4 Users Council discusses service integration and the values of cooperation 5 Florida libraries, SOLINET and OCLC to build a distance learning library 6 Indiana Wesleyan University enters 77 millionth OCLC ILL request 7 OCLC Canada home page unveiled 8 Duplicate Detection and Resolution Program supports quality control of WorldCat 9 DDC Editorial Policy Committee charts new directions 1997 Research library Directors Conference proceedings available 10 Network coordinators explore OCLC CJK software RONDAC reviews distance learning technologies 11 MOUG to celebrate 20th anniversary 12 Connie Zuga named vice president for Reference Services Nancy London appointed director of National Sales OCLC Statistics 13 Mark Matson appointed director of Corporate Human Resources Top 100 authors in WorldCat International 15 International FirstSearch options expanded Russian libraries try FirstSearch 16 OCLC Europe staff visit the Middle East 17 Chinese University of Hong Kong uses OCLC technical and reference services Research 19 OCLC Office of Research examines Web-accessible information to find order in chaos 22 Annual Review of Research to go electronic 23 OCLC awards 1997 research grants 24 Dublin Core and Web metadata standards converge in Helsinki Resource Sharing 25 OCLC Ill makes big strides 26 Integrating library services: Resource Sharing and Reference 27 Interlibrary loan/document delivery progresses toward the dream 28 The CIC Virtual electronic Library integrates resources and services 29 Custom Holdings tackles monster 30 IFM eases the burden on ILL staff 31 ILL Micro Enhancer for Windows helps ILL staff and users 32 How the Danish Loan Centre employs OCLC Resource Sharing 33 OCLC ILL Management Statistics is useful analysis tool Top 100 OCLC net lenders by type 34 Top 100 OCLC net lenders 36 OCLC ILL Direct Request allows user-initiated, library-controlled interlibrary loan Product News 37 Academic Press to make journals available through Electronic Collections Online 38 Social science and humanities publishers to add journals to Electronic Collections Online Johns Hopkins University Press to join Electronic Collections Online 39 Contemporary Women"s Issues database joins FirstSearch 40 Periodicals contents Index to be added to FirstSearch 41 PromptCat gains new processing options 42 New Cataloging Label Program now available Saving labels with Passport for Windows 43 New 200 Religions Class published January/February 1998 No. 231From K. Wayne Smith: "Integrating EPIC Into FirstSearch"Membership News 4 Government Printing Office will make ERIC reports available online in pilot project 5 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign enters a millionth record-again 6 George Mason University enters 78 millionth OCLC ILL request OCLC Statistics 7 St. Louis Public Library enters 79 millionth OCLC ILL request 8 RetroCon completes 10-year conversion project for Brown University K. Wayne Smith"s Newcomen Society address available 9 OCLC issues 1996/97 Annual Report 10 University of Nebraska tries dedicated TCP/IP access 12 Distance education symposium held at ALA Videotapes of OCLC symposiums held at ALA conferences available through ILL 13 Three win Dewey products in NYLA drawings OCLC Pacific hosts meeting on Chinese, Japanese and Korean cataloging 14 User and Network Support offices and staff expanded 15 OCLC/LC research project makes machine-derived name authority records available for music 16 IFM allows library of Congress to accept IFLA vouchers for international loans State Librarians discuss services for small libraries 17 Maureen Finn and Lynn Kellar named to new positions International 18 The University Library of Nice Sophia-Antipolis makes FirstSearch available OCLC at London Online 19 Korea Research Information Center delivers OCLC services to universities and research institutions in Korea 20 University of São Paulo database celebrated University library directors meet in Taiwan 21 European Union publications database pilot project demonstrates need for universal cataloging rules Nagoya University to offer the OCLC FirstSearch service Research 22 OCLC Office of Research explores distance learning 24 Wendy Lougee provides perspectives on the digital information environment 25 Steve Pollitt speaks about information retrieval based on faceted classification and indexing 26 The movement to network-based computing: a library perspective OCLC SiteSearch 28 The OCLC SiteSearch suite allows libraries to integrate information resources 30 OCLC SiteSearch 4.0 offers new features for integrating resources [Taylor Surface, photo] 31 OCLC SiteSearch 4.0 offers Documentation and Training Site 33 Java will help GALILEO keep pace on the World Wide Web 34 Libraries use OCLC SiteSearch software to customize interface to electronic resources 37 Project Athena creates virtual electronic library Product News 38 OCLC Cataloging Micro Enhancer for Windows now available OCLC works to speed FirstSearch Internet response time OCLC Access Suite introduced March/April 1998 No. 232From K. Wayne Smith: "Work Worth Doing"Membership News 4 Interview with K. Wayne Smith 9 Workstation Replacement Program continued 10 OCLC Users Council nominates board candidates at February meeting OCLC statistics 12 British Library Document Supply Centre enters 80 millionth OCLC ILL request 13 The University of Oregon saves staff time with ILL Direct Request 15 New University of Kentucky library ready for next century 16 The OCLC Institute expands offerings 18 Scenes from OCLC Institute 19 Three win in Dewey Drawing at ALA Midwinter [Forest Press] OCLC AsiaLink service relocates to OCLC headquarters 20 OCLC hosts Internet lists Preservation Resources launches new Web site 21 OCLC vice president elected to ALA Executive Board [Liz Bishoff] John Byrum named recipient of Margaret Mann Citation 22 1997 top 100 monographs in WorldCat International 25 Dewey used around the world [Joan Mitchell] 28 Chinese library begins using OCLC Interlibrary Loan OCLC Europe takes its show on the road [photo of Kathy Brelsforth, Gillian Dailey and Carmel Banfield] 29 Report on the harmonization of German cataloging rules and AACR2 available [REUSE] Research 30 Research Advisory Committee reviews projects, directions Preparing for the millennium 31 OCLC is at work on Year 2000 challenge 34 For the want of two bytes the millennium bug bites 36 The Year Y2K [poem by Peter Bergman] Product News 36 Electronic Collections Online now on FirstSearch Web 37 More FirstSearch Web enhancements installed 38 Dewey for Windows version 1.1 available 39 The Keynote/Boardwatch Internet backbone index [chart] Library Scene 40 The University of Kentucky"s William T. Young Library May/June 1998 No. 233From Jay Jordan: "Looking Forward"Membership News 4 Jay Jordan named president and CEO of OCLC 5 OCLC's 16th Annual Conference of Research Library Directors focuses on "Money Matters" 6 OCLC to help further access to information throughout Minnesota 7 Mid-Continent Public Library and OCLC TechPro hit 39 millionth record 8 Kentucky Wesleyan College enters 81 millionth OCLC ILL request 9 Portland Public Library enters 82 millionth OCLC ILL request 10 "Breaking the Chain"—Access Services Advisory Committee meets [Sharon Knowlton] 11 Forest Press drawing winners announced Libraries in California, New York and Utah win FirstSearch access 12 Cooperative cataloging organizations merge [by Jeff Ivany] OCLC Statistics 14 RONDAC members evaluate administrative software aids in network operations 15 OCLC's past, present and future are featured in new book 16 OCLC RetroCon project for preservation microfilm masters completed [by Jutta Reed-Scott] 18 OCLC workstations and Year 2000 compliance [by Kay Covert] Reference Services Advisory Committee discusses enhancements [photo] 20 OCLC Abstracts offers summaries and links to timely information Francis Miksa discusses Dewey and the library of the future in new publication 21 Winston Tabb named 1998 Melvil Dewey Medal recipient [photo] Eugene Wu recognized by OCLC CJK Users Group for many contributions [photo] 22 E.J. Josey to receive 1998 Humphry/OCLC Forest Press Award at ALA Annual Conference International 23 Oxford Bodleian Library post-1920 collection converted [photo] UNIMARC conversion project completed [photo] 24 Challenges discussed at Asia Pacific sharing session 26 OCLC participates in seminar on Chinese Information Processing in Libraries [by Eliza Sproat] 27 Shanghai Jiao Tong University hosts seminar on Electronic Library Models and OCLC Services Librarians from Hong Kong attend OCLC Institute seminar 28 IFLA committee visits OCLC Research 29 Subject headings for everyone [by Diane Vizine-Goetz] Enriching WorldCat 34 The role of batchloading in OCLC cooperative cataloging [by Rich Greene] 37 The OCLC Batchload process [by Marianne Kozsely] 38 OCLC WorldCat Collection Sets [by Susan Walker] 39 OCLC Local Data Record Updating service pilot project [by Ellen Caplan] 41 National bibliographies from libraries around the world enrich WorldCat [by Marianne Kozsely] 42 Batchload software used to process OCLC Selection and OCLC PromptCat vendor records [by Marianne Kozsely] Product News 43 OCLC SiteSearch 4.0 software uses Java to increase power, flexibility Field tests important to successful SiteSearch 4.0 release 44 OCLC Cataloging Micro Enhancer for Windows software improves library workflows 47 CatME for Windows test sites OCLC now offers Z39.50 cataloging access to WorldCat [by Roman Panchyshyn] 49 Academic Press full text now accessible from Electronic Collections server 50 OCLC Reference Services availability expanded OCLC PromptCat discussion list created OCLC FirstSearch Web Guided Tour revamped 51 New holdings screen on FirstSearch Web The Research Investment joins OCLC ILL Document Supplier Program 52 Full text in H.W. Wilson Select expanded in FirstSearch July/August 1998 No. 234From Jay Jordan: "Helping Libraries Participate in the Global, Digital Community"Membership News 4 OCLC Users Council holds elections and discusses global issues [photo of Kristin Senecal, Bradley Baker, Larry Alford and Betsy Wilson] 6 OCLC President"s Luncheon salutes K. Wayne Smith, welcomes Jay Jordan OCLC Statistics 7 State Library of Florida enters 83 millionth OCLC ILL request 8 Moody Medical Library hits FirstSearch milestone Three winners receive two free months of access to Electronic Collections Online 9 INFOhio schools participate in pilot cataloging test [photo] 10 GPO improves access to government Internet resources 11 Type-of-library advisory committees help shape OCLC's future[Linda Arnold] 12 RONDAC meets in Dublin [Suzanne Lauer] 13 Preservation Resources to scan Early Canadiana microfiche collection 14 OCLC Institute conducts three events at ALA Annual Brent Singleton named LITA/OCLC Minority Scholarship winner [photo] 15 First Frederick G. Kilgour Award winner announced [Karen Markey Drabenstott] 16 Top 100 computer files in WorldCat International 19 The Universidade Estadual Paulista joins OCLC [photo] 20 Angela Horne wins award from Canadian Library Association and OCLC [photo] CISTI/OCLC partnership benefits ILL users 21 New Russian distributor visits OCLC Europe Research 22 WordSmith research project bridges gap between tokens and indexes 24 OCLC awards 1998 research grants OCLC Access Options 26 Available access options increasing 27 Northern Illinois University field tests Dedicated TCP/IP Access [by T.J. Lusher] 29 The OCLC Access Suite now available at no additional cost [by Bill Carney] 30 Frequently asked questions about access fees 31 1998 Communications and Access Planning Guide available in October Product News 32 Electronic Collections Online Journal Licensing Program now offers one-stop shopping [by Brad Gauder] First Search users can access Electronic Collections Online journals from some databases 33 Program provides electronic access with print subscriptions at no additional cost 34 New FirstSearch Subscription Packages offer libraries more flexibility 35 NetFirst database continues quality growth 36 OCLC NetFirst Calendar Planner provides timely Web pages and displays 37 OCLC SiteSearch suite 4.0 improves access for institutions [SiteSearch Team photo: Laura Stewart, Doug MacDonald, David Fox and Darryl Friesen] 38 Advanced Information Consultants/BIOSIS Document Express and UnCover are now OCLC ILL Document suppliers 39 Dewey for Windows Guide [by Julianne Beall] available in print 40 OCLC receives ISO 9001 registration [photo of certificate] September/October 1998 No. 235From Jay Jordan: "Extending the WorldCat Collaborative Model"Membership News 4 Baltimore County Public Library is now an OCLC member Centenary College of Louisiana enters 84 millionth ILL request 6 Dewey Cuttering made easier 7 Evolution of the Cutter-Sanborn Three-Figure Author Table 8 Tours of Preservation Resources offered during ALA Midwinter 9 OCLC workstation drawing winners announced Joan Mitchell to head Forest Press 10 Subscriptions for periodicals: How to know when the price is right OCLC Statistics 11 Dewey screen saver available International 12 KRIC delivers electronic journals to universities and research institutions in Korea 13 CHEST to offer unlimited FirstSearch access to UK higher education community OCLC users meet in Tokyo to discuss global standard in the library community 14 SABINET Online libraries to use OCLC Cataloging service Delegation from China visits OCLC Research 15 Cooperative Online Resource Catalog explores uses for catalog of Internet resources 17 CORC builds on knowledge gained from InterCat and NetFirst 18 A call for participation in the CORC Research Project 19 A call for participants in a CORC-related Library/Special Collections Practice and Needs Study 20 Research Advisory Committee meets with OCLC staff to discuss projects, directions OCLC Worldwide 22 OCLC and member libraries: Architects of a global information infrastructure 24 OCLC Europe expands in the Middle East, South Africa 26 OCLC use continues to grow in the Asia Pacific region 28 Libraries in Latin America and the Caribbean offer OCLC users rich history online 30 OCLC Canada sees growth in its first year Product News 31 Development of the next generation of FirstSearch under way 33 Facts On File World News Digest now on FirstSearch Electronic Collections Online expands medical content with major publishers on FirstSearch 35 Jean Touzot Libraire Editeur joins the OCLC Selection service Library Scene Lincoln University Library, Jefferson City, Missouri November/December 1998 No. 236From Jay Jordan "1998—Adding Value to Your OCLC Membership"Membership News 4 OCLC and WLN begin negotiations to merge 5 U.S. National Agricultural Library enters 85 millionth ILL request RONDAC meets at OCLC 6 Users Council discusses the future of the information industry OCLC Statistics 8 CIC and OCLC transform interlibrary loan services with new agreement 9 OCLC announces essay contest on interlibrary loan 10 French and Spanish interfaces are new FirstSearch options OCLC Abstracts now available in French and Spanish 11 OCLC issues 1997/98 annual report OCLC Institute announces course offerings 12 Preservation Resources now produces SilverLock polysulfide solution Two more silo tape libraries installed 13 Christine Deschamps receives National Order of Merit Greg McKinney named director, Conversion Services James Houfek named OCLC vice president and general counsel 14 The Polar Express tops 100 most-held children"s books International 17 Russian libraries try out OCLC ILL 18 OCLC participates in IFLA conference 19 Shanghai Library celebrates two years with OCLC 20 The Ontario Colleges Bibliocentre joins OCLC Research 21 Mantis project provides a toolkit for cataloging 23 OCLC seeks applicants for research grants OCLC TechPro Service 24 TechPro service provides custom cataloging 26 BTJ and OCLC work together to restore catalog of rare materials in Swedish library 28 TechPro catalogs for three national libraries 29 Ursuline collection of rare materials added to WorldCat 31 TechPro handles a wide variety of projects Product News 33 Regional networks counsel member libraries on telecom options End of multidrop access moves up 34 PsycINFO database reloaded with improvements 35 New title resource now available in FirstSearch Library Scene 36 Cybrary opens at Eastern Michigan University January/February 1999 No. 237From Jay Jordan: "Merger of WLN and OCLC Provides Synergy, New Opportunities"Membership News 4 OCLC and WLN agree to merge 5 Harid Conservatory Music Library enters 40 millionth record into WorldCat 6 University of Delaware enters 86 millionth OCLC ILL request 7 University of Oregon enters 87 millionth OCLC ILL request 8 Mississippi libraries and Zarephath Bible Institute set FirstSearch milestones 9 Hennepin County Public Library joins OCLC 10 RONDAC meets to discuss cataloging and access services Inclement weather cancels Users Council meeting 11 VALE project to provide access to electronic resources throughout New Jersey What does the OCLC ILL service mean to you? 12 OCLC and networks improve communication with NetMeeting 13 Reference and Resource Sharing combined in new OCLC division 14 OCLC Institute seeks adjunct faculty OCLC three-character institution symbol to expand 15 Terry Noreault promoted to vice president, OCLC Office of Research Lori Burrington appointed OCLC assistant general counsel 16 OCLC Institute announces event schedule OCLC Worldwide 17 The National Library of China is now an OCLC member Chinese University of Hong Kong becomes Electronic Collections Online user 18 Shanghai Medical University Library joins OCLC Chulalongkorn University begins FirstSearch subscription use in Thailand 19 Waseda University shares resources with ARL libraries through OCLC 20 International conference held to discuss new missions of academic libraries 21 OCLC plans pilot project to support Arabic cataloging 22 OCLC Europe presents awards to library school students OCLC Europe and distributors working for success 23 OCLC Europe participates in Bahrain conference Visitor from Czech Republic meets with OCLC staff Research Reference in Context explores the reference process 29 Improving communication and classification in the next century 31 Visiting scholar recognized for contributions Interview 32 John Sullivan, director, product management, OCLC Marketing—Reference and Resource Sharing A New FirstSearch 35 New FirstSearch integrates technologies, enhances power of the OCLC membership 36 New FirstSearch Administrative Module allow librarians to customize for their libraries New functionality in New FirstSearch 37 Current schedule for New FirstSearch release 38 New FirstSearch will increase access to Electronic Collections Online 39 New FirstSearch will allow more flexibility for interlibrary loan 40 New FirstSearch can serve as a librarian"s collection management tool 41 Test Z39.50 system access before New FirstSearch implementation 42 New FirstSearch service hardware and software requirements Product News 43 1999 collections in Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese now available 45 OCLC CJK 3.0 software offers new features, functionality 46 Internet Flat Fee pricing or Dedicated TCP/IP: Which is right for your library? 48 Subject Headings for Children, Second Edition, is now available March/April 1999 No. 238From Jay Jordan: "Preservation Resources: Working to Preserve the Past for a More Informed Future"Membership News 4 OCLC and PAIS begin merger negotiations 5 Bethel College Library enters 88 millionth ILL request 6 Winter storm puts Users Council meeting on ice SUNY/OCLC becomes Nylink 9 Searching WorldCat tutorial now available 10 British Library Document Supply Centre to offer ILL rush service OCLC Statistics 12 Arnold Hirshon named NELINET executive director George Needham named vice president OCLC Member Services 13 New seminar examines future of resource sharing On-site seminar program offers "home" schooling OCLC Institute announces Midwinter winners 14 Upcoming OCLC Institute course offerings 14 OCLC improves international access to its services—- Digital Island 16 National Library of Australia and OCLC reach accord to facilitate global resource sharing Australian National University adds Electronic Collections Online 17 New Name for OCLC Europe reflects growth Jay Jordan honored with OnLine reception 18 Library professionals from Scandinavia visit OCLC Research 19 Adam Eisgrau discusses copyright, the universe and everything 21 Web Characterization project needs library input 22 Research Advisory Committee meets at OCLC Preservation Resources 24 Preservation Resources looks to future through past 26 Tour of Preservation Resources spotlights flexibility 31 Digital projects increase access to resources Interview 35 An interview with Deanna Marcum Product News 39 Dewey for Windows version 1.20 available CAT ME Plus (DOS) end-of-life date announced New edition of USNP union list available Library Scene 40 The University of the West Indies May/June 1999 No. 239From Jay Jordan: "OCLC Research Is Helping Libraries Meet the Challenges Of The Digital Age"Membership News 4 OCLC and Pica begin discussions on collaboration 5 17th Annual International Conference of Research Library Directors focuses on transforming business, technology and libraries [Patricia Aburdene; Peter Likins; Rvgeny Kuzmin; Yakov Shraiberg; Michael Jensen; William Gosling] 8 OCLC Institute takes up global librarianship OCLC Statistics as of May 1, 1999 9 Lehigh Carbon Community College enters 89 millionth OCLC ILL request 10 OCLC CIP Ugrade Unit reaches 200,000-title milestone 11 Massachusetts library enters 90 millionth OCLC ILL request 12 OCLC SiteSearch users exchange ideas, provide feedback 14 RONDAC meets in Dallas OCLC discontinues workstation sales 15 New Web site helps FirstSearch users become better searchers 16 New OCLC ILL Full Text Option delivers 17 Harvard-Yenching Library ready to begin cataloging with OCLC CJK 3.0 software 18 OCLC CJK Users Group holds annual meeting 19 Nancy Olson receives Margaret Mann Citation 20 Diane Vizine-Goetz and Lois Mai Chan to receive Best of LRTS Award Jay Jordan named fellow in Standards Engineering Society 21 Pat Stevens named chair of the new NISO Standards Committee Two appointed to Dewey editorial committee 22 Brenda Bailey is new director, OCLC Distributed Systems Lori Saviers named director of OCLC Reference Resource Sharing Product Marketing Worldwide 23 Bibliothèque nationale du Québec joins OCLC National Library of Australia director-general visits OCLC 24 Asia Pacific library leaders participate in 17th Annual International Conference of Research Library Directors Research 25 Norman Paskin discusses the Digital Object Identifier OCLC CORC project 27 CORC project is significant for libraries and their users 28 The genesis and development of CORC as an OCLC Office of Research project [Thomas Hickey; Eric Childress; and Bradley Watson] 32 Resource Description Framework: achieving interoperable metadata on the Internet 33 CORC and the Dublin Core 34 CORC built using toolkit developed in Mantis project Authority control for the Internet 35 CORC interface designed for experienced catalogers as well as other users 36 OCLC research takes experience in classification to the Internet 37 Database created by CORC project continues to grow 38 CORC project participants hold first meeting [participating institutions listed] Product News 42 OCLC/WLN merger provides new opportunities for libraries [Automated Collection Analysis Services, OCLC/WLN MARC Record Service; CD-ROM Products for Small Libraries] 44 Electronic Collections Online expands to 2,200 journal titles Records from HARRASSOWITZ added to WorldCat 45 Forest Press publishes Dewey Table 2 revisions 46 EPIC users turn to new FirstSearch for expert searching Label Program version 1.20 now available 47 Ensuring a smooth transition from multidrop access Library Scene 48 Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County July/August 1999 No. 240From Jay Jordan: "Essay Writers Illustrate the Value of Online Resource Sharing"Membership News 4 Users council explores the next step for the digital library 6 OCLC at ALA Annual 8 President"s Luncheon celebrates 20 years of OCLC ILL ALA prize winners 9 University of Illinois at Chicago enters 41 millionth record in WorldCat New poster introduces DDC theme 10 University of Oregon enters 91 millionth ILL request OCLC/WLN staff expands 11 Lubbock City-County Library enters 92 millionth OCLC ILL request 12 OCLC converting 2 million records for Yale University libraries 13 Advisory committees had a busy year 14 Amigos changes name OCLC statistics 15 Francophone perspectives on the DDC published in English and French 16 1999 Melvil Dewey Medal recipient named Humphrey/OCLC/Forest Press Award recipient announced 17 Frederick G. Kilgour Award winner announced Carrie Jean Hurst named LITA/OCLC Minority Scholarship winner OCLC sponsors new ILL award 18 Frank Hermes named OCLC vice president, Marketing and Planning Marilyn Gell Mason appointed special advisor to OCLC president Anita Reeb appointed OCLC marketing manager, U.S. West Region 19 Top 100 monographic records in WorldCat 22 OCLC Institute upcoming events Worldwide 24 Francophone research library directors meet in Paris 25 OCLC visits Israeli and Palestine authority Conferences 26 OCLC tours Pacific Rim Research 28 Methods grow for facilitating user-initiated ILL 30 NetLab/OCLC collaboration seeks to improve Web searching 37 Karen Drabenstott envisions a multimedia Dewey Decimal Classification 38 Designing tools to support the transition from paper to electronic information transfer 20 Years of Sharing Resources 39 OCLC ILL turns 20 40 What the OCLC Interlibrary Loan service means to me 44 Resource Sharing updates Book and video available via (what else?) ILL 45 Now you don"t have to just say No 46 OCLC ILL millionth requests 48 Top 100 most requested titles Product News 50 CatExpress offers easy-to-use Web-based copy cataloging 51 Authority Control combined under one suite of services Y2K Update 52 OCLC plans brief service interruption for Y2K transition weekend Sept/October 1999 No. 241From Jay Jordan: "Promoting the Evolution of Librarianship"Membership News 4 New FirstSearch is here OCLC Statistics 5 University of Miami Music Library enters 42 millionth record into WorldCat 6 Western Illinois University enters 93 millionth OCLC ILL request 7 Decimal classification Editorial Policy committee looks ahead to next editions 8 Panelists discuss CORC at ALA Annual 9 OCLC hosts 11 Internet lists 10 ILL Fee Management saves libraries money and time 11 New members join Strategic Service Area Advisory Committees 12 OCLC CJK 3.0 Software User Update Workshop held 13 1999/2000 Users Council to focus on the "New World" 14 OCLC sponsors new RUSA award Jay Jordan participates in International Virtual Libraries conference 15 Academic library leaders create expanded vision for libraries in the Digital Knowledge Age 16 OCLC plans ALA Midwinter symposium on "Libraries and the Web" Worldwide 17 KERIS delivers OCLC FirstSearch in Korea Hong Kong University of Science and Technology hosts OCLC visit 18 Andrew Wang promoted to executive director, OCLC Asia Pacific Sales, Service and Market Development Science and Technology Information Center and OCLC work together in Taiwan 19 OCLC welcomes group from National Library of China OCLC initiatives approved at LIBER Conference 20 OCLC to sponsor new IFLA Early Career Development Fellowship New OCLC booth makes debut at IFLA 21 Universidad Veracruzana Library joins OCLC Research 22 Wordsmith project moving toward an organized terminology base of Web documents 24 ALISE to cosponsor research grants 25 OCLC research project measures scope of Web 26 Annual Review of OCLC Research 1998 now available on the Web Y2K Update 27 OCLC began to address Year 2000 issues in 1995 28 Visit the OCLC Web site for Y2K status reports OCLC in final phases of testing for Year 2000 29 Y2Kissues not restricted to OCLC online services Y2K transition weekend will give staff time to monitor systems Product News 30 OCLC SiteSearch 4.1 suite offers greater customization and focus on emerging technology 31 New versions of OCLC CJK and CatME software now available Library Scene 32 The "New" Dimond Library at the University of New Hampshire November/December 1999 No. 242From Jay Jordan: "2000 and Beyond—A Great Time for Libraries"Membership News 4 Users Council urges continued emphasis on CORC project 6 Users Council reaffirms shared commitments to WorldCat principles of Cooperation [by Merryl Penson] 8 OCLC WorldCat Principles of Cooperation 10 OCLC ILL Interoperability Task Force issues recommendations OCLC Statistics 11 Toccoa Falls College enters 94 millionth OCLC ILL request 12 Libraries use CORC to catalog useful sites [by Bill Carney-photo] 13 Cataloging records for netLibrary"s eBooks to be available through PromptCat 14 OCLC to launch WebExpress in 2000 15 Dewey is a famous library feline 16 RONDAC and Network Business Managers meet [by Suzanne Lauer, photo] OCLC and network staff discuss service 17 Preservation Resources to scan leading Israeli newspaper collection 18 Martin Dillon writes on knowledge management for Library & Information Science Annual [photo of Martin Dillon] Martin Dillon to step down as executive director of OCLC Institute 19 New director of product management named [Chuck Costakos, photo] Giles Martin appointed Dewey editor [Giles martin, photo] Worldwide 20 First Chinese textbook on OCLC cataloging services published Account manager for OCLC Canada appointed 21 OCLC helps keep staffers warm Heather Robson is awarded Brian Enright Memorial Prize [photo] New library provides home for National Taiwan University collections Research 22 Web Characterization Project [by Brian Lavoie, photo] 24 Research Advisory Committee meets at OCLC [by Beth Marsh, photo] Cataloging Services for the Next Millennium 27 Cataloging services evolve for 2000 and beyond [by Gary Houk, photo] 28 Authority control Suite provides options to fit library needs [by Meghan Hopkins, photo] Diversity is part of WorldCat"s value 30 RONDAC, regional networks and OCLC launch joint >Web-based training development 31 User input helps take CJK software beyond ASCII] by Hisako Kotaka, photo] 31 ACAS add functionality Analysis services assess collection needs 33 AsiaLink to offer Russian materials in January 2000 34 Retrospective conversion is finite. Or is it? [by Chris Mottayaw, photo] RetroCon Batch provides new options 35 CIC libraries converting over 2.4 million titles 37 RetroCon, Yale and Princeton find new ways to speed conversion 39 Innovation in retrospective conversion at Yale 40 Adapting an innovative idea: Princeton"s view 42 TechPro expands to four sites [by Cynthia Whitacre, photo] 43 PromptCat service continues to grow 44 Quality control makes WorldCat even better [by Brenda Block, photo] 46 Cooperative efforts enhance quality control [by Jay Weitz, photo] 47 WorldCat Collection Sets to add electronic resources [by Susan Walker, photo] Interview 48 Lee Leighton and John Schalow [with photos of L. Leighton & J. Schalow] Product News 52 Electronic Collections Online enhancement highlights new titles Full-text and search-strategy tools enhance ERIC database on the new FirstSearch service 53 PDF now alternative to RealPage in electronic Collections Online 54 Interlibrary loan offers Leap Day savings 55 Multidrop users nearly done with fast and smooth transition ALA Midwinter 56 OCLC will host symposium at ALA Midwinter January/February 2000 No. 243From Jay Jordan "Governing a Dot.Org in the Digital Age"Membership News 4 PAIS and OCLC agree to merge Pica/OCLC agreement finalized 5 William Crowe is new board chair [photos of Bill Crowe, Ralph Frazer and David Lauer] 6 OCLC systems OK after Y2K transition Users record firsts of 2000 7 OCLC Board of Trustees launches governance study 8 Harding University enters 95 millionth OCLC ILL [photo of Brackett Lib. staff] 9 GPO produces 43 millionth OCLC record number [photo of Bob Luoma, cataloger] 10 University of Oregon makes 96 millionth OCLC ILL request [photo of U of Oregon ILL staff] Libraries invited to help build CORC 11 Library of Congress joins CORC project 12 Participants meet in Dublin to discuss CORC [photo of CORC participants 13 Kentucky launches statewide virtual library [photo of Miko Pattie] 14 Dewey users update held during AASL conference [photo of Dawn Lawson] 15 Editorial Policy Committee meets at the Library of Congress [photo of Joan Mitchell] Videos of ALA Midwinter Update Breakfast on Web 16 Two if by LaND: North Dakota duo wins top prize with SiteSearch [photo of Malia Watson] 17 OCLC issues 1998/99 annual report 18 "The Keystone Principles" now available Number of countries with libraries participating in OCLC grows 19 Hwa-Wei Lee named OCLC Visiting Distinguished Scholar [photo of Hwa-Wei Lee] 20 Nancy London promoted to executive director, OCLC Library Services for the Americas [photo of Nancy London] Pat Stevens promoted to director, Product Planning and Strategy [photo of Pat Stevens] OCLC Statistics 21 Karin Ford appointed library services director at OCLC/WLN [photo of Karin Ford] Video of OCLC symposium at ALA available via ILL 22 OCLC Institute announces seminar schedule OCLC Institute course offerings Research 23 OCLC continues systems work to support international data [photo of Ralph LewVan] 26 Meeting the challenges of digital preservation: The OAIS reference model [photo of Brian Lavoie] 31 Changing the way people look at information technology [photos of Lisa Stickley and Vicki O"Day] Libraries, U.S. Networks and OCLC 33 U.S. Networks and OCLC: A partnership that works [photo of Jay Jordan] 34 The power of cooperation [photo of Susan Olson] 35 Amigos [by Larry Godwin] 36 BCR [by Sharon Hoffhines] 37 CAPCON [by Natalie Collins] 38 FEDLINK [by Lynn McDonald] 39 ILLINET [by Anne Craig] 40 INCOLSA [by Margaret Mohundro] 41 MINITEX [by Carla Dewey] 42 Michigan Library Consortium [by Aaron Smith] 43 Missouri Library Network [by Tracy Byerly] 44 NEBASE [by JoBudler] 45 NELINET [by Susan Abell and Shelly Edwards] 46 Nylink [by Kathleen Gundrum] 47 OCLC Pacific [by Pamela Bailey] 48 OCLC/WLN Pacific Northwest Service Center [by Kim Piper] 49 OHIONET [by James Rubottom] 50 PALINET [by Diana Bitting] 51 SOLINET [by Keith Belton] 52 WILS [by Kathy Schneider] Product News 53 More than 2,000 journals available through Electronic Collections Online Centro Di records added to WorldCat 54 Dewey for Windows software, version 2.00, now available New profile option available for PromptCat 55 University of Iowa uses combined RetroCon services Library Scene Renton Public Library, Renton, Washington March/April 2000 No. 244From Jay Jordan "Investing in the Future"Membership News 4 Users Council nominates candidates for OCLC Board, participates in OCLC governance study and announces videoconference 5 RLG and OCLC explore digital archiving 6 University of Florida makes 97 millionth OCLC ILL request 7 GPO joins CORC 8 100 million to be a rewarding number Wilma Minty speaks at OCLC OCLC Statistics 9 Big 12 Plus libraries test pilot ILL service 10 OCLC pilot project explores increasing ILL fill rates Arabic cataloging pilot seeks participants 11 University of Göttingen library becomes OCLC member 12 Buried treasure made public: Dewey riches of the past and the future Dewey for Windows drawing winner named 13 Pamela Bailey appointed director of OCLC Pacific Shirley Hyatt promoted to director, OCLC Distributed Systems 14 OCLC/WLN executive director Paul McCarthy joins University of Alaska, Fairbanks Network and OCLC staff meet 15 OCLC Institute announces winner, seminars 16 LIS Web site supports students and faculty Plaque presented to OCLC Wisconsin regional network name changed 17 Top 25 languages of materials requested on the OCLC ILL service during 1999 Research 18 Bringing Chinese cataloging records up to date 20 Marketing and strategic planning processes enhance libraries' abilities to control their futures Platform for the Future: OCLC's Technological Infrastructure 22 OCLC systems run on state-of-the-art platforms 26 Redundancy and diversity help eliminate single points of communications failure at OCLC Product News 27 OCLC/WLN collection services now provide comparisons with outstanding academic titles and titles reviewed in Booklist Videoconference 28 OCLC Users Council Worldwide Virtual Meeting May/June 2000 No. 245From Jay Jordan "OCLC & Consortia: Facilitating Cooperation"Membership News 4 Library leaders discuss future roles and contributions of research libraries during International Research Library Directors Conference 6 PAIS continues dedication to libraries, custom of excellence 8 Fort Wayne Reference and Interlibrary Loan Center makes 98 millionth OCLC ILL request for LaGrange County Library 9 Montana State University creates 99 millionth OCLC Interlibrary Loan request 10 University of WisconsinMadison uses OCLC SiteSearch software to create 'Africa Focus' 12 OCLC CJK Users Group meets in San Diego 13 Library leaders from Asia Pacific region meet to discuss issues, challenges facing libraries 16 Asia Pacific library leaders participate in conference 17 Department of Defense uses Site Search to support military education 18 Partnership for Peace Information Management System designed to strengthen bilateral cooperation 19 Collections and Technical Services Committee meets in Dublin CIP Upgrade staff celebrates milestone 20 OCLC's X.25 backbone is decommissioned Gary Marchionini is named Kilgour Award winner 21 Robert Wedgeworth is John Ames Humphry/OCLC Forest Press Award winner OCLC services to be unavailable Aug. 67 during power upgrade 22 Erik Jul named executive director of OCLC Institute OCLC Statistics 23 Robert Van Volkenburg named director, Product Marketing, OCLC Library Resources Research 24 The Dublin Core Metadata Initiative: Frankfurt and beyond 25 Subscribe to 'DCGeneral' for upcoming announcements 26 Dublin Core Metadata Element Set endorsed by European standard organization 27 Research Advisory Committee meets in Dublin Consortia 30 Consortia: Leading change through cooperation 31 Illinois promotes equal access to libraries through partnerships 33 Library consortia come in all sizes, types 35 OCLC works with consortia worldwide Product News 37 OCLC Reference Services moves to next stage of content management and collection evelopment 39 PromptCat provides fast, automatic copy cataloging 40 Dot marks the spot July/August 2000 No. 246From Jay Jordan "CORC: A New Service, A New Spirit"Membership News 4 Users Council elects two to OCLC Board of Trustees, holds >videoconference seen by 7,500 librarians worldwide 6 University of Oregon enters 100 millionth OCLC Interlibrary Loan request 8 Words on the OCLC Interlibrary Loan service ... 10 Wellcome Library in London adds 44 millionth bibliographic record to WorldCat 11 WebExpress provides access to local and remote information resources through a library's own customized interface 12 OCLC at ALA 14 OCLC President's Luncheon celebrates launch of CORC 15 Virginia Boucher-OCLC Distinguished ILL Librarian Award recipient named 16 ALCTS announces Margaret Mann Citation recipient 17 Paul K. Sybrowsky receives 2000 Melvil Dewey Medal OCLC Usability Lab celebrates 10-year anniversary 18 Anne Robertson appointed to Dewey Editorial Committee Network Directors meet in Dublin, Ohio 19 Dewey Editorial Policy Committee meets at the Library of Congress 20 SiteSearch Users meet to share successes, concerns 23 University of Washington and OCLC work together to improve access to digital collections 24 The Colorado Virtual Library—providing access to virtually anything 26 Dublin Core releases recommended qualifiers to improve access to information Research 28 How "World Wide" is the Web? Trends in the internationalization of Web sites 29 Web-based name services can improve access to resources 31 Karen Drabenstott is visiting scholar Clicks and Mortar 32 Libraries increase Net Value with CORC 33 CORC: Build locally, share globally 34 CORC awareness grows on Web 35 Organizing state government Web resources: A CORC pilot project 37 WebDewey in CORC available 39 Libraries and OCLC team to build CORC 40 Panelists discuss CORC at ALA Annua 43 OCLC Institute helps introduce CORC in China OCLC Cataloging libraries can use CORC now Product News 44 Migration to new FirstSearch now complete 45 Suite 101.com to use DDC in new directory 46 Selection, indexing and abstracting at PAIS September/October 2000 No. 247From Jay Jordan "Creating the Map"Membership News 4 More than 100 participate in CORC Users Group Meeting 6 CORC Users Group elects officers CORC training materials available on the web 7 Jerusalem hosts IFLA 2000 OCLC plans to distribute ILLiad software 9 SUNYConnect consortium benefits libraries in New York 10 Librarians named IFLA/OCLC Early Career Development Fellows 11 OCLC RetroCon service to convert 150,000 records for Yale University 12 Top Interlibrary loan borrowers and lenders enhance efficiency 13 Top Interlibrary Loan Lending Institutions Top Interlibrary Loan Borrowing Institutions 14 CALIS members to use OCLC Cataloging Service OCLC catalogers meet in Mexico 15 OCLC CJK 3.02 software is now available Universidad de la Frontera, Chile, now using FirstSearch 16 "Two Epic Tales" from the British Library and the British Museum 17 Walters State Community College creates 101 millionth OCLC ILL request 18 Product advisory committee members named OCLC Statistics 19 Martin Knott named LITA/OCLC Minority Scholarship winner Research 20 Office of Research explores electronic theses, dissertations management 22 ISKO discusses how librarianship can improve responsiveness of the web 25 Research abstract: The role of classification in CORC OCLC WebExpress 26 Libraries and OCLC design easy-to-use tool to provide integrated information access 27 OCLC extends family of services with OCLC WebExpress 28 Helping OCLC WebExpress develop from a concept to a service 29 Library users will spend more time assessing content, less time trying to get at information with OCLC WebExpress 31 OCLC WebExpress allows users to access collections in integrated, seamless way envisioned by librarians 32 OCLC WebExpress gives librarians power to create system uniquely designed to meet their users" needs 33 OCLC WebExpress Service Center provides service and integration in a distributed world Product News 35 Journals added to Electronic Collections Online Book Wholesalers is new PromptCat vendor Migration to new FirstSearch successfully completed 36 Wilson Select Plus available on the OCLC FirstSearch service November/December 2000 No. 248From Jay Jordan "Extending the OCLC Cooperative"Membership News 4 OCLC will distribute ILLiad software to help libraries streamline interlibrary loan process 5 TechPro ready to provide contract cataloging OCLC Pacific and OCLC WLN service centers combined 6 The University of Colorado at Boulder enters the 45 millionth bibliographic record into WorldCat 7 FSU enters 102 millionth OCLC ILL request 8 Forum explores future of public libraries OCLC Statistics 9 OCLC/Canadian Library Association award recognizes recent grad Honey, I shrunk the system again 10 Preservation Resources scans MIT"s student newspaper Cataloging and resource sharing systems up longer 11 The Université du Québec becomes OCLC member and joins CORC 12 Quality control efforts benefit all WorldCat users 14 CORC and Web Characterization project help libraries with web 15 CORC users form Health Sciences Special Interest Group 16 Keyword Searching: now more access to bibliographic data 18 Use of BIBCO records at the Library of Congress 20 Library of Congress, other U.S. libraries join international community on use of Pinyin 22 Nominations sought for OCLC-sponsored awards 23 OCLC helps speed Fudan University Library operations 24 OCLC ALA Midwinter 2001 Meetings Research 25 OCLC researchers measure the World Wide Web 26 Research Advisory Committee meets 29 Understanding Collections: Description and Access Union List Service 30 OCLC Union List complements ILL 32 Ad hoc Task Force on Union Listing issues report 33 A little "SOUL" increases ILL fill rates 34 ILL Fulfillment Study focuses on improving fill rates 35 United States Newspaper Program Union List grows and grows 37 Customized Union List display? Can dhu 38 OCLC Union Lists of Periodical database links users to local holdings Product News 39 OCLC Interlibrary Loan tutorial provides ILL training 40 New journals added to Electronic Collections Online January/February 2001 No. 249From Jay Jordan "A Progress Report On Our Global Strategy"Membership News 4 OCLC Users Council discusses governance, strategic directions and the library as a virtual place 6 Bucknell University creates 103 millionth OCLC Interlibrary Loan request OCLC Statistics 7 Eastern Washington University enters 104 millionth request on OCLC Interlibrary Loan system 8 OCLC issues 1999/2000 Annual Report 9 OCLC staff participates in Arabian Gulf Chapter of the Special Libraries Association meeting 10 Colorado Virtual Library for Kids supports K-12 education 11 OCLC acquires Canadian technical services operation Jane Ryland elected to OCLC Board 12 OCLC, NELINET, Ohio State University Libraries and EarthWeb >collaborate on e-book solutions 13 OCLC RetroCon service converts records for more than books 14 El Colegio de Mexico becomes OCLC member 15 Workshops and seminars in Japan focus on metadata issues 16 OCLC participates in London Online with exhibit, updates, meetings and a reception 17 WebDewey in CORC used as a teaching tool in library schools Glenn Patton named director, OCLC Metadata Standards and Quality 18 Betty Bengtson appointed special advisor to the president for academic library services Arlene Taylor appointed to Dewey Editorial Committee Interview 19 The Future of OCLC Metadata Research 22 Virginia Tech improves access, saves money and shelf space with electronic theses and dissertations 27 Dublin Core Metadata Initiative progresses 32 OCLC Web Characterization Project names top 50 site references on the web U.S. Library Services 33 OCLC Library Services helps U.S. libraries and consortia thrive 35 Change is constant during 20 years with OCLC 36 West Region covers 21 states—and Guam 37 Midwest Region staff brings broad background to Library services 38 East Region staff, networks take team approach to cover territory 39 Support team assists libraries before and after service implementation Product News 40 OCLC catalogers can verify and correct URLs through CORC 41 CORC system enables users to link headings in resource records to Library of Congress authority records 42 What users are saying about Electronic Collections Online 45 PAIS International database to be reloaded on FirstSearch 46 OCLC Multiscripts Z39.5 Client now available 47 OCLC News Briefs and Links 48 Project Muse to add 50 full-text titles to Electronic Collections Online March/April 2001 No. 250From Jay Jordan : Shrinking vast distances through cooperationMembership News 4 OCLC Users Council addresses strategic directions, governance and the library community portal 6 OCLC Europe, the Middle East & Africa celebrates its 20th anniversary OCLC Statistics 8 Library of Congress and OCLC to collaborate on digital reference project 10 Two library systems to serve as test sites for OCLC development project 11 OCLC to expand institution symbols 12 OCLC, libraries and vendors implementing international standard for ILL 13 Tacoma Public Library enters 105 millionth ILL request 14 From pilot to production: OCLC Arabic Cataloging software 16 ASERL launches "Kudzu" to link 13 research libraries 17 708 libraries in China to use Electronic Collections Online through CNPIEC OCLC Canada hosts workshop at ASTED 18 Libraries convert from Wade-Giles to pinyin 19 GEM of a meeting at OCLC 20 OCLC Institute announces upcoming curriculum 21 OCLC partners with BioOne 22 Rick Bean promoted to director, OCLC User Support Consortium of academic libraries of Catalonia becomes OCLC member 23 Top 12 titles most requested through OCLC ILL Top 12 monographs most requested through OCLC ILL Research 24 ALISE and OCLC announce grant awards 25 Group meets to refine metadata standards E-Services 26 Why e-service? 27 E-services evolving to change business... 34 OCLC web site redesigned 36 Online course covers cataloging of Internet resources Interview 38 Interview with Mary-Alice Lynch, RONDAC chair Product News 41 Enhanced PAIS International database now available on FirstSearch 42 CSA adds full-text links to OCLC 43 News briefs and links 46 DDC summaries available 47 OCLC continues to enhance CORC service Library Scene 48 Nanyang Technological University Library May/June 2001 No. 251From Jay Jordan "WorldCat: On to year 31"4 Research library leaders from around the world meet at OCLC to discuss "Weaving Libraries into the Web" 5 Cooperation, technology key to Princeton presentation 6 OCLC committee to study aspects of membership 7 Library leaders in Asia Pacific conduct annual information exchange 11 Boston Public Library enters 46 millionth record into WorldCat 12 RLG and OCLC publish paper on future of digital preservation metadata 13 University of Wisconsin-Madison creates 106 millionth OCLC ILL request for article in nursing journal 14 University of Tennessee makes 107 millionth request on OCLC ILL service OCLC statistics 15 Borrowing specialist adds comic twist to ILL 16 PromptCat improves workflow at the University of North Texas 18 Turkish consortium to use FirstSearch 19 Preservation Resources to digitize National Library of New Zealand 19th century newspaper collection 21 A vision for the future: CONSER extends cooperation to prediction patterns 24 Mount Aloysius College Library adds Ecumenical Studies Collection to WorldCat 25 OCLC Reference Services Advisory Committee meets OCLC Institute hosts four international fellows 26 Two appointed to Dewey Editorial Policy Committee OCLC Western Service Center opens new office Research 27 Sarah Thomas discusses the role of the library catalog as gateway to the Internet 29 OCLC and Ohio State University to study CORC database 30 Nobuku Kishi is visiting scholar in the OCLC Office of Research Research Advisory Committee meets 30 Years of WorldCat 32 30 years of WorldCat: Looking back for a perspective on the future 33 WorldCat is a remarkable achievement in librarianship 35 2001: A Bibliographical Odyssey 42 OCLC WorldCat Principles of Cooperation Product News 44 New Journals added to Electronic Collections Online 46 News Briefs and Links Back Cover 48 Lorcan Dempsey to head OCLC Office of Research July/August 2001 No. 252From Jay Jordan "Moving WorldCat to a New Technological Platform, A New Philosophy"4 OCLC Users Council votes to add delegates, change name 6 Allegheny College enters 47 millionth record in WorldCat 7 Evergreen State makes 108 millionth ILL request 8 Alternative Press Center becomes OCLC member 9 University of Gottingen becomes ILL supplier 10 OCLC President"s Luncheon celebrates 30 years of WorldCat 11 OCLC selects Oracle for new technology platform 12 Collaborative Digital Reference Service pilot project surpasses 100 participants 13 Virtual reference service coming to Indiana libraries 14 Florida State and Syracuse conducting digital reference study 15 Marcia Bates is 2001 Frederick G. Kilgour Award winner Lynn Wiley is Virginia BoucherOCLC Distinguished ILL Librarian 16 Brian Schottlaender receives Margaret Mann Citation Marisa Duarte named LITA/OCLC Minority Scholarship recipient for 2001 17 Herman Totten receives the 2001 Melvil Dewey Medal Norman Horrockes named John Ames Humphry /OCLC Forest Press Award winner 18 The Chinese University of Hong Kong"s contributions of records and authorities benefit other OCLC libraries 20 OCLC Useres" Group in Mexico holds second meeting 21 Moore Theological College speeds materials to readers with OCLC Cataloging 22 Advisory committee focuses on workflow 23 Public, special, academic and research advisory committees meet, advise OCLC 24 Type of library advisory committee members 2000/01 26 "Webinar" demonstrates ILLiad for large audience OCLC CJK Users Group elects officers in Chicago 28 OCLC Anniversaries 30 Two appointed to Dewey Editorial Policy Committee 31 CURL partners with OCLC in collection analysis pilot project 32 ebrary announces membership in OCLC, addition of online collection to WorldCat Research 33 Russian scholar studies at OCLC 34 Christine Borgman discusses information infrastructure 36 Tim Bray discusses searching the web OCLC seeks applicants for research grants Pathfinders 37 Pathfinders update 40 OCLC divisions pave way to accessing information through Pathfinders 41 Cataloging and reference staff use Pathfinders to improve access Product News 42 Copyright, technology can add challenges to accessing online full text 43 Full-text ATLAS database now available on FirstSearch 44 How Kellogg Community College uses OCLC PromptCat 45 OCLC to wind down SiteSearch development 46 News Briefs and Links September/October 2001 No. 253Membership News4 Committee reviewing membership issues 5 Waseda University Library adds 277,481 records to WorldCat 6 IFLA/OCLC Early Career Development Fellows named for 2002 7 IFLA pre-conference hosted by OCLC Forest Press 8 OCLC a significant presence at IFLA in Boston 9 Western Illinois University strikes again with 109 millionth OCLC ILL 10 University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center enters 110 millionth ILL 11 British Library Document Supply Centre uses OCLC IFM service 12 Tsinghua University and OCLC to establish Chinese Information Network Library directors from China visit OCLC campus 13 Linda Evers joins OCLC Institute OCLC establishes corporate Inclusion Initiative 14 Library visits help Documentation staff focus on user needs 16 Dewey Editorial Policy Committee meets at the Library of Congress OCLC statistics 17 OCLC hosts LIBER pre-conference 18 Librarians meet at OCLC to discuss community college library needs 19 Winners of PAIS International subscription drawings announced 20 OCLC Institute Announces Upcoming 2001 Schedule Research 21 Office of Research, Research Advisory Committee discus change and choice 22 Tuukaram Kumbar named OCLC Visiting Scholar Digital and Preservation Resources 23 OCLC Digital and Preservation Resources: Delivering on the technology promise 24 Helping libraries manage the digital collection life cycle 26 Digital preservation at ALA Annual 2001 28 Videotape of Digital Preservation Symposium available via interlibrary loan 29 OCLC collaborates to develop digital archive of web documents 30 RLG and OCLC release paper for comment 31 GPO and the Web Document Digital Archive piolot 33 Metadata for digital preservation 37 Digital Preservation Coalition to develop international context to preserving digital resources 40 OCLC Preservation Resources to store microfilm for CIC 41 Digital projects continue to expand access to collections Product News 47 Per-article purchase available in OCLC Electronic Collections Online 48 H.W. Wilson"s Essay and General Literature Index now available on FirstSearch 49 New publishers, journals now available through OCLC FirstSearch Electronic Collections Online 51 News Briefs and Links November/December 2001 No. 254From Jay Jordan "Making Dewey 'Ever More Widely Useful'"Membership News 4 OCLC Members Council welcomes new delegates, discusses partnerships in building the worldwide library cooperative 6 Team effort results in 48 millionth WorldCat record for Southern Illinois University 7 Sacred Heart Major Seminary makes 111 milllionth ILL request OCLC Marketing Vice President named 8 OCLC makes offer to purchase assets of netLibrary 9 MALVINE and LEAF projects promote library sharing in Europe 10 Third ARL/OCLC Strategic Issues Forum scheduled for February 11 OCLC Language Sets expanded 12 OCLC meetings at ALA Midwinter 2002 13 OCLC Institute to host seminars at ALA Midwinter OCLC Institute to present "Steering by Standards" videoconference series 14 OCLC Canada staff settled in new office OCLC Canada and the CLA announce Northern Exposure to Leadership Institute Award winner 15 Ingram Library Services and OCLC to provide prerelease video cataloging information 16 OCLC to collaborate with National LIbrary of Australia to provide gateway to WorldCat for small libraries 17 "Ohio Dinners for Spectrum" raises funds, consciousness Research 18 OCLC researchers find slowdown in web growth 19 Dublin Core Metadata Element Set approved as ANSI Standard Z39.85-2001 21 Kathleen Braverman discusses the impact of linguistic dialects of the workplace 24 Dewey Research: New uses for the DDC Dewey turns 125 27 Dewey Decimal Classification: 125 and still growing 30 Dewey"s 125th anniversary celebrated at IFLA 32 The Library of Congress and the DDC 34 You"ve come a long way, Dewey! 36 People, Places & Things introduced Product News 38 OCLC announces enhancements to WorldCat in FirstSearch 39 Enhancements to OCLC ArticleFirst 41 Alibris/WorldCat link first of many planned 42 Offline services automate routine cataloging tasks 43 OCLC offers OpenURL option for libraries 44 Internet lists deliver news to the desktop 45 News briefs and links 48 Can this marriage be saved? January/February 2002 No. 255 OCLC ILLiad: Supercharging Interlibrary LoanFrom Jay Jordan "2002: An Ambitious Agenda"Membership News 4 OCLC issues 2000/01 Annual Report 6 PALINET celebrates 65th anniversary 8 BTJ provides link to OCLC Electronic Collections Online Sarawak State Library becomes first OCLC member in Malaysia 9 OCLC PAIS Editorial Advisory Committee holds inaugural meeting 10 Michigan Molecular Institute creates 112 million ILL request 11 University of Houston enters 113 millionth OCLC ILL 12 Libraries from Chinese Academy of Social Sciences join OCLC membership 13 Board members named to Digital Preservation Coalition 14 OCLC ILL filled gap in international access at University of Canterbury in New Zealand 15 Japanese librarians learn about the Dewey Decimal Classification system 16 OCLC continues work with LC and RLG on Pinyin Conversion Project 17 Meg Bellinger is promoted to corporate vice president, OCLC Digital & Preservation Resources OCLC participating in preservation initiatives 18 Library of Congress offers "Portals to the World" using OCLC CORC Pathfinder toolset OCLC Statistics 19 OCLC to host Indic language cataloging service 20 OCLC Digital & Preservation Resources holds workshop in London Research 21 Office of Research looks into information visualization OCLC ILLiad 24 OCLC ILLiad provides solutions to a variety of interlibrary loan challenges 25 OCLC ILLiad interlibrary loan management is now ISO ILL compliant 26 Libraries benefit when OCLC, Atlas Systems and regional networks collaborate 27 ILLiad has immediate impact at University of Illinois at Urbana—Champaign 28 ILLIad improves interlibrary loan for students, faculty at Montana State 29 Brigham Young University uses ILLiad right out of the box 30 ILLiad helps streamline interlibrary loan at Harvard Medical School 31 ILLiad catches on quickly at University of North Carolina at Wilmington 32 Library users respond positively to ILLiad in Chapel Hill Interlibrary Loan "a real success story" at Nicholls State University Product News 33 MLA Directory of Periodicals now available on FirstSearch 34 FirstSearch shatters record for searches 10 years after its introduction 35 News briefs and links Mindleaders courses to be available through OCLC Institute New CatExpress tutorial online PsychARTICLES to be added to FirstSearch Electronic Collections Online per-article use now updated in real time 36 PAID thesaurus now available ATLAS: ATLA Serials Database expanded FirstSearch users can export records into EndNote software Libraries can control IP addresses with new feature New journals added to Electronic Collections Online 39 oclc.org: Your guide to OCLC on the web The home page 40 OCLC purchase of netLibrary assets approved March/April 2002 No. 256 netLibrary: Exploring the advantages of eBooksFrom Jay Jordan "Increasing the Value of Your OCLC
membership" July 2002 No. 257OCLC by the Numbers October 2002 No. 258OCLC by the Numbers2 From Jay Jordan "People: the great strength of the OCLC Cooperative" 4 Reference cooperative expands with QuestionPoint [photo: QuestionPoint team: Jeff Penka, Paula Rumbaugh, Pat Stevens, Virginia Songstad, Mark Basham, William White, Al Zavar, Grace Yong, Sue McKeown, Tom Miller, Meredith Dean] 7 Partnership with Convey enhances users' QuestionPoint experience 8 Interview OCLC's Frank Hermes and LC's Diane Kresh discuss the beginning and future of QuestionPoint [photo Frank Hermes and Diane Kresh] 10 QuestionPoint in the other Washington [by Buff Hirko, Statewide Virtual Reference Project Coordinator for Washington State Library] [photo Buff Hirko] 11 QuestionPoint and the Santa Monica Public Library [by Nancy O'Neill, Principal Librarian for Reference Services, Santa Monica (California) Public Library] [photo Nancy O'Neill] Interview 12 Lorcan Dempsey: Libraries change lives, and research changes libraries [photos Lorcan Dempsey, Herbert Van de Sompel, Jian Qin, Barbara Tillett, Chandra Prabha, OCLC Researchers] 16 OCLC Research Projects [diagrams] 17 OCLC Research Programs 18 Moving libraries forward in a Digital World [by Tom Storey] [photo: Tammy Rabideau, Michael York, Ken Bierman, Paul Gherman] [photo: Carol Diedrichs] 20 Update OCLC Members Council elects Jerry Stephens to OCLC Board, explores development of libraries worldwide with UNESCO Director [photo: Aziz Abid] 21 OCLC Dedicates new Western Digital and Preservation Resources Center [photos: Gayle Palmer, Robert Harriman] First chapters, new content and more added to FirstSearch The British Library contributes 51 millionth record to WorldCat 22 Gale launches e-book program with netLibrary to create e-versions of reference classics netLibrary launches new offline reading solution OCLC PICA opens Paris service center Three new vendors join PromptCat service Technical Bulletins 247 and 247 published OCLC Connexion gets first quarterly update OCLC Connexion tutorial debuts 23 OCLC Board Chair William Crowe received Budig Distinguished Librarian Award New MindLeaders courses available IFLA/OCLC fellows named for 2003 24 OCLC PICA beings French libraries together Middlebury College enters 121 millionth ILL, School for International Training hits 120 millionth ILL and Clemson University the 119 millionth Get the latest information on the Windows client interface for OCLC Connexion National Library of the Netherlands, OCLC establish DPR center for European libraries; embark on 400,000 record conversion OCLC opens online store for OCLC Language Sets service, adds new languages 25 OCLC and SCURL sponsor IFLA preconference [photo: Jay Jordan, Dr. Trevor Watkins] OCLC Trustee-Elect Ian Mowat (1946-2002) 26 Bodleian Library commemorates 400 years [photo] January 2003 No. 259OCLC by the Numbers2 From Jay Jordan "Investing in the future during uncertain times" 4 Show-Me The World takes Missourians around the state and around the globe [by Tom Storey] [photo: Barbara Reading, Susan Singleton, Sara Parker, Susan Lewis, Carl Wingo, Tracy Rochow Byerly] [photo: Missouri Secretarya of State Matt Blunt] 8 Interview Sara Parker, Missouri State Librarian [by Tom Storey] Tooling libraries with a wider world of information 10 Building change into OCLC services [by Phil Schieber] [photos: Marty Withrow, Chris Grabenstatter, Gary Perlman, Mike Teets] 14 Libraries involved earlier in OCLC product planning [by Brad Gauder] [photo: Susan Harrison, Xuemao Wang, Barbara Durniak, Donna Dixon] 16 The web after five years: Private sites growing, Public sites slowing, Pages expanding, Volatility reigns [by Tom Storey] [graph] 18 Chilean libraries chart new territory with new OCLC cataloging agreement [by Brad Gauder] 19 Update OCLC issues 2001/2002 Annual Report OCLC Trustees elect new members; William J. Crowe reelected as board chair 20 Spanish version of cataloging course now available New electronic newsletter available from PAIS Bring your OCLC Local Data Records up to date for more efficient ILL Mount Holyoke College Library enters 122 millionth ILL request Lafayette College Library enters 123 millionth ILL request 21 OCLC Connexion gets sescond major quarterly update Introducing the Modern Masters Collection from netLibrary Alternative Press Index Archive debuts on OCLC FirstSearch CALA Midwest annual meeting to be held at OCLC DDC 22 coming summer 2003 OCLC and ALISE aware 2003 research grants ALA Midwinter symposium available via webcast 22 You can nominate an OCLC Star [photos: Cathy Kellum, Myrtle Myers, Jay Weitz, Kavonne Wynn] April 2003 No. 260 WebJunction.org connects communities to the worldOCLC by the Numbers July 2003 No. 261 CONTENTdm: New life for special collectionsOCLC by the Numbers October/November/December 2003 No. 262 Members Council begins a new yearOCLC by the Numbers January/February/March 2004 No. 263 Guiding Web users to the library for the resources they needOCLC by the numbers2 From Jay Jordan "Extending WorldCat, raising the visibility of libraries 4 Being relevant in a Web world [by Brad Gauder] [photos: Jan Walsh, Stephen Rollins] 8 Moving Z39.50 to the Web [by Tom Storey] [photo: Ralph LeVan] 10 OCLC publishes Environmental Scan [by Brad Gauder] [graphics] 12 Interview with Sal Cilella [photo Sal Cilella] Preserving the community memory 15 OCLC Founder, Frederick G. Kilgour, celebrates 90 years [photos: Frederick & Eleanor Kilgour, Mr. Kilgour's birthday cake] [photo: Joe Hewitt, William Crowe, Eleanor Kilgour, Frederick Kilgour, Joanne Gard Marshall, Jay Jordan, Phyllis Spies] 16 Update Mark your calendars for DC-2004 54 millionth record enters WorldCat Research grant recipients named OCLC now offering services for groups Statsbiblioteket enters 132 millionth ILL request Need info on virtual reference? Look at these papers 17 JISC study suggests that library portals boost database usage Demonstrate your library's impact netLibrary 2004 debuts How might these trends affect your library? Reference Reality Check Members Council holds February meeting April/May/June 2004 No. 264 The Next Generation of Librarians5 From the President "Transforming WorldCat"6 Updates WorldCat now running on Oracle platform No question about it: library reference services are changing WebJunction celebrates first year 7 New Life for special collections [CONTENTdm] New York State Library customizes OCLC report 8 The Next Generation of Librarians [by Tom Storey & Carrie Lauer] 9 Melissa Weaver [photo] 10 Evan Struble [photo] 11 Susan Sutherland [photo] 12 Musa Olaka [photo] 13 Barbara Bultmann [photo] 14 How OCLC helps prepare library students for the future Library student brings different perspective to OCLC advisory group [photo: Emily Tennant] 15 Interview Joanne Gard Marshall on library and information science education [photo] 16 Members Council discusses how to meet growing demand for digital resources [photos] 19 Members Council elects two new board members, council leadership for 2005 [photos: Victoria Johnson, Bob Seal, Charles E. Kratz, Maggie Farrell, Ed Weissman, Kathleen Imhoff, Benita Weber Vassallo, Michael LaCroix] 20 OCLC Products and Services Windows or Web? Choice is a great thing [by Brad Gauder] 21 Connexion tools in use 22 OCLC Research Get a grip ...on identifiers [by Stuart L. Weibel] [photo] 24 Events July/August/September 2004 No. 265 Innovations in e-learning4 From Jay Jordan "E-content in the OCLC cooperative" [photo]5 Updates Are we there yet? Migration dates are set QP + 24/7 Reference content has left the container 6 Policy, social issues live on in Archive Cataloging Partners deliver the goods 8 E-learning, e-content, education and libraries [by Tom Storey] 10 Interview Dr. Kurt Squire and Dr. Constance Steinkuehler Gaming in the college classroom [by Brad Gauder] 11 Interview Lynne M. O'Brien [photo] 13 Advocacy Staying in touch with legislators [Lynda Murray] [photo] 15 OCLC Products and Services NetLibrary: a flavorful blend of services 17 Tips and tricks A short odyssey to implement ILLiad Acronym Soup 18 OCLC Labs How does your collection rate? OCLC and MIT + Google add light to dark web 19 OCLC Research Metadata Crosswalks [by Carol Jean Godby] [photo] 21 OCLC Group Services By the Numbers Events October/November/December 2004 No. 266 Personalizing the Web Experience4 From Jay Jordan "Opening up Open WorldCat" January/February/March 2005 No. 267 Gamer/Boomer: Getting and keeping both generations happy4 From Jay Jordan "Looking Ahead: An Ambitious Agenda"5 Updates Best of both worlds Making the case for libraries: OCLC's 2005 advertising program 6 "Boa notícia" Records from Brazilian e-library added to WorldCat WebJunction receives new grants 7 The Big Bang [by Tom Storey] 9 Staying in the game! 10 How to create environments for Boomers and Gamers in your library 11 Zone in on your users [photos] 12 Throw a LAN party Send a librarian an SMS 13 Advocacy Public libraries pack a powerful $$$ punch [by Tom Storey] 15 Tips and Tricks Deep linking from Open WorldCat to your library's catalog 16 OCLC Labs OCLC, Safe Sound Archive to work together to digitize and preserve audio collections 17 OCLC Products and Services OCLC WorldCat Collection Analysis debuts [by Bob Murphy] 19 OCLC Research Experiments with a small supercomputer [by Thomas B. Hickey] 21 By the Numbers 22 Got Freud? 23 Events April/May/June 2005 No. 268 The Long Tail3 From Jay Jordan "Migration milestones"4 Updates NetLibrary introduces Subject Sets OCLC RSS feeds 5 OCLC Canada opens Preservation Service Centre 600,000 new Finnish records enter WorldCat 6 The Long Tail and libraries [by Tom Storey] 10 Interview Q&A with the author of The Long Tail [Chris Anderson] 12 Advocacy Fellowship of Fellows [by Bob Murphy] 13 [photo: IFLA Fellows Thomas Bello, Muhammad Rafiq, Selenay Aytaç, Lela Nanuashvili, Xiaoqing Cai, Gillian Wilson, Edwar Delgado 14 Tips and Tricks Pinpointing preservation possibilities [by Bob Murphy] 15 OCLC Labs The Wiki world comes to WorldCat [by Sharon Ramsay] 16 OCLC Products and Services Power software for digital content [by Bob Murphy] 18 OCLC Research Making data work harder [by Lynn Silipigni Connaway] 20 By the Numbers 21 Year of the Dragon |
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