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OCLC Newsletter
October/November 1987 ISSN: 0163-898X No. 170
An
international~
global
network
European Ubraries and OCLC. Page 9.
Brenda Moon, Director of the University of Edin·
burgh University, talks about the challenges of
international networking. Interview on page 22.
Kinki University Becomes the First OCLC User
in Japan. Page 19.
OCLC Newsletter
October/November 1987
Editor:
Philip Schieber
Assistant EdHors:
Nita Dean, Judith Michaelson
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Marifay Makssour
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No. 170
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Services staff (left to right) Moo-jae Pak and
Hisako Kotaka, CJK User Services
Specialists; Janie McGlone, Administrative
Coordinator, and Andrew Wang, Program
Director. (bottom left) At OCLC Europe,
Managing Director David Buckle is seated
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Director, l\.brketing and User Services; and
Nigel Metcalfe, Deputy Managing Director
and Dire_cto'r, Corporate Services.
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CONTENTS
MEMBERSHIP NEWS
Users Council reviews pricing at September meeting. Page 4.
15 millionth JU logged by Frederick Cancer Research Facility. Page 4.
RONDAC strengthens relationship between OCLC and Networks. Page 5.
What is RONDAC? Page 5.
OCLC will sponsor a Conference on the Future of the Public Library.
Page5.
RESEARCH NEWS
uResearch PaUenzs and Research Libraries, by Francis Miksa can be
ordered from OCLC. Page 7.
1986/87 Office of Research activities outlined in the Annual Review of
OCLC Research. Page 7.
INTERNATIONAL
A report on OCLC's collaborative programs throughout Europe. Page 9.
65 French university libraries to become OCLC members. Page 14.
German libraries are exploring the use of the OCLC database for retro­spective
conversion. Page 14.
A look at the British Library Document Supply Centre. Page 15.
OCLC CJK350 system now used by 54 libraries. Page 17.
Librarians from Asia are OCLC interns. Page 18.
Kinki University is the first japanese OCLC user; seven other libraries will
participate. Page 19.
International Standards are the focus of the NISO annual meeting.
Page 20.
INTERVIEW
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. Page 22.
PRODUCT NEWS
Version 2 of OCLC Search CD450 System software provides new ca­pabilities.
Page 26.
EMIL, a compact disc of education materials in the OCLC database, is avail­able.
Page 26.
Software scan ofOCLC database enhaJUes 2. 75 million records. Page 27.
uwe Work Where You Work,-See where at ALA Midwinter. Page 27.
LS/2000 local library system installations top I 00 mark. Page 29.
An expanded EASI Reference database is available through BRS.
Page29.
LETTERS
OCLC control numbers for top 100 records requested. Page 30.
NETWORK PROFILE
A look at the OCLC Europe offices. Page 31.
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FROM
ROWLAND C. W. BROWN
An international)
global network
The OCLC network began in Ohio in 1971, became
national in 1977, and international in 1979 when a
Canadian library, the Albena Alcoholism and Drug
Abuse Commission, staned cataloging online. Today, librar­ies
in 26 countries are collaborating with OCLC. Their
activities range from participation in traditional online
cataloging to unique experimental arrangements that are
aimed at overcoming national barriers to information
exchange.
We have found it necessary to translate some of our
basic documents about OCLC into Chinese, Flemish,
French, German, Japanese and Spanish. Thus far in 1987,
178 visitors from 17 countries have met with us at our
Dublin Center. This issue of the Newsletter explores our
increasingly global information community.
The OCLC Board of Trustees has broadly defined
OCLC's international policy: continue to remain the
world's preeminent bibliographic database and establish a
variety of linkages that will provide the broadest possible
access to the world's intellectual resources for the benefit
of scholars and information seekers wherever they may be.
To achieve these goals, we will have to overcome barriers
that include different MARC formats and bibliographic tra­ditions,
non-Roman alphabets, variations in telecommuni­cations
protocols and policies as well as high costs, copy­right
laws, and training suppon and documentation.
While these obstacles are fonnidable, we are nonetheless
making remarkable progress. We have announced new in­ternational
cooperative arrangements with national librar­ies,
library consortia, major universities and public libraries
that contemplate an inter-networking relationship, ex­change
of records, and political cooperation in encourag­ing,
developing and adhering to international standards.
We are setting the foundation for a global network of net­works
beginning with bibliographic information and are
looking to the future when this network of institutions and
system support will enable documents and texts to be
stored, retrieved and delivered electronically as well as
provide suppon for international scholarly communication.
Scholarship, research and professional study transcend
linguistic and national boundaries. Also, there are large cul­tural
and linguistic minorities existing in aimost every part
of the globe, and they crave information in their own lan­guages
and alphabets. For many, libraries may be the only
affordable source of information. Similarly, with collection
development, political changes and other phenomena,
unique collections of cultural and historically significant
materials have been spread throughout the libraries of the
world. Electronic bibliographic identification and access
brings a new international dimension to the role of libraries
in OCLC.
While our colleagues in medical libraries and libraries
supporting scientific research deal regularly with informa­tion
worldwide, global networking may have limited ap­peal
for many U.S. librarians whose focus to date has been
local or regional. This focus, however, is changing.
Some of you may recall that several years ago The New
York Times carried an article about the Pekin Community
High School Library in Illinois, which received a letter
from a library in Leningrad. A reader there wanted to bor­row
one of its books about karate which, the Times re­poned,
the requestor had found in checking an OCLC ter­minal
in Finland!
The age of electronic exploration of the world's knowl­edge
is just beginning, and it promises to be an exciting
time for our profession.
Rowland C. W. Brown
President and Chief Executive Officer
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Users Council
reviews OCLC pricing
at fall meeting
The OCLC Users Council, at its Sept. 20-
22 meeting in Dublin, Ohio, discussed OCLC
pricing philosophy, passed a resolution re­questing
that the Board of Trustees rescind its
approval of the proposed Dublin Service Cen­ter,
and heard reports from OCLC manage­ment.
The OCLC pricing discussion examined the
issues of philosophy, cost recovery, encour­agement
of full participation, and a conserva­tive
vs. aggressive strategy.
Background for the pricing discussions was
provided before the meeting by a paper
reviewing OCLC pricing strategies since 1982
and by results of a Delphi survey, which at­tempted
to elicit beliefs and values held by
Users Council delegates toward the pricing of
OCLC products and services.
Sunday evening Tom Sanville, Divisional
Vice-President, Marketing and User Services
Division, reviewed the pricing philosophy
that had governed OCLC pricing from 1982-
1987, higbligbted the actions and results of
that pricing strategy and explored in detail
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dichotomies that had emerged from the two
iterations of the Users Council Delphi survey.
On Monday OCLC President Rowland
Brown continued the pricing theme in his re­port.
He said cost recovery, market pricing,
and productivity can have multiple meanings,
and OCLC users needed to develop a com­mon
understanding of what each means in the
OCLC context. He referred to the OCLC mis­sion
statement, emphasizing that the OCLC
pricing philosophy had evolved from that
statement.
Later that day delegates met in small groups
to discuss the Delphi survey and the defmi­tions
of terms that Mr. Brown had addressed.
Users Council delegates addressed the Dub­lin
Service Center proposal in a discussion
moderated by Ronald Wigington, Chair,
OCLC Board of Trustees. Many of the points
raised were in response to a ''Working Paper
on Provision of OCLC Services,'' which had
been mailed to delegates prior to the meeting.
After the discussion, delegates passed a reso­lution
reaffirming that there are two basic
methods for OCLC participation-as an inde­pendent
user or as a member of an affiliated
network-and requesting the Board of
Trustees to rescind its approval of the pro­posed
Dublin Service Center.
Elizabeth Callahan (left) and Ethel Armstrong
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Delegates also heard presentations from
OCLC management on New System develop­ment
issues, OCLC's financial status and re­search
being conducted at OCLC on artificial
intelligence.
The Users Council is comprised of delegates
from networks and service centers whose use
of the OCLC System in a given fiscal year ac­counts
for at least one percent of service
revenues from OCLC General Members.
Frederick Cancer
Research Facility logs
15 millionth ILL
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''I said Wow! As soon as I saw the number
pop up I knew I'd done it,'' said Administra­tive
Specialist Ethel Annstrong, who admitted
being excited about logging the 15 millionth
request on the OCLC Interlibrary Loan (ILL)
Subsystem. "I was finally able to get it after t'
all these years.'' ~
Ms. Annstrong said she has been working
with the OCLC ILL Subsystem since it began
operating in 1979, first at the Welch Medical
Library at Johns Hopkins University and for
the last five years at the National Cancer In­stitute
Frederick Cancer Research Facility in
Frederick, Md.
Ms. Armstrong said when she returned
from lunch, her co-workers shared her enthu­siasm
with a surprise party complete with
balloons and a cake inscribed '15 Million
-Wow!'
The 15 millionth interlibrary loan was
made Oct. 15, oniy 107 days (93 system days)
after the 14 millionth ILL. The request, for an
article titled "The Cultivation and Rapid En­zyme
J.D. ofDS-2" from the European jour­nal
of Clinical Microbiology, was filled by the
Kornhauser Health Sciences Library at the
University of Louisville, Louisville, Ky.
Ms. Armstrong said the Frederick Cancer
Research Facility, an OCLC member through
FED LINK, is an offshoot of the main National
Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Md. Founded in
1972, its primary research focus is cancer, but
research is conducted on many other diseases.
The library has a collection of materials
chosen to support ongoing research covering
biological, chemical and medical sciences,
computers and information science, safety (
and environmental health, and management.
The 14 millionth ILL was logged June 30 by
Nancy van Vlissingen, Interlibrary Loan Assis­tant
at the Nyselius Library, Fairfield Univer­sity,
Fairfield, Conn.
Because the ILL Micro Enhancer software
accepts only seven digits, the sequence was
re-started with the 10 millionth request, so the
15 millionth request appears in the system as
5000000.
RONDAC continues to
work toward a stronger
relationship between
OCLC and the networks
by Catherine Wilt
Positive action toward a stronger collabora­tive
relationship between OCLC and regional
OCLC-affiliated networks was one of the
topics addressed at the Sept. 30-0ct. 1
Regional OCLC Network Directors Advisory
Committee (RONDAC) meeting at OCLC in
Dublin, Ohio.
The RONDAC Task Force on OCLC/Net­work
Relations presented its report which
identifies problems that have existed in the
relationship, defines the levels of collaboration
and cooperation necessary to work together
effectively, and begins to identify specific
action reconunendations needed for con­tinued
progress toward a more constructive
working relationship. The report noted that
the Current success and strength of OCLC and
the networks exist because of the collective
effort of networks, OCLC and member librar­ies
toward a shared vision. While libraries'
needs may vary by region, and while OCLC
and the networks may need to address those
members' needs individually rather than col­lectively,
there are also underlying mutual
concerns that can and should be addressed
collaboratively and productively by RONDAC
members, that is, OCLC and the networks.
These discussions were seen as a break­through
in the sometimes strained OCLC/
Network relations of the past. The Commit­tee
will continue its work toward positive
action and creative problem-solving.
The network members of RONDAC were
encouraged by OCLC management's investi­gation
of value-added pricing which will en­able
the establishment of criteria for levels of
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support and service for networks. RONDAC
members view this as a positive move toward
standardized and equitable levels of support
and service throughout the membership.
At the meeting RONDAC meni.bers also ex­plored
the various factors that influence mem­ber
library participation in OCLC and net­works
such as emerging technologies,
economics, and regional resource sharing in­itiatives.
Discussions on this topic will con­tinue
at the next RONDAC meeting, which is
scheduled for Dec. 9-10, 1987, hosted by
SOLINET in Atlanta, Georgia.
What is RONDAC?
The Regional OCLC Network Directors Ad­visory
Committee (RONDAC) is a new name
and organizational structure for a group of
OCLC managers and OCLC-affiliated network
directors that have met for many years to dis­cuss
issues surrounding provision of OCLC
support and service to libraries. The evolution
of the group came to a notable point in 1986
when OCLC and the network directors agreed
to establish a recognized organization with
joint funding to include the appointment of
a full-time Executive Coordinator to facilitate
the activities and communications of the
group.
RONDAC is an advisory committee which
serves as a forum for OCLC management and
OCLC-affilliated regional networks to discuss
issues of mutual concern regarding their stra­tegic
directions and policies in the provision
of OCLC services to their shared member
libraries. The Committee meets four to six
times each year hosted alternately between
OCLC in Dublin, Ohio, and at the various
regional network offices. In addition, network
directors work together to facilitate and en­courage
inter-network cooperation.
Earlier this year, Catherine Wilt was ap­pointed
Executive Coordinator to facilitate the
activities and communicatioru; of the Commit­tee.
Support for RONDAC activities, including
the Executive Coordinator position, is shared
jointly by OCLC and the OCLC-affiliated
regional networks. RONDAC offices are
located at OCLC in Dublin and OHIONET in
nearby Upper Arlington.
11lis year's officers are Mary Ann Mercante,
Chair (MLNC), Kathryn Schneider-Michaelis,
Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect (WILS), and Lairna
Mockus, Treasurer (NELINE1). Along with the
officers, William DeJohn (MINITEX) and Kate
Nevins (OCLC) also serve on the RONDAC
Executive Committee. Currently, 19 regional
networks and OCLC are members of
RONDA C.
OCLC-afftliated regional networks contract
with OCLC to provide OCLC products, serv­ices,
and support to their member libraries.
These support services include on-site train­ing,
regional and local workshops, product
demoru;trations, product ordering, library
plaruting consultation, telephone support and
consulting, newsletters and technical update
bulletins, billing and payment plans, distribu­tion
of all related documentation as well as a
variety of other non-OCLC related services.
Networks and their member libraries play an
important role in advising OCLC on direction
and policy through participation in the OCLC
Users Council, Advisory Committees, and
Users Groups. -Catherine Wilt is RONDAC
Executive Coordinator.
Conference on the
future of the public
library scheduled
by Clarence R. Walters
OCLC will sponsor an invitational Confer­ence
on the Future of the Public Library March
20-22, 1988, in Dublin, Ohio. The Confer­ence
will explore how changes anticipated in
American society over the next 15 years will
affect the mission of public libraries.
OCLC's Advisory Committee on Public
Libraries (ACPL), a committee that advises
OCLC on the needs and interests of public
libraries, suggested that OCLC could perform
a valuable service to public libraries by bring­ing
together a broadly representative group of
library leaders to discuss the future of the pub­lic
library in an electronically and information­based
society. The members of the ACPL and
several state librarians are working with
Clarence Walters, OCLC Program Director for
State and Public Libraries, to plan the Confer­ence.
Robert Olson, a principal of the Institute for
Alternative Futures, will give the keynote ad­dress.
His focus will be on changes expected
in American society and how they will affect
societal institutions in general and public
libraries in particular. His presentation will
serve as the basis for discussions of several
specific issues to be addressed during the con- ..,_
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Conference on the future of
the public library scheduled
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ference. Position papers on each of the issues
are being prepared by, Thomas Ballard, Direc­tor
of the Jackson Public !Jbrary in Mississippi;
·Linda Crismond, Director of the Los Angeles
County Library; and Kathryn Stephanoff,
Director of the Allentown Public Library in
Pennsylvania. The following people have
agreed to serve as reactors to the position
papers: Cecil Beach, Broward County Public
Library, Florida; Kenneth Dowlin, San Fran~
cisco Public Library; Eleanor Rodgers, Execu­tive
Director of the Public Library Association;
Donald Sager, Milwaukee Public !Jbrary; Elliot
Shelkrot, Free Library of Philadelphia; and
Gary Strong, California State Library.
There will be a panel discussion of the is­sues
raised during the Conference from the
points of view of a library director, a library
school educator and a state librarian. Kevin
Hegarty, Tacoma Public Library, Washington,
F. William Summers, Florida State University,
and )ames Nelson, Kentucky Department of
Library and Archives, will serve on the panel.
The Conference will include a presentation
by the OCLC Office of Research on library re­search
developments.
OCLC is inviting 50 persons to participate
in the conference. Approximately two-thirds
of the gtoup will be public librarians from
varying sizes of public libraries throughout the
United States. State librarians, several library
school educators and lay people interested
and knowledgeable about public libraries are
also being invited.
OCLC will publish and distribute a sum­mary
of the ideas and information generated
at the conference. Time has been scheduled
at the Public Library Association Conference
in Pittsburgh in April 1988 to report on the
Conference.
Further information can be obtained from
Clarence Walters (614) 764-0063. -Clarence
R. Walters is OCLC Program Director for
State and Public Libraries. e
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Advisory Committee on Public Libraries members, seated (left to right): Stanley Schulz, Librarian, York Public Library; Sana
Dombourian, Assistant Director, Lafayette Public Library; Sigrid Reddy, Director, Watertown Free Public Library; and Francis
Buckley, Associate Director for Public Services, Detroit Public Library; standing: Edward Szynaka, Director, Pasadena Public
Library; Mary Anne Stewart, Head, Technical Services, River Bend Library System; Mary Kay Snell, Director, Amarillo Public
Library; George Happ, Director, Salem Public Library; and Richard Panz, Director, Finger Lakes Library System. Not pictured (
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Dr. Miksa's paper on
research libraries
published
"Research Patterns and Research Libraries,"
a paper delivered by Francis Miksa at the Fifth
Annual Conference of Directors of Research
Libraries in OCLC, is now available.
Dr. Miksa, Professor, Graduate School of
Library and Infonnation Science, The Univer­sity
of Texas at Austin, was a Visiting Distin­guished
Scholar with the OCLC Office of Re­search
from July 1986 to August 1987. At
OCLC, he was Project Manager of the Com­parative
Classification project.
In his remarks at the March 29-30 confer­ence,
Dr. Miksa focused on research in terms
of method, professionalization and informa­tion
flow. He then likened researchers and re­search
libraries to two persons working in the
same room without being very aware of what
the other is doing, and urged research librar­ians
to become aware of what research is in
progress and share that information in a net­work
context. "It seems obvious that research
libraries must re-examine their long-held, but
in my opinion, no longer valid, approaches
to the research process," he said.
Request copies of Dr. Miksa's paper from:
OCLC Documentation Department, MC 123,
6565 Frantz Rd., Dublin, Ohio, 43017-0702.
Mill
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RESEARCH
Annual Review of OCLC
Research available
The Annll£ll Review ofOCLC Research july
1986-june 1987 is now available. The 53-
page review contains abstracts and summary
reports of OCLC research and technology as­sessment
activities.
Reports of ~0 current research projects con­ducted
by the OCLC Office of Research and
summaries of eight external and collaborative
research projects are presented along with re­ports
on the preliminary findings of six
projects sponsored by the OCLC Library
School Research Equipment Support grant
program and announcement of the 1987-88
grant recipients. Summaries of the presenta­tions
of the eight Distinguished Seminar Ser­ies
speakers for 1986-87 are also included.
The requirements and application proce­dures
for the OCLC Visiting Distinguished
Scholar, Postdoctoral Fellowship, and Re­search
Assistant positions in the OCLC Office
of Research are detailed in the publication,
and OCLC research staff biographies, publica­tions,
and presentations are included.
To obtain copies, contact the OCLC Office
of Research, (614) 764-6487 .•
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INTERNATIONAL
European libraries
and OCLC
by David Buckle
Today libraries collect and disseminate
information globally. With 314 lan­guages,
over 16 million bibliographic
records and more than 260 million lo­cations
listed, the OCLC database is an un­rivalled
international online union catalogue
which has the unique propensity to serve as
the catalyst in an infrastructure designed to
enable the library communities in North
America, Europe and the Asian/Pacific
Region to share resources with one another.
OCLC' s international strategy has been de­veloped
during the last seven years. The first
international branch office was opened in
Birmingham, England, in 1981 followed in
1986 and 1987 by offices being delegated re­sponsibility
for the Asian/Pacific region and
Canada. These initiatives can be described as
a family of international initiatives based on
the singular philosophy of a nonprofit mem­bership
organization with the purpose of fur­thering
ease of access to information.
OCLC' s strategy is designed to realize
universal resource sharing and to establish an
international strategy infrastructure for its
achievement. That infrastructure is a sum of
individual national strategies designed to ad­dress
national needs, cultures, standards, cus­toms
and language. This philosophy is sensi­tive
to national information policies,
aspirations for national databases and net­works,
the use of indigenous hardware, and
the acknowledgement of national customs
and standards.
OCLC' s international strategy is pragmatic
and requires flexibility, innovation, coopera­tion
and collaboration. It presumes building
on existing structures and institutions, dealing
with a limited number of institutions and
agencies within each country, generally
ministries of education, culture, science and
technology, national library agencies, na­tional
libraries and major universities and re­search
institutions. Given these objectives
OCLC is pursuing two alternatives, or in
some cases concurrent or sequential service
models: OCLC acts either as a "Primary" re­source
centre or as a "Secondary" resource
centre.
In its role as primary resource centre
OCLC will market, deliver and support its ex­tensive
range of products and services
directly to the end user. As a secondary re­source
centre, OCLC will deliver its products
and services to a national agency which may
already be responsible for the marketing and
support of a similar range of products and
services for its user community.
The concept of acting as a secondary re­source
centre acknowledges existing national
automation centres which are well estab­lished,
invariably publicly funded, and have
the commanding allegiance of the local
library community. OCLC has offered these
entities a broad spectrum of its programs as
well as products and services. These include
collaboration in research and development,
exchange of bibliographic data, an infrastruc­ture
for resource sharing, and access to refer­ence
resources. They are designed to assist
the librarian, the patron and the scholar.
Many of the national library centres with
which OCLC is working are either the crea­tor
of their national bibliography or the
centre for its distribution in machine-readable
form. The bibliographic data is frequently
held in a (national) MARC format and is
based on International Standard Bibliographic
Description (ISBD ) ....
"OCLC's strategy is
designed to realize
universal resource
sharing ... "
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"OCLC has been
working closely with
a number of Euro­pean
national
libraries. "
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The OCLC bibliographic database is a com­posite
of data created by its member libraries
in union with many national libraries and na­tional
library agencies including the Library
of Congress, the National Library of Medi­cine,
the National Library of Canada, The
British Library, the National Library of Scot­land,
the National Library of Wales and the
National Library of Taiwan. Soon to join this
community will be the Royal Library, Nether­lands,
the Deutsches Bibliotheksinstitut's Ver­bundkatalog
(Monographs) and Zeitschriften·
datenbank (Serials), Union Catalogues of the
Federal Republic of Germany, the National
Library of Portugal and the Bibliotheque
Nationale of France.
OCLC' s role in facilitating interlending on
an international basis is rapidly increasing
with the growing number of national inter­lending
centres connecting into the OCLC
nerwork. In Europe alone national centres in
Demnark, Finland, France, Germany and the
United Kingdom are utilising the OCLC net­work
and database to share resources with
each other and with libraries in North
America and ultimately Asian/Pacific. OCLC
now manages a unique and increasingly
global interlending nerwork.
OCLC in Europe
OCLC has been working closely with a
number of European national libraries, re­search
libraries and agencies during the last
two years to develop collaborative programs
which will realize the benefits that may be
derived from international cooperation in re­source
sharing.
Belgium
Two university libraries in Belgium, the
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, and the
Universite Libre de Bruxelles, utilise OCLC
bibliographic services. The former institution
is at the centre of a nerwork which serves 15
universities, colleges, corporate and govern­ment
libraries. OCLC is currently negotiating
with the Communaute Fran~aise to provide
cataloguing services to 24 academic and pub­lic
libraties in Belgium.
October/November 1987
Denmark
0 The Statsbiblioteket at Arhus, which is the
State Library of Demnark, utilises the inter­lending
service, as does the National Techno­logical
(University) Library of Copenhagen.
The Royal School of Librarianship also uses
the OCLC System.
OCLC is planning a joint evaluation with
senior participants of Bibliotekscentralen. Like
Bibliotekstjanst in Sweden, Bibliotekscentra­len
serves the public and school libraries in
Dentnark. It has a machine-readable database
of bibliographic inlorrnation and offers,
among other services, shared acquisitions and
cataloguing and associated products and serv­ices.
The association berween OCLC and Bib­liotekscentralen
will not only serve the public
and schoollibraties but also is expected to
extend to the academic libraries in Demnark.
Federal Republic of Germany
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The Deutsches Bibliotheksinstitut (The (
German Library Institute) has entered into an ,
accord with OCLC to explore ways in which
both organisations may benefit by sharing
bibliographic resources.
During the current phase of the accord,
seven research libraries of the Federal Repub­lic
of Germany have been selected by the
Deutsches Bibliotheksinstitut to participate in
the evaluation of the OCLC database. A simi­lar
evaluation is being conducted by OCLC,
in association with a number of its U.S.
Tbe Deutsches Bihliotheksinstitut in
Berlin
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member libraries that are accessing the serials
and monographic union files maintained at
the Deutsches Bibliotheksiostitut.
Two national databases are managed by
the Deutsches Bibliotheksiostitut. There is the
Zeitschriftendiitenbank (ZDB, Serials Data­base),
which is being produced in coopera­tion
with the State Library of the Prussian
Cultural Foundation, and which is accessed
online by over 40 libraries. The Database
comprises 500,000 titles, over one million
holdings of more than 1 ,000 libraries. This
catalogue is issued twice a year on micro­fiche.
The most recently developed national
database is of monographs, the Verbund
Katalog. This database comprises about 5 mil­lion
titles. It is available on microfiche, and
in 1987 went online. Both databases are sup­ported
by an authority file of about 250,000
entries (the German Korperschaftsdatei,
GKD).
The United States Army in Europe
(USAREUR) uses the Online Cataloguing Sub­system
in support of 106 libraries throughout
Europe. Processing is done centrally at
USAREUR headquarters in Heidelberg.
Finland
Helsinki University of Technology and the
Technical Research Centre of Finland both
utilise the OCLC Interlibrary Loan Subsystem.
France
An evaluation of the OCLC database con­ducted
at the Bibliotheque Nationale and var­ious
university libraries in Paris came to an
end in June 1986. OCLC met with senior
members of th~ Bibliotheque Nationale,
Ministere de !'Education Nationale and the
Direction du Livre et de Ia Lecture in Paris
July 17-18, 1987, to discuss the next phase of
cooperation. An accord was concluded
which has resulted in the following actions
being taken:
• An agreement has been concluded with
the Bibliotheque Nationale for the use of
the OCLC Interlibrary Loan Subsystem by
the Centre de Pret.
• OCLC shall consider ways in which it may
load bibliographic data derived from the
Bibliotheque Nationale into the OCLC
database. A year-long evaluation is en­visaged
similar to the one undertaken in
association with The British Library.
• The OCLC Online Cataloguing Service and
MICROCON service (an offline retrospec­tive
bibliographic conversion service) have
been implemented at the Universities of
Metz and Dauphine.
• The conclusion of an agreement to enable
the 65 libraries of the universities of
France to utilise the Online Cataloguing
Subsystem. Some of these will utilise
MICROCON.>-
The general reading room
of the Bibliotheque Na­tionale,
Paris.
OCLC Newsletter October/November 1987 11
"Many of the
national library
centres with which
OCLC is working
are either the crea­tor
of their national
bibliography or the
centre for its distri­bution
in machine­readable
form. "
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INTERNATIONAL
• An agreement was concluded with the
Direction du Livre et de Ia Lecmre to un­dertake
an evaluation of the OCLC data­base
at the Centre de Cooperation de
Massy, the Bibliotheque municipale de
Troyes and the Bibliotheque publique d'in­formation
(the library at the Pompidou
Centre in Paris).
This is the second series of agreements
with the libraries of France; the ftrst, con­cluded
in October 1985, was a broad pro­tocol
which defined an evaluation program
and an agreement to exchange research
results.
Two corporate libraries and a college
library (the American College in Paris) also
use the Online Cataloguing Subsystem.
Netherlands
The Dutch Library Cooperative of the
Royal and University Libraries (PICA) has en­tered
into an accord with OCLC to share bib­liographic
resources. An evaluation of the
OCLC database has been completed. The
libraries participating included two public
libraries, two university libraries, the Royal
Library and the Dutch Bibliography. PICA
manages a national network and biblio­graphic
database online, serving the majority
of acadentic and public libraries in the
Netherlands. It is housed in the Royal
Library, which it also serves.
Spain
The University of Barcelona has recently
started to use the MICROCON service. This is
the frrst phase of a library automation project
which will include retrospective and current
processing. Exploratory talks have been
opened with the National Library of Spain.
Portugal
This autumn the National Library of Portu­gal
is evaluating the value of the OCLC data­base
for its own catalogue conversion pro­gram
and that of the public and university
libraries in Portugal.
October/November 1987
Sweden
In August 1986 OCLC concluded an Agree­ment
with Bibliotekstjanst AB (BTJ) to utilise
the OCLC Union Catalogue online. BTJ serv­ices
the public and school libraries of
Sweden. It provides a comprehensive book
purchasing, bindery and stock control service
to its member libraries. These services in­clude
the maintenance of a union catalogue
online which is used as a resource for cata­logue
production, interlending and circula­tion
controL All original cataloguing is done
by staff at BTJ on behalf of the member
libraries.
The university, college and research librar­ies
in Sweden are served by a national net­work
and bibliographic database which is
managed as a cooperative named LIBRIS.
LIBRIS has recently agreed to participate in
an evaluation of the OCLC database. The
evaluation will be conducted at a number of
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university libraries over a period of six (
months. .
The World Maritime University Library
which is located in Malmo uses OCLC for
online cataloguing.
Switzerland
The corporate library of Dow Chentical
Europe, based in Borgen, Switzerland, uses
the Online Cataloguing Subsystem.
OCLC has embarked upon an evaluation of
systems and services with REBUS (Reseau de
Bibliotheques utilisant SIBIL [Systeme Infor­matise
pour Bibliotheques Universitaires de
Lausanne]) in Lausanne.
United Kingdom/
Republic of Ireland
Over 50 acadentic and research libraries
currently use OCLC services in the United
Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. These
members include The British Library, the Na­tional
Libraries of Scotland and Wales, the
National Art Library, 17 university libraries,
19 colleges and 10 corporate libraries.
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INTERNATIONAL
OCLC works closely with The British
Library Research and Development Depart­ment
appraising research programs, with The
British Library, Bibliographic Services Divi­sion
in the exchange of MARC data and in
support of their record supply service, and
with The British Library Document Supply
Centre in reciprocal interlending between Eu­rope
and North America.
OCLC has a growing relationship with the
regional (interlending) library bureaus in the
United Kingdom. OCLC is participating in the
VISCOUNT project, a research project to de­tertnine
a national network and database for
interlibrary loan in the United Kingdom,
which is managed by LASER (London and
South Eastern Region), funded by The British
Library, Research and Development Depart­ment,
which includes the North West
Regional Library Bureau, the South West
Regional Library Bureau, The British Library
Document Supply Centre and the National
Library of Scotland. The OCLC database is
being evaluated as a secondary bibliographic
data resource.
During the last two years OCLC has
worked actively with the CURL libraries
(Consortium of University Research
Libraries-the Universities of Edinburgh,
Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester, Oxford, Cam­bridge
and London) in evaluating the extent
of the task to convert retrospectively their
collections and the role that OCLC might
play in assisting them in that task. A descrip­tive
inventory of their individual collections
was commissioned jointly by OCLC and
CURL and is soon to be published.
Vatican City
The Vatican Library (Biblioteca Apostolica
Vaticana) in association with OCLC has com­missioned
and completed a study of its col­lections
which will be similar in approach
and scope to that carried out in association
with the Consortium of University Research
Libraries in the United Kingdom. The inten­tion
of this study is to identify and qualify
the collections and to consider their value to
the scholarly community worldwide.
A MICROCON project has just been com­pleted
at the Vatican Library. -David
Buckle is Managing Director, OCLC Europe.
OCLC Newsletter October/November 1987 13
French libraries to
become OCLC members
by Nita Dean
The French Ministry of Education has
signed a contract with OCLC to enable 65
French university libraries to use the catalog·
ing and other services of the OCLC network.
According to Catherine Lupovici, of the
Direction des Bibliothfques, des MusCes et de
l'Information Scientifique et Technique
(DBMIST), four of the 65 libraries are now
ready to begin cataloging-the BibliothCque
de l'Universite de Paris IX-Dauphine, the Bib­liothCque
de l'UniversitC de Nice, the Biblio­thfque
de l'Urtiversite de Technologie de
Compiegne, and the Bibliothi:que Cujas, Paris.
It is estimated that most of the libraries will
be OCLC members by 1993.
Ms. Lupovici said French Administrators
visited OCLC in 1977, and in 1984 Samuel M.
Carrington, Jr., Director of Libraries at Rice
University, arranged a meeting at the Ameri­can
Library Association Conference between
M. Denis Varloot, then Director, DBMIST, and
OCLC President Rowland Brown. The negoti­ations
that led to the current contract began
with an accord signed in early 1985 to ex­plore
ways to reduce redundant efforts, ac­celerate
joint research, and build shared data­bases.
Through that accord, two terminals
with access to OCLC were used to search the
OCLC database on an experimental basis for
specific tides in specific subject areas to de­termine
whether the bibliographic data found
in the OCLC database would be useful in help­ing
to build computerized catalogs and other
electronic files being developed in France to
serve the library and information community.
The experimental access was also used to de­termine
the degree to which records from
French libraries would increase the size and
usefulness of the OCLC database. DBMIST ro­tated
placement of the tenninals in various ac­ademic
and research libraries in the Paris area
including libraries of the 13 universities of
Paris and region, and the National Museum of
Natural History.
As a result of those tests Ms. Lupovici said,
"It appeared that we could expect between
a 50 and 80 percent hit rate so we decided to
have a real agreement."
Ms. Lupovici said several organizations
were considered, and the fact that OCLC is a
nonprofit, membership organization in­fluenced
the decision to choose OCLC.
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The Bibliotheque de l'Universitf: de Technologie de Compi(:gne
The academic libraries in France are just be­ginning
to be automated. Three of the univer­sity
libraries have an integrated system
through a network on one mainframe. The
other 62 have access only to a National Un­ion
Catalog for Serials through a network that
also includes 2,600 public libraries.
Ms. Lupovici said the language difference
presents some problems. "Documentation
must be translated to French, and French sub­ject
headings would be preferred."
The time difference also creates a minor
problem. "In France we begin to work at 9,"
she said, "but we can only begin using the sys­tem
at 11."
Ms. Lupovici said French librarians know
a little about American libraries. ''We have
learned some things through an exchange
program. Each year three directors of French
libraries go to Rice University (Houston,
Texas). We aiso know the foreign formats, UK
and US MARC. Since 1975 the Bibliotheque
Nationale and the Library of Congress have
exchanged tapes."
Ms. Lupovici said the use of interlibrary
loan varies by subject with many items being
requested in the scientific and technical fields
and few in the humanities.
With automation she said she expects the
role of the librarian to change. "For us now,
the librarian will be a manager more than be­fore
and the role of the cataloger will be
diminished.'' She said she also expects new
services to be offered. "We don't have com­plete
reference services now and I think that
is important.'' -Nita Dean is Assistant Edi­tor
of the OCLC Newsletter.
German libraries
evaluate use of the
OCLC database
by Nita Dean
Would the Deutsches Bibliotheksinstitut
(the German Library Institute) and OCLC
benefit from the sharing of bibliographic re­sources?
The Deutsches Bibliotheksinstitut
(DBI), which provides services for the devel­opment
of Germany's 20,000 libraries, has en­tered
into an accord with OCLC to explore
ways in which both organizations can benefit
from shared bibliographic resources.
The DBI recently coordinated an evaluation
of the OCLC database by seven German re­search
libraries in which 7,000 titles were
tested. Professor Gunter Beyersdorff, Direc­tor
of the Deutsches Bibliotheksinstitut, said
the hit rate was about 50 percent for the Ger­man
Union Catalog and 50 percent for the
OCLC Online Union Catalog. He said 50 per­cent
of all publications were in the (German)
National Union Catalog and of the remaining
records, 25 percent were in the OCLC data­base
for a total hit rate of 62 percent. When
testing records with publication dates after
1945, the total hit rate increased to 85 per­cent.
"I think the OCLC Online Union Catalog
will be very valuable as a secondary database,"
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he said. "You need a very good database to
locate all the collections. Nearly every coun- (.
try in Europe has the same problem: we ,
started the automation process late and have
14 OCLC Newsletter October/November 1987
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a large number of holdings that are not in
machine-readable form."
Professor Beyersdorff said he doesn't think
the language difference will present a prob­lem.
"In a sample we conducted a year ago
we found out that more than 50 percent of
the books and serials in a normal university
library (in Germany) come from abroad. Of
those, 50 to 70 percent are coming from
English-speaking countries.''
But the differences between US and UK
l\1ARC and the German .MAB format present
a very big problem, Professor Beyersdorf£
said. "The German library in Frankfurt has
programmed systems to transform UK MARC
into our German format, and they offered to
share the system with our institute. Now we
are evaluating the differences between the UK
MARC and the US MARC found on the OCLC
database and looking for ways to handle
them.''
Professor Beyersdorff said since the begin­ning
of this year, when the DBI was able to
conduct searches online, the response time
has been very good. "It has been better than
some systems here in Germany," he said.
He said the time difference between Dub­lin,
Ohio, and Germany may present prob­lems,
however. "I think that might create
difficulties because we don't have people
working at night here," he said. "I am look­ing
forward to getting the CD-ROM Catalog­ing
version as early as possible. I think that
may solve many of our problems with retro­spective
conversion." He said he saw a dem­onstration
of the Cataloging Micro Enhancer
software at the OCLC Europe offices in Bir­mingham,
and he thinks the capability of hav­ing
cataloging processed without staff mem­bers
being present will also alleviate
time-difference considerations.
Professor Beyersdorff said OCLC has a very
positive image in Germany. "We have given
our colleagues an impression of OCLC's pos­sibilities
and the power of the database," he
said. "Over the two-year test period, I've pub­lished
three major publications about the proj­ect
and why we're interested. For us, OCLC
will have great impact as a partner in the field
of retrospective conversion, and we are in­terested
in the LS/2000 local systems. We
value OCLC's know-how in the library field.
And the fact that OCLC is a memberslllp or­ganization
is important to us. It's good to have
a democratic process in development, not
only the interests of a private company.''
German librarians are very knowledgeable
about library practices in other countries ac­cording
to Professor Beyersdorff. ''We read
many publications from English-speaking
countries, including American Library Associa­tion
serials. We are interested in what is be­ing
developed in data processing," he said.
"In October 1984 I went on a study tour with
five colleagues. We visited OCLC, Berkeley
and many other libraries, and we wrote a re­port
on the art of data processing. Nearly
every library in Germany has this report.''
In Germany, the librarian's role has
changed in the last 10 years, and it will change
more Professor Beyersdorff said. "Librarians
are convinced they will act as information
brokers in the future. We haven't had large
reference departments as one finds in the U.S.
Our primary concern has been to develop
good literature collections, but we've recently
realized that reference is a main part of the
library's role. Now librarians know how
quickly the times are changing with the de­velopment
of the new (technological) media,"
he said. "They are recognizing the usefulness
of the new media." -Nita Dean is Assistant
Editor of the OCLC Newsletter.
L
KatyKhag
Gunter Beyersdorff
The British Library
Document Supply
Centre serves users
worldwide
byKatyKing
Two hundred miles north of London, Eng­land,
set in the middle of the Yorkshire coun­tryside
near the historic city of York is an
organization with a world-wide reputation.
The British Library's Document Supply
Centre (DSC) is a unique organization serving
libraries and individuals with document sup­ply
needs.
From its enviable collection of nearly
200,000 serial titles, 3 million books, 3 mil­lion
reports, 400,000 theses and over 200,000
conferences, the DSC satisfies about 3 million
requests per year. Some 65 percent of these
requests arrive by mail but an increasing num­ber
arrive by automated means such as telex,
database host systems, ARTTel (the Centre's
own computer-linked system) and OCLC.
The DSC collections are acquired by pur­chase,
exchange and by gift. The acquisition ..
OCLC Newsletter October/November 1987 15
The British Library
Document Supply Centre
(continued)
budget is around 4 million pounds sterling
($6.9 million). DSC does not receive any of
its stock on copyright deposit.
Although the original site the DSC occupies
was converted from a World War ll muni­tions
factory, the Centre's main activities are
now carried out in an eight-story building
constructed to house stock and the necessary
equipment to ensure speedy response to cus­tomer
requests.
The Centre is staffed by 800 men and
women, few of whom are professional librar­ians.
Systems are streamlined and simple with
the emphasis on locating original documents
with minimum delay.
The British Library Document Supply
Centre, in addition to providing a comprehen­sive
loan/photocopy service to libraries and
organizations in the United Kingdom (UK),
also makes its resources available to customers
outside the UK through its International
Photocopy Service.
Because of the Centre's role of ensuring that
libraries in the UK have access to documents
held elsewhere (in the UK and abroad) a small
department exists at DSC to handle requests
being sent overseas.
Some 14,000 requests are sent overseas
each year, all over the world, mainly by mall
but also by computer links. About 60 percent
of these go to the U.S. Bibliogcaphic details are
checked on OCLC and appropriate locations
are noted. Requests are transmitted using the
OCLC ILL Subsystem. A recent survey indi­cated
a success rate of 74 percent and an aver­age
supply time of 27 days.
The OCLC Oniine Union Catalog is used to
vedfy details of items published in other coun­tries
where there is no suitable National Bib­liography
or when these have already been
checked without success.
Since October 1984, the Document Supply
Centre has been an OCLC supplier and since
that time more than 100 libraries in the United
States have made use of the DSC International
Photocopy Service via the OCLC ILL Sub­system.
Demand continues to rise and cur­rently
stands at around 400 requests per
month.
To use the DSC's services, a deposit ac­count
is required, together with a signed
copyright declaration form (to comply with
UK copyright law).
Potential users of DSC should know:
• DSC holdings are not listed on OCLC.
• DSC is not the old British Museum
Library, now the British Library Human­ities
and Social Sciences Division, and
therefore does not hold all the books in the
British Museum catalog.
• Requests for British Doctoral Theses may
be requested via the OCLC ILL Subsystem
only if the stock location is preceded by
DX. Requests for theses prefixed with aD
must be accompanied by a Theses Decla­ration
Form (TDF) and sent by mail.
• If the number of the thesis is not known,
the request should be sent by mail with a
completed TDF.
• In general, DSC will supply only photo­copies.
Among the other services offered by the
DSC is an Urgent Action Service by facsimile
link where requests are made and satisfied by
fax transmission. This service is particularly
useful for very urgent documents and can be
requested via the OCLC ILL Subsystem. It is
more expensive than the basic service and
procedural details should be obtained from
DSC before using this service.
DSC stock differs from that of most librar­ies
because it is arranged alphabetically by ti-tle;
it is not classified in any way. Serials are
arranged on five of the floors and current
books on one of the floors. Older books are
retired into a numbered sequence and main­tained
in low-use storage. This means that for
the majority of requests received, the first
check is made at the shelf ensuring that if the
item is held, it is issued immediately. Items not
located at the shelf on the first check are
passed for bibliographic checking.
Several of the sources used for bibliographic
checking are available to users on subscrip­tion.
The Keyword Access to Serial Titles
(KIST) is published quarterly on microfiche
and provides keyword access to serials held
at the Centre; British Reports Translations and
Theses and Index of Conference Proceedings
are published monthly and are both accessi­ble
online via the British Library's Automated
Information Service-BLAISE-as SIGLE (Sys­tem
for Infonnation on Grey literature in Eu­rope)
and Conference Proceedings Index re­spectively.
The Centre's book catalog from
1980 onward is also accessible via BLAISE.
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Documents supplied are dispatched by first (
class airmail. Where a customer is regularly re- _
questing more than 10 documents per day,
courier delivery is used. -Katy King is Head
of User Services, British Library Document
Supply Centre.
(upper left) The British Library Document Supply Centre's main building; (upper
right) Low use material is shelved in a numeric sequence; (lower left) New request
forms are delivered to the various storage areas via a telelift system; (lower right) ( ..
Workers sort returned loans in the post input area.
16 OCLC Newsletter October/November 1987
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OCLC CJK350 system
benefits 54 libraries
by Andrew H. Wang
Fifty-four libraries are using the OCLC
CJK350 system for processing bibliographic
information in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean
(CJK) characters.
Eleven institutions in the U.S. participated
in a seven-month field test of the C)K350 sys­tem
in 1986, and upon successful completion
of the field test, OCLC has made the system
available to interested users worldwide since
January 1987.
The 54 institutions that have become users
of the C)K350 system include Chicago Pub­lic
Library, Duke University, Indiana Univer­sity,
Institute for Advanced Studies of World
Religions, Oberlin College, The Ohio State
University, Project ASIA (Asian Shared Infor­mation
& Access), University of California at
Los Angeles (UCLA), University of California
at San Diego, The University of North Caro­lina
at Chapel Hill, University of Oregon, Uni­versity
of Pittsburgh, The University of Texas
at Austin, and University of Washington.
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INTERNATIONAL
In addition, the following libraries have be­come
users of the OCLC CJK350 system
through a contract with Project ASIA: Alham­bra
Public Libraty, Anaheim Public Libraty,
Arcadia Public Libraty, Buena Park Libraty
District, Burbank Public Library, California
State Library, Cerritos Public Library, Fuller­ton
Public Libraty, Glendale Public Libraty,
Huntington Beach Public Libraty, Kern
County Public Libraty, Long Beach Public
Libraty, Los Angeles (City) Public Libraty, Los
Angeles County Public Library, Mitchell
Memorial Library /Travis Air Force Base, Mon­terey
County Libraty, Monterey Park Brug­gemeyer
Memorial Library, Oaldand Public
Libraty, Orange (City) Public Libraty, Orange
County Public Libraty, Palmdale Public
Library, Palos Verdes Library District,
Pasadena Public Libraty, Placentia Libraty Dis­trict,
Pomona Public Libraty, Sacramento Pub­lic
Library, San Diego County Libraty, San
Francisco Public Library, San Joaquin Delta
College Libraty, San Marino Public Library,
Santa Ana Public Libraty, Santa Clara County
Libraty, Santa Monica Public Libraty, Skokie
Public Libraty, South Pasadena Public Libraty,
Stockton Public Libraty, Thousand Oaks Pub­lic
Libraty, Torrance Public Libraty, Yorba
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180,000 Unique CJK Records
Since the OCLC C)K350 system is linked to
the OCLC Online System and Online Union
Catalog, it has become the world's largest
libraty bibliographic information network for
Chinese, Japanese and Korean materials.
There are approximately 180,000 unique CJK
records in the OCLC Online Union Catalog,
of which there are approximately 65,000
unique records that contain Chinese, Japanese,
or Korean characters while the other 115,000
records are in romanized form only and are
being eubanced by the C)K350 system users
to incorporate the CJK characters.
OCLC has loaded all avallable LC-CJK rec­ords
into the OCLC Online Union Catalog and
will continue to load them as soon as they are
received from LC. In addition, OCLC has en·
tered into an agreement with the National
Central Library in Taiwan. Its Chinese records
are expected to be loaded into the OCLC On­line
Union Catalog in 1988.
A Multi-Script, Multi-Purpose
Workstation
The C)K350 Workstation is a multi-script,
multi·purpose microcomputer. It can process
information, not only in Chinese, Japanese,
and Korean, but also in Vietnamese, English,
French, German, Spanish, and other Roman·
alphabet languages. It supports the following
10 character sets: full Chinese characters, sim~
plified Chinese characters, Japanese kanji,
Japanese katakana, Japanese hiragana, Korean
hancha, Korean hangul, Roman alphabet,
Arabic numeral, and American Library Associ·
ation (ALA) character set. When not in com·
munication with the OCLC Online System,
the CJK350 Workstation can be used as a
stand-alone microcomputer.
Three Software Packages
The C)K350 system consists of three soft­ware
packages:
• Online Cataloging Package enables users to
catalog CJK materials in conjunction with
the OCLC Online System.
• Card Production Package enables users to
print complete sets of catalog cards in qK
characters in the users' library.,..
OCLC Newsletter October/November 1987 17
OCLC CJK350 system
benefits 54 libraries
(continued)
• Word Processing Package contains features
usually found in a general-purpose word
processor and a multilingual capability that
supports the same C]K character set and in­ternal
code as used in the C]K350 Online
Cataloging Package.
Serves Dedicated and Casual
Users
The C]K350 system is designed to serve
both dedicated and casual users. In other
words, the C]K350 Workstation is designed
to be not only a cataloging workstation, but
Yuzo Ito (left) and Pui-ying Wong
INTERNATIONAL
also a public-access workstation. Among other
user-friendly features, the CJK350 system em­ploys
the standard OCLC keyboard. As a
result, users are not required to learn the op­eration
of a special keyboard if they are al­ready
familiar with the English language key­board.
In addition, the C]K350 system
provides the following five input methods to
satisfy users of varying backgrounds: Tsang­chieh,
Wade-Giles, Pin-yin, Modified Hepburn,
and McCune-Reischauer.
The C]K350 system helps library staff ex­pedite
and streamline processing of C]K ma­terials,
assists scholars in locating CJK mate­rials,
and builds a bridge between East and
West. -Andrew Wang is Program Director,
Asian/Pacific Services at OCLC.
18 OCLC Newsletter October/November 1987
Six librarians from Asia
participate in OCLC
International Librarian
Internship Program
by Andrew H. Wang
On October 16, Yuzo Ito, Chlef ofLibrary
Automation Section, Osaka University, Japan,
completed his five-and-a-half month intem­shlp
program at OCLC.
After bis arrival at OCLC on May 4, he
worked in the Retrospective Conversion Senr­ice
area for one month and in the OCLC
Library for six weeks. He spent the remainder
of his internship in the Office of Research,
where he studied the feasibility of record con­version
from Japan-MARC to LC-MARC for­mat.
In the course of his study, he successfully
developed the conversion software program.
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Mr. Ito is one of six interns from Asia who
have gained working experience at OCLC in
the past two years. The other interns are Win-nie
Mo-Ching Wong (Hong Kong), Connie (
Y.N. Chlao (Taiwan), Shou-tyan Chlang (Tai- '·
wan), Myrna W.F. Chak (Hong Kong), and
Pui-ying Wong (Hong Kong).
OCLC initiated the International Librarian
Intemshlp Program in the summer of 1985.
The objectives of the Internship Program are
to:
• familiarize international librarians with the
OCLC Online System, Local Systems,
and/or other library automation products
and services offered or used by OCLC; and
• provide a means of developing a construc­tive
relationshlp between OCLC and librar­ies
outside the U.S.
The OCLC International Librarian Intern­ship
Program consists of two stages. In the
first stage, the intern works in the Retrospec­tive
Conversion Service area for at least one
month to learn the following:
• Understanding OCLC-MARC formats
• Operating the OCL<': M300 Workstation
• Searching the OCLC Online Union Catalog
• Searching the Online Name-Authority File
• Editing online bibliographlc records
• Entering bibliographic records into the
OCLC database
• Using the OCLC online cataloging function
for retrospective conversion of previously (
cataloged records. '-
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In the second stage, the intern will work in
the OCLC Library for at least two months to
learn the following:
• Processing online orders using the OCLC
online acquisitions function
• Checking in serials using the OCLC online
serials control function
• Processing interlibrary loan transactions
using the OCLC Interlibrary Loan Subsystem
• Maintaining online circulation control using
the OCLC LS/2000 system.
, :t,C•nk' :1.1-:-'V:~~~Jv
'b~~orne-s :first'OCLC ·
user- in Japan " ' ',,, ,,, '1'
"1?.1' fit;ul.rew f!, .W4ttg
; . Jil O:cto)>i;~, Kiiud; Olliversity, Osaka,
·be.came. the first ·oc~c pattidgant · ii)
4 )apaii.:rli<> cffilrnl iibmcy ol' Kinki u-;u. , , verSih' iS"'tis'' * x>ttt Ob.lide catato ·' i; ,, ' y '~~~ '% '# / qtgs > 'i I II 'I ,1 I 1 i ' I 0 1 gmg
aicnl<d\U·.YM,•,I C, ROC0NITAPE<l0N services in, j i , 1 :, ,, ,
1 t ,
1
: : I ' ' '
~-?<J,LC ?<:~ )~tr<;>s,f9<;4}g :sc;:rvtceti ;n
Japan. this past swnme~ by holding a ser­ies
qf senilil4f$ :;n :tlj~ fOllOWing :-ctcles;
Tokyo (May 12), O:saka (May 14), Yoko­haroa
(May is), setictai (May 26),
Hiro~!Ji!Aa. (fl!lie 2), :Ful<Ooka (fti!'e 5),
Sapporo (Tune 9}, Karutzawa (Tune 19),
N•g!CJya[u!J.e 23[, :r:o!<Yp (filly 1}, Osaka
(fuly 24), andNag~ald (fuly 25). Th~s¢.
§CQ\in~ts- I W~rC: ~:Org~D.iz~d: ,b~ :the
j<jt!q~t-\. G<lri.!J);j.t\Y,Ui(dfl: ttfe ~~Pi~ ·
of OGLC and Kinokuniya, · ·
'Th' c<:Rtr\Jl;ti!>oo hf l'Wii univ<'t: .
• sity has .a• book collecticm of>approxi-·
.I\"il!tety:one inluloti voluhies. Approxi~­,
-~~~~lt --lla!f: t?f;_ Qie-;_ cp,ll~tiqi} :~- pj: ij1;e
OCLC does not charge interns any fee for
participating in the program, nor does OCLC
offer fmancial assistance. Interns and/or their
employers are responsible for travel, living,
and other expenses of the interns.
Participants in the Internship Program must
be practicing librarians currently employed
outside the U.S., must intend to return to
library positions outside the U.S. upon com­pletion
of the internship program, must have
written recommendations from their em­ployers
for participation in the :internship pro­gram
at OCLC, and must be able to commu­nicate
in English both verbally and in writing.
. ~ '· ~ ~.,d selten additlori~i
.;J~p•nese lltirar'ies wll! ·
· . b~me ·users · · · · '·
.Western langu'lles; ·primarily English,
:aj:J.~"tl(,;qthe(lialfi\l)apanC,Se. niecol­,
' J.ection grows'at arr arinualcratet>f 15,000
' ' 0 ' ': ,, \ ,, \. ~ -,, " " ",,, " ) ~ ,0 ' " ' ' ' ' ' '
1
', " \ ( ' ' ' >I ' i , :Volumes -m dle: Western languages -and Nagor:a;_~Qir~itr of CpJ1111!e,rce,,an~l
,}~:_qqo:,yq)~qfJ3~~~~:;~, , I ~~u§(p~s;Achhinistration will~ }Vjt}'t:,
· University •links with~ the OCCG Online ;<;l<!ll.q \11; <;:{Fty'. ~9,8.~.. .. ~ , . ,
~ :§X~teq\Yta~Qhlt~~~~~-· :_ ' ' , ', -, --, ;!Q)addition~sncJapaq~ljb~~l!iY~-,
The ;lior(lr)''~ catalo~ online. . e!'ter~d : ft(to agreements with •the
· .. O,ci.: 14,: ~987,. ; ::: · · · · ·: · · · IGiiokuniya.Gqn"!gapy, which ~rve"s:.S
' : ~ v \ ' ' ' ' * ,, ,, "'« '
It is recommended that interns spend at least
three months but not more than one year at
OCLC for the internship. Letters of applica­tion
and recommendation should be ainnailed
to:
International Librarian Internship Program
OCLC Online Computer Library Center
6565 Frantz Road
Dublin, Ohio 43017-0702
U.S.A.
-Andrew H. Wang is Program Director,
Asian/Pacific Services at OCLC.
OCLC Newsletter October/November 1987 19
INTERNATIONAL
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Standards for Libraries o Information Sciences o Publishing
National Information Standards Organization (Z39)
International standards
were the focus of NISO
annual meeting at
Library of Congress
by D. L. Rings
The National Information Standards Organ­ization
(NISO) international program, "Inter­national
Standardization: Prospects for In­fluence"
and Annual Meeting was held Sept.
29, at the Library of Congress. This one-day
program addressed' the global aspects of in­formation
services; the importance of inter­national
standards; the participation, coordi­nation,
and cooperation involved in the
development process of standards at the in­ternational
level; the technical and political
aspects of international information standards;
and methods for making an impact. Speakers
and their topics included:
• Peter E. Jones-''The Importance of Inter­national
Standards in the Information Mar­ketplace."
Mr.Jones' quotefrom Dr. G. B.
R. Feilden, former Director General of the
British Standards Institution, goes right to
the heart of the matter, "Do it once, do it
right, do it internationally.'' Mr. }ones is
Manager, International Standards Systems
IntercoiUlection, Digital Equipment Corp.,
and has been associated with the British
Standards Institution, United Nations, and
International Standards Organization (ISO)
where he served as ISO liaison to Techni­cal
Committees 97 and 46 (Information and
Documentation) and as a member of the
ISO executive staff.
• Mary Anne Gray-"The Development of
International Standards." Ms. Gray, Direc­tor
of Standards Relations at IBM, partici­pates
on the American National Standards
N[50
Institute (ANSI) Information Systems Stan­dards
Board and Accredited Standards
Committee X3 (Information Processing
Systems); and is Chair of Technical Com­mittee
97/Subcommitee 18 Text & Office
Systems.
• Alice Droogan-''Networking Within the
International Standards Community.'' Ms.
Droogan, Manager, Rules and Policy,
Mastercard International, worked for ANSI
in Information Technology for six years.
She was the International Secretariat for
Technical Committee 97 and Technical
Committee 68 and has nranaged standards
development activities at ANSI and Institute
of Electrical and Electronic Engineers.
o James Wood-"Technical Committee 46,
Continuity, Compromise, and Achieving
Consensus: One Delegate's Experiences.''
Mr. Wood is retired from Chemical Ab­stracts
Service and has, for more than 20
years, been a representative to international
standards meetings representing U.S. in­terests
in ISO and other international or­ganizations.
o Sally McCallum-"Overview of the 1987
Technical Committee 46 Plenary Meeting."
Ms. McCallum is presently Chief of the
Ubnuy of Congress Network Development
and MARC Standards Office. She has par­ticipated
in the ISO Technical Committee
46 Working Group in Protocol Develop­ment
for 10 years and is currently serving
as Chair of Technical Committee 46.
o Mary EllenJacob-"Program Summary."
Ms. Jacob is Vice President, Ubnuy Plan­ning,
OCLC, and NISO Chairperson. She
has been participating in ANSI and NISO ac­tivities
for seven years and has served in
various posts including: Director of NISO
for Libraries, Vice Chair/Chair Elect and
Chair of Program Committee.
20 OCLC Newsletter October/November 1987
The annual meeting portion of this program
included a report from the NISO Standards
Committee regarding Z39.60-198X, Volume
and File Structure of CD-ROM, Subcommit-tee
EE. This standard is being held pending
resolution of ISO DIS 9660. Other topics of
discussion included a report by Mary Ellen
jacob on the Board retreat and its mission
statements; the appointment of an editor for
the Voice o[Z39; and the state of the associ­ation
in general. The sratus of additional NISO (
standards activities is shown in the accom- \. __
panying chart. For further information regard-ing
this program and meeting, please contact
Patricia Harris at NISO, (301) 975-2814, or
Debbie Rings at OCLC, (614) 764-6078.
-D. L. Rings is Information Analyst in
Libnuy Planning at OCLC.e
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INTERNATIONAL
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OCLC Newsletter October/November 1987 21
"It's exciting to be
linked to a database
in the United States.
It gives staff a sense
of collaborative
work, of being part
of a worldwide
community of
librarians. "
22 OCLC Newsletter
INTERVIEW
Brenda
Moon
Director of the
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Edinburgh University Library
Editor's Note: Brenda Moon has been
Director, Edinburgh University Library,
Edinburgh, Scotland, since 1980. Miss Moon
graduated from Oxford and received her
professional training in librarianship at
University College, London. She was previ­ously
Assistant Librarian at Sheffield Uni­versity
and Deputy Librarian at Hull Uni­versity.
The University of Edinburgh bas
been participating in OCLC since 1984.
Brenda Moon
October/November 1987
Newsletter: Tell us about your library.
Moon: Edinburgh University Library is one
of the largest and oldest in the United King­dom.
It was founded in 1580 by an Edinburgh
lawyer who left his books to the city. Today
the university has just over 10,000 students
and about 2,000 faculty members. Nearly a
fourth of the students are post-graduates. The
university is organized into eight faculties­arts,
sciences, social sciences, medicine,
divinity, music, law and veterinary studies. (
The library is scattered over the city in 20
different sites; eight are major. The library
has about 2 million items, which is quite
large by British standards. We have about
140 full-time equivalent employees on our
staff.
Newsletter: Wbat automation projects
does your library have under way?
Moon: We didn't have any automation to
speak of until the beginning of this decade.
We have since undertaken a substantial pro­gram.
First, we established a library dedicated
ntinicomputer system, using GEAC, linking
our 20 sites in one network. Our system
presently supportS 125 terminals. We use this
system for current cataloging, providing an
online public access catalog, and for circula­tion.
We're proceeding to implement addi­tional
services throughout the l!brary which
will eventually include capabilities for acqui­sitions
and serials control.
We also have online access links to the
campus network of the University of Edin­burgh,
EDNET, which operates on Amdahl
mainframe computers and supports some
2,000 terminals. A copy of the library's cata- 1
log is available on one of the Amdahls, and "'··
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the library's GEAC is also a host on EDNET.
We use the campus network for electronic
mail, information retrieval and directory in­formation,
too.
We have a retrospective conversion pro­gram
in which we are using three OCLC ter­minals.
This is a seven-year program due to
end in 1990 when we hope to have con­verted
80 percent of our records, covering
the working collections in arts, social
sciences, law, medicine and science.
Newsletter: Why do you think European
libraries want to work with libraries in
the United States via OCLC?
Moon: The big advantage for us is that the
OCLC database contains records we can't get
from anywhere else. It extends further back
in time than most databases. North American
records comprise a substantial part of our
need. The OCLC database includes Library of
Congress subject headings which we're using
here for our subject access. The size of the
database, the spread of languages, and the
chronological range are useful.
U.S. libraries and librarians have been in
the forefront of professional development for
the past 25 years. We tend to look to
America for new ideas and up-to-date infor­mation
on technical processing. U.S. libraries
are much richer than we are, they acquire
more materials. The Library of Congress has
set a standard in so many ways and made in­formation
available remarkably cheaply to
U.S. libraries, and we have benefited, too.
Newsletter: Does language present a
problem in working with the OCLC
System?
Moon: Sometimes there can be problems.
Subject headings from LC are sometimes
strange to us. The vocabulary isn't always
what we're used to. We're lucky, however,
compared with the rest of Europe.
Newsletter: How is response time on
the OCLC System in Scotland?
Moon: Not too bad, generally. It differs ac­cording
to time of day. Normally we're quite
happy with response time. In general our ter-
INTERV~EW
The
British
Isles
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minal operators like working on OCLC. We
also are linked with other systems in the
United States for information retrieval, and
there are no problems.
The different time zones, however, affect
our scheduling. It's difficult for us to get on
in the morning hours, and we try to avoid
them. The time difference also affects staff
recruitment. For example, in our medical
library we are recruiting clerical terminal op­erators
for database searching, and we are
looking for people who will work from 2
p.m. until 9 p.m., when response time is
good and telecommunications costs are
lower. But, it's difficult to recruit people for
work outside normal office hours.
Newsletter: How did you f"lrst learn of
OCLC?
Moon: In the professional press. We were
aware of OCLC when it was still the Ohio
College Library Center. Of course, the younger
recruits to the library have learned about it in
library school.
OCLC Newsletter October/November 1987 23
"The Library of
Congress has set a
standard in so
many ways and
made information
available remark­ably
cheaply to U.S.
libraries, and we
have benefited, too. "
24 OCLC Newsletter
INTERVIEW
Newsletter: What is OCLC's image in
Europe?
Moon: I'm not sure I can give a "typical
European" reply. OCLC's image is American,
which means to us that it's a little foreign
and therefore adopts practices that are not
typically European. It's big, the biggest biblio­graphic
utility that we can have access to.
OCLC is a large database not primarily de­signed
for European use, and therefore
difficult to adopt without some modifica­tions,
but it provides access to information
that can't be obtained elsewhere.
Newsletter: What do U.S. libraries need
to understand about European libraries?
Moon: Compared with American libraries,
we are poor, especially in resources for staff.
However good a database may be, actual ac­cess
to it and use of it requires staff. Library
staff are in short supply throughout Britain.
American libraries' collections are generally
much younger than those of European librar·
ies. Very few European libraries have con­verted
their collections to machine-readable
form. Most special collections are only
recorded in old catalogs, if at all, and are not
yet in MARC form; they follow cataloging
practices from the nineteenth century, mak­ing
conversion extremely difficult. We can't
take a copy of an existing record such as a
Library of Congress card and say, "Please
turn this into a nice new MARC record."
Many older European libraries have followed
in-house cataloging rules developed in the
nineteenth century when each institution was
a law unto itself.
Again, in British libraries, there has been
virtually no subject access except by class no­tation.
Even within Edinburgh University
Library different sections have used different
rules and classifications. You're often dealing
with libraries that have grown piecemeal by
assimilating smaller collections. There are
complexities here in Britain that are not so
common in the U.S.
In Continental Europe, most university
libraries are on closed access, whereas in the
United States as in Britain, access is open.
When you provide open access to shelves,
you've got to have subject access to shelves,
not merely to catalogs-to lead people to the
right location, not merely to the right infor­mation.
October/November 1987
On the continent of Europe, most of the
books have to be asked for across the counter
by readers and are fetched from the stacks by
library staff. As long as library staff can fmd
the books, readers don't need to understand
the location system.
Newsletter: What do you think European
libraries need to understand about U.S.
libraries?
Moon: I have been impressed by the sheer
size of collections in American libraries.
There is a level of support for teaching
which we in Europe haven't been able to
match. American libraries have far more
highly developed student orientation pro­grams
and information services, while in Bri­tain
only a small proportion of a library's
books and journals will be used by under­graduates,
although they account for most of
the loans.
Newsletter: How do you handle both
the US and UK MARC formats?
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Moon: This is one of the obstacles to use of c·. ·
OCLC. We are acquiring records both from .
BLAISE (British Library Automated Informa-tion
Service) and from OCLC and have ar-ranged
for OCLC records to be converted by
The British Library into UK MARC format,
while other British libraries are going over to
US MARC. In a few years, this may not be a
major issue. For the present, one can only
keep an easily manageable database if one de­cides
to standardize on a particular format. I
hope a satisfactory solution can be found. I
have no doubt the technical difficulties will
be overcome. In the meantime, it is costing
us money to convert OCLC records to UK
MARC format.
Newsletter: Does your library acquire
many U.S. materials?
Moon: About 56 percent of our acquisitions
material is British and about 24 percent
comes from the United States.
Newsletter: What has been the impact
of OCLC on your library?
Moon: At the grass roots level, it's enabling
terminal operators to see for themselves how
other libraries have cataloged books. It's ex-citing
to be linked to a database in the United (
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States. It gives staff a sense of collaborative
work, of beiog part of a worldwide conununity
of librarians. That's no bad thiog. It's been
easy to behave io an isolated way up until
now. At a more senior level, OCLC has
opened up alternative sources of data, and
inevitably we have compared the sources.
The quality of OCLC records varies, but so
does the quality of our own records. One of
the values has been that we have looked
more critically at our own work. Again, use­fulness
varies from subject to subject. We
fmd the OCLC database particularly useful for
divinity and medicioe, for North American
publications and Third World publications.
We don't need to use OCLC for ioter­library
lendiog sioce our collaboration is
mainly with other British libraries. We partic­ipate
io ioterlibrary lendiog via the British
Library Document Supply Centre at Boston
Spa, especially io science ahd medicioe.
About one-tenth of our requests are for
theses, and we receive requests from our
readers for theses elsewhere, which we nor­mally
can obtaio from Boston Spa. Edioburgh
is a city rich io libraries. The National Library
of Scotland is just up the road.
Newsletter: How important is resource
sharing for your library?
Moon: It's very important at the local level,
where we can refer a reader to another
library withio walkiog distance. We partici­pate
io the Scottish Workiog Group on Co­operation
under the aegis of the National
Library of Scotland and io CURL (Consortium
of University Research Libraries), which con­sists
of the seven largest research libraries io
the United Kingdom. We are also cooperatiog
io special subject fields. We're a member of
the Standing Conference on African Materials
and the European Association of Sioological
Libraries, for example. Any large research
library needs such national and ioternational
links.
Newsletter: Do you foresee greater re­source
sharing in Europe along tbe lines
of tbe European Economic Community
(EEC)?
Moon: Yes, the EEC is takiog significant io­itiatives
especially io ioformation technology.
British-European links are much stronger
now than they were even five years ago.
INTERVIEW
There are problems, particularly with lan­guage,
although Contioental Europeans are
patient and kiod io usiog English, and also
because we've grown up with different stan­dards
and even different outlooks on what a
catalog should do or what role a library
should perform. University education is
differently organized io the United Kingdom,
and students don't remaio students for long.
Most universities are not geared to the needs
of part-time students. We don't have the
equivalent of technical high schools that they
have on the continent, nor the equivalent of
the "state-and-university" library.
Newsletter: Do you think OCLC can
play a role in resource sharing in Europe?
Moon: The database is goiog to be of great
ioterest to European libraries. English is by
far the most conunon language of publication,
whatever country you're io. Most European
research libraries have copyright deposits for
their own languages, but they purchase a
large number of North American materials.
Newsletter: Is tbe librarian's role
changing in Europe?
Moon: Enormously. We are providiog iofor­mation
io a much wider range of formats.
We are providiog it not only on library
premises, but also io homes, dormitories, and
faculty offices. Facsimile transmission io the
future may enable us to provide documents
in this way, too, as a matter of course. We
have closer liaison with our colleagues on
campus io admioistration and computing as
weli as with faculty. The library is now rec­ognized
as an academic service, whereas 30
years ago it was regarded more as simply a
location for books. This is not to belittle,
however, the importance of preserviog and
maiotaining collections. Indeed, as librarians,
we are maiotaining the link between new
and old knowledge. We have a chronological
role io ioformation that is different from that
of a computiog service-a responsibility, if
you like, not only to the present but to the
past and the future. e
"We have a chrono­logical
role in infor­mation
that is
different from that
of a computing
service."
OCLC Newsletter October/November 1987 25
CD-ROM. Update
to;~~w v~ion .,, Search
· ~D450 Syst~m software
boOst.s . .:e'f~nce
c:.alta!)ilitie.s. · ·
OCLC ha!; irittoduc<Xj 'version 2 of th~'
OCLC Search CD4SO· Sy$tem sofr\Vare,
which includes enhancements d6igned· -­to
improve the reference service tipabil~
ities of the Searcl) CD4SO System. En­hancements
indude the ability to -save
searcheS for reuse 'jn..other databases, the
use' of muJtiple- compact-disc drives,
more access p·omts w data, double­posting,
~q:essio~ ·order for results dis­play,
and co~or Jfuplay. . . · .
OCLC's CD-RO!'i(-hased Search QJ450
System provf~ hoth professional library
staff and library patrons with affonlable,
easy-to-use access ,to ,compreheflsive ref­erence
databases. By providing local ac­cess
to informatiob, the Search CD.4SO
SYstem el.im:inates -time-based telecom:.
munications -am~l Search charges. Addi­tionally,
the system :illows locai profil­ing
to enablrlibraey·sl:!ff to alter options
.. for searching, display, and printing.
'The SearcH CD4';;9 System now gives
nsei); theca].Y.Ibilicy to save their searches ·
and reuse them in Other-databases. This
new featUre encOurages' cross-database
access to provide faster, more compre­hensive
search results.
Version 2 allowS the library to use up
to four Search CD450 compact discs si­multaneously
on a multiple compact-disc
configuration. TI1is capability allows
libraries to install' ei_ther the complete
ERIC dataiJase .or the current El!l,C data­base
(CIJEand RJE, 1982-present) al\d the
OCLC Edu~ation Materials in· LibrarieS
(El\IIL) datal)a.Se to .provi!le hot!) patrons
and st~ with -a coffiprehehSive--edu~i-,
tiOn resol.lfd: worksta_tiOn. userS sel~ct
the database tl\t!y Want to s_earCb- frOm~
selection menu ~ct;~:en display. With just
three keystrokes,, u~ers can -s:,~Ve the
searching strategy and use it on another
database without ~!ltering the searcq Qr
changing the disc.
OCLC's multipl~ compact-disc dtive
con.figurat~on is ·,nQW avaiiaPie using
Hitachi 2500 cbmpact disc dtive$.
All forthcoming Q(:LCCD-ROM prod­ucts,
including tlie CAT CD4SO System
and the Resource SHaring CD4SO Sy$tem,
will run on hoth• single and multiple
compact-disc drive confj.gurations.
PRODUCT NEWS
The Search CD450 System's capabili­ties
are further expanded through addi­tional
search fields, including ·tC. call
nnmbers, pewey Dechnal c:ill nlunbC)'s,
lJ ~s: Government Doct¢1ent nwi.!bers,
'(eehnical Report Qnmbers, ,and, Music
PqQli.sher n)li;nbers. . . . ,
With.Yersion 2, ,the Si.;arch cp4SO
Sy~tein softWare nqw inclu!]<:S a. double'
· ·posting feature .that allows~ to locate .
· Jjoth subjects and free-text pHrases with
a' s,irigle. search. The new softWare also
· provide$ the capability to run the Search
eo4s·o System on any dtive of a Hitachi
multiple-dtive configuration.
.Search results are display~d in reverse
acceyijon or~er. 1his change,repla_ces the
relevancy score and.graph feature ofVer-s}
Qi\ ):o. _ ,
Color display is another n""' f<;~tur~
of Version 2. For users with color mon­itors,
the color display. capability en­hances
the appearance and readability of
screen displays. The Search CD4SO Sys'
tein is now compatible with the :mM En­Hanced
Graphics Adapter (EGA) and tl)e
IBM Color Graphics Adapter (CGA) to fa­c_
ilitate the creation of high-resolution
cqlor displays .
OCLC has just introduced ·th~ Educa­tion
Matenals in Libraties· (EMJL) data­base,
the seep rid refererice da~ase ,_in
OCLC's SearclrCD4SO Educatlon.Series.
The EM!~ database complements these
previously published discs in this series:
ERIC; Current Index to Jmirnals in .Edu­cat:
iori, -and -R~source·s ill EdtJ¢ation._ In
additiori to the Education series of refer­ence
databases, OCLC will soon make
available two. new . Search CD450
series-tl)e Agriculture Series and !be Sci­ence
and Tecl)nology S.eries. The Agri-
, cuiru,q::_ Series _will inclyde tl\<:;. AGRJ­C:.
OLA f!¥labase and the. Agricu\ture'
M?t¢ti:ils in Libraries <latabase, which will · ·
hoc?mpiled frq!J1 the OCLC o,nlijle Un-ion
Catalog. The Sdence '!J)d Techriol­ogy
Series will include the NTIS database
· arid the Science/Technology Matetials in
Libraties database, which also will be
compiled,from the Online Union Cat;
alog.
Each of these Search CD4SO databases
uSes~tl\~ samesoft:W-arel allo;wing p~frons'
anc1 staff tQ aecess bibliogr:~phic inf~nri.a­tionJor
many subject a+eas thrQUgh Ol\e
{aniiliar system: ·
The Search CD4SO software runs on
IBM ~C XTs, PC A Ts, OCLC M310
Workstations, and .upgraded OCLC
M3QO Workstations. Hitachi, Philips and
26 OCLC Newsletter October/November 1987
Spny drives work with Search CD4SO.
The· Hitachi compact ·disc· drives,
M310 Workstations, and.M300 Upgr:!<]es
can 6e purchased from Q(:LC partidpat- .
. ing network offices or from OGLC .. Ad­dition~:
equipment_ cenftgurations _a,re"
, und<:;r development: ,
EMIL, a comp•Ct (115c ~~
educational materials in
OCLC database, Is. here
OCLC =mmces the availability of the
Education Materials in Libraries {EMIL)
<9mpact . disc data!>;lse for nse with
OCLC'~ Sear<;h CD4SO,Sy5tem. Compik'd.
frQm th~ OCLC Qnlip.e Unibn Gatjlog, tl)e. EMIL da~3fie , con~-" 'rii0re tba11 ',
45o,ooo bibliogr:lphic ,re<:i>r~ ~
to education: , ' ", ' , '
The'EMIL datab3se -is~a :CoqtpiehensiVe
collection of· edutation'i;elated biblio­graphic
records for materials printejl dur­ing.
the twentieth Centwyand rtiore than
17,000 bibliographic «cords for mateti­als
printed prior to 190;0. It also includes
records for ·m,anU.scripts,- mach,iri~:­readable
datl! files, software, A-V mate':f­als,
mU$ical scores, rm,ps-, garp.es,;, flash 1
,
cards, slides, SoUIJd recor<jihgs, 1lltnstripS,
and more. _ , , ', ,, :, ' _ :- _, ,
The EMIL dat;illase complements 'j5re- ·
viously published alsC!S ·in. the Search
CD450 ~ducatipn SeriO$:. ERIC, Current
Index to Journals in Education, and Re- ·
sources in Education. ' ·
Each Search p:l4so ·qiilabase uses the
same softWare, allowing ]Y.!trons and staff
to access bil:lliographic Wqrmati(Jn for
many subject areas through 'Oiie familiar
system. '
' ' ' ' : ' 1 w ,, ' ' ' ,, / ! '
.. ot;dp-fo~and,PrJ.~infon;na- •.
tion for the Sear(;h CD450 S,ystem. ·
31l~J~',r'~~ce·~~~ ~·.~y~~·­able.
f1:9m OCLC J>arti<;ip~tlng net­work
oftic~ or' OCL€'& Ele~oniC
· Pubpshing and Infol;ti:tatioti Deliv­ery
DivisioiL Use tliese toll-free tele­phone
n~bers:
N~tioilal; . !!OO;!jiS-ss78 .
owa: . sqo-s4s;s2s6.
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c
OCLC converts more
than 2. 75 million
records
by Richard 0. Greene
OCLC has recently completed a project to
improve the quality of more than 2.75 million
bibliographic records in the OCLC Online Un­ion
Catalog. System software developed by
OCLC for this project was used to scan each
record, checking for MARC codes that are ob­solete
and have been replaced by other values.
Certain record errors, described below, were
also identified. A list of these records was
given to the Online Data Quality Control Sec­tion
staff, which has begun to review and cor­rect
the records.
The database scan and conversion were
performed on three consecutive Sundays in
August. Previous database conversions, the
latest of which was performed in fall 1985,
we.re completed in one day. This recent data­base
conversion required more time to com­plete
because of the growth of the Online Un­ion
Catalog to more than 16 million records
and the unusually large number of records
modified. More than four million changes
were made to records as a result of this con­version.
One of the more significant changes made
to records was the conversion of fill charac­ters
in fixed fields to a default value. (Fill char­acters
were re-sent in fields for which no valid
value was input.) The default value will ena­ble
users to edit fixed fields in bibliographic
records more easily. The default values
chosen are those used most commonly in rec­ords
in the OCLC Online System. The most
prevalent conversion of a fill character to a
valid value was the Government Publication
code. More than 993,000 fill characters were
converted to a blank, indicating that the pub­lication
is not a government one.
When obsolete MARC codes, such as field
039 Qevel of bibliographic control and cod­ing
detail), were found, they were either
deleted or converted to a current value. Tech­nical
Bulletin No. 172, "OCLC Database Scan
and Conversion of Codes," describes the
changes that were made to obsolete data
deleted or converted. OCLC will revise its for­mat
and tape description documentation to
reflect the elimination of obsolete MARC
codes from bibliographic records in the On­line
Union Catalog.
PRODUCT NEWS
OCLC converted obsolete codes in the On­line
Union Catalog to reduce the amount of
editing users perform to raise bibliographic
records to current standards. An example of
this type of conversion is the modification of
field 705 to field 700. Now, users only need
to be concerned about one type of MARC field
for personal name-added entries instead of
two separate fields for the same type of data.
Approximately 150,000 fields were modi­fied
by this part of the conversion. Now, users
are able to use these records with a higher
level of confidence because the quality of the
MARC tagging is enhanced.
Since obsolete elements were invalidated in
the Online System, users can no longer enter
them. Tapeloaded records, including those
from the Library of Congress, will be flagged
as errors if they contain the invalid element.
In some cases, the same conversion valida­tions
will be made to tapeloaded records.
At the same time OCLC was converting ob­solete
elements in the Online Union Catalog,
OCLC also identified other possible errors that
require human review and correction. One
such potential error condition occurs in rec­ords
that contain "DO NOT USE" notes iden­tifying
possible duplicates. The Online Data
Quality Control Section has begun to correct
records identified as containing possible er­rors.
Online Data Quality Control Section
(ODQCS) staff has already deleted all of the
I ,646 duplicate records with "DO NOT USE"
notes in them. They have begun to process
records that do not have a valid date in the
ftxed field element "Dates", which deter­mines
the date qualifier used to qualify de­rived
search keys.
Another significant category of errors re­ported
to the Online Data Quality Control
Section includes errors that adversely affect in­dexing,
such as a record without a tide.
The last major category of modified records
includes those with subfielding errors, errors
which cause records to index incorrectly.
ODQCS has begun to correct the 23,914 rec­ords
of this type. Once a record is modified
to correct these errors, the record will be eas­ier
to retrieve and use in the Online System.
OCLC continues to place a very high pri­ority
on maintaining and improving the qual­ity
of bibliographic records in the OCLC On­line
Union Catalog. Improvements to the
methods used to detect and correct errors
have been made. As an example, the conver­sion
validation process employed in this most
recent modification project is more sophisti­cated
and, thus, better able to improve the
overall quality of the Online Union Catalog.
-Richard 0. Greene is Database Specialist
in the Cataloging and Database Services Group
at OCLC.
We Work Where
You Work
by Gray Little
"We Work Where You Work" is the OCLC
theme for the 1988 ALA Midwinter Confer­ence
being held in San Antonio January 9-
14. OCLC chose this theme to emphasize that
its products and services cover a wide range
of library functions, including technical and
reference services, circulation control, and
public access to information.
OCLC representatives will be on hand at
the conference to demonstrate a number of
OCLC products and services. The new CD­ROM-
based CAT CD450 and Search CD450
systems will be highlighted. Other demonstra­tions
will feature OCLC products and services
used in both technical and public services.
In addition to giving demonstrations, OCLC
staff will present information on new OCLC
products and services. Please check your con­ference
program for the time and place of the
OCLC Update session.
Technical Services
OCLC representatives will conduct exhibit
booth demonstrations of five separate OCLC
products and services that support Teclmical
Services, the CAT CD450 system, the OCLC
Online Cataloging Subsystem, the ACQ350
and SC350 systems, and Retrospective Con­version
Services.
The CAT CD450 system is a microcom­puter-
based cataloging system that uses a
compact-disc database compiled from the
OCLC Online Union Catalog. The system
combines the benefits of local processing with
the ability to search the Online Union Cata­log's
nearly 17 million records for those rec­ords
not found on compact disc. For many
libraries, this will mean a cataloging hit rate
of approximately 94 percent. As full OCLC
members, CAT CD450 users also will enjoy
the resource-sharing benefits of the OCLC On­line
System. ~
OCLC Newsletter October/November 1987 27
We Work
Where You Work
(continued)
1brough the OCLC Cataloging Subsystem,
libraries can catalog virtually any type of
material-books, serials, sound recordings,
music scores, A/V materials, maps, archival
materials and manuscripts, and machine­readable
data files. Most libraries fmd records
in the OCLC Online Union Catalog for about
94 percent of their items, minimizing their
need to perform original cataloging. Ubraries
can modify records to meet local needs and
tailor cataloging products to accommodate in­dividual
library standards.
The ACQ350 system is a microcomputer­based
acquisitions system that handles all
types of library materials (not just books). The
SC350 serials control system is a microcom­puter-
based serials control systeru that handles
check-in, claiming, binding, routing, subscrip­tion
control, and fund accounting and prints
a number of management reports. Both sys­tems
run on an OCLC M300, M300XT, or
M310 Workstation, allow users to interact
with the OCLC Online System, and, when
linked with the LS/2000 system, create an in­tegrated
local library system.
OCLC has offered retrospective conversion
senrices to libraries since 1971. OCLC cur­rently
offers five conversion options: RETRO­CON,
MICROCON, MICROCON'PRO,
TAPECON, and the Online Retrospective
Conversion Service.
Through the RETROCON service, OCLC
converts a library's records from shelflist or
other card fJ.les according to customized in­structions.
The MICROCON senrice is a
microcomputer-based alternative that allows
library staff to enter data on diskettes using
OCLC M300, M300XT, or M310 Worksta­tions
or any IBM PC-compatible hardware.
Using the MICROCON'PRO service, OCLC
staff enter data onto diskettes for subsequent
machine matching to records in the Online
Union Catalog. With the TAPECON service,
a library can obtain full OCLC-MARC records
for retrospective conversion after reformat­ting
existing tapes according to specifications
provided by OCLC. And libraries can use the
Online Retrospective Conversion service to
perform their own retrospective conversion
using the OCLC Cataloging Subsystem and the
Online Union Catalog at less-than-full use
charges.
PRODUCT NEWS
Public Sentices
At the ALA Midwinter Conference, OCLC
representatives will also conduct demonstra­tions
of OCLC systems and senrices that sup­port
public services: the OCLC LINK Service,
the Search CD450 system, and the ILL Sub­system.
The OCLC LINK senrice is a gateway to
many types of information resources. Once
information is located, the OCLC LINK serv­ice
facilitates the storing, editing, and distri­bution
of that information online. Tiuough
the OCLC LINK Gateway Directory, library
staff can access detailed listings about availa­ble
databases and information providers (in­cluding
cost data).
OCLC's Search CD450 system provides
both professional library staff and library pa­trons
with affordable, easy-to-use access to
comprehensive reference databases on com­pact
discs. By providing local access to infor­mation,
the Search CD450 system eliminates
time-based telecommunications and search
charges.
The OCLC Interlibrary Loan Subsysteru im­proves
service and reduces costs by ellininat­ing
many of the time-consuming, labor­intensive
tasks associated with interlibrary
borrowing and lending. Large and small librar­ies
alike have found that the OCLC Inter­library
Loan Subsystem provides better serv­ice
and costs less than traditional methods.
Overall, 87 percent of all ILL requests are
filled, 80 percent by one of the first two se­lected
lenders. Materials loaned within
28 OCLC Newsletter October/November 1987
statewide and regional groups are processed
even more quickly.
(
Circulation and Public (
Access Catalogs
Also on display at ALA Midwinter will be
the LS/2000 system and its new authority
control software. The LS/2000 system is an
integrated local library system that provides
circulation control, bibliographic control and
authority maintenance, an online catalog, and
a number of administrative reports. The
LS/2000 Online Catalog is fully integrated
with the LS/2000 Bibliographic and Circula­tion
Subsystems and the optional SC350 and
ACQ350 systems. The catalog is easy to use­searching
is menu-driven and search keys may
be truncated. And now, LS/2000 has been en­hanced
with authorities software that allows
libraries to check their headings against LC au­thority
records and to add cross-references be­fore
making the system publicly available.
Come See Us
Visit our booth numbers 143, 144 and 242
at the ALA Midwinter Conference for continu­ous
demonstrations of these OCLC systems
and services. And plan to attend OCLC Up­date
on Tuesday, Jan. 12 from 9 to II a.m.
at the Holiday Inn-Riverwalk, Tarantella #3,
for an overview of recent developments.
-Cray Little is Proposals Officer in the Mar­keting
and User Services Division, OCLC.
(
c In this 1984 photo, a delegation from New Hampshire visited OCLC to discuss plans for regional nodes. Pictured left to right
are: john). Hallahan, Director, Manchester City Library; Frances M. Wiggin, Director, Bedford Public Library; Frank Adamovich,
Goverrunent Documents Librarian, University of New Hampshire; Shirley Gray Adamovich, Conunissioner of Libraries, Arts
and Historical Resources, State of New Hampshire; Ken Wiggin, Head of Technical Services, Manchester City Library; Barbara
Lerch, Systems Librarian, University of New Hampshire; and Dan Haverkamp, Marketing Representative, OCLC Local Systems.
Contract signed for
101st LS/2000 system
LS/2000, OCLC's stand-alone minicom­puter-
based local library system, recently
topped the 1 00-systems mark after four years
of steady growth. In August, two New Hamp­shire
libraries, the Manchester City Ubrary and
Plymouth State College, signed conttacts mak­ing
them the lOOth and lO!st libraries to
choose LS/2000.
Shirley G. Adamovich, New Hampshire
Commissioner of Ubraries, Arts and Histori­cal
Resources, said, "We were impressed by
the features of LS/2000, but it was the qual­ity
of support we received from OCLC Local
Systems staff that convinced us LS/2000 was
the right choice for New Hampshire."
Local Systems Divisional Vice President
Phyllis Bova Spies said that much of the suc­cess
of LS/2000 installations is due to the skill,
experience and conunitment of the staff in the
Local Systems Implementation and Support
Departments. ''These staff members work
together with libraries to deliver a system that
meets the needs of both library patrons and
library staff."
A wide variety of library types is using
LS/2000 with the largest percentage of system
users in college/university libraries, govern­ment
libraries and medical libraries. The size
of LS/2000 installations varies from as few as
two terminals to as many as 160 terminals.
OCLC EASI Reference
database is expanded
OCLC has created a new and expanded edi­tion
of the OCLC EASI Reference database.
More than 100,000 new and updated records
have been added to this unique, multi­disciplinary
file available through BRS Infor­mation
Technologies (Label: OCLC).
The new EASI Reference database includes
one million citations to works produced or
published from 1985 through 1987, as well
as works to be published in 1988. In addition
to books and serials, the database includes ref­erences
to numerous sound recordings, soft­ware,
maps, musical scores, and A V materi­als.
The EASI Reference file will be updated
quarterly.
By searching the OCLC EASI Reference file,
librarians, scholars, and students obtain com­plete
and relevant bibliographic information
from one of the most comprehensive collec­tions
of recently published works available.
This information is especially valuable for: lit­erature
surveys; subject and author bibliogra­phies;
title, author, or other bibliographic
verification; collection development; and
many other applications where up-to-date in­formation
is needed.
The EASI Reference database is compiled
from the OCLC Online Union Catalog-the
world's largest database of library biblio­graphic
information. The Online Union Cat­alog
includes nearly 17 million records rep­resenting
items in the collections of more than
6,000 libraries. Approximately 35,000 records
are added to this database each week. e
OCLC Newsletter October/November 1987 29
LETTERS
(
But how do you 26. Elements of Style 004004812 75. One Writer's Beginnings 010020414
find them? 27. Vietnam 009646422 76. Heallh 007580247
28. Harvard Business Review 001751795 77. American Libraries 000854299
29. lVho's lVho in America 001141571 78. New Republic 001759945
I fmd your list [of the Top 100 Publications 30. 1/literate America 011211014 79. Years of Upheaval 008252644
held by OCLC Member Libraries-1987,
31. Sports Illustrated 001766364 Let the Trumpet Sound 008109924 OCLC Newsletter No. 168, May/June 1987] to 80.
be most interesting, but it is time consuming 32. Encyclopedia of Drng Abuse 008347096 81. The Cold and the Dark 010697281
to compare our holdings with the list since 33. Black's Law Dictionary 004957310 82. Hazardous Waste in America 008306705
you did not include the OCLC bibliographic 34. Library journal 002351916 83. Federal Regulatory Directory 005250786
records number. How about adding them 35. Guide to Reference Books 002137253 84. The New American Poverty 010411091
when you analyze holdings the next time? 36. The Third Wave 005830721 85. Cosmos 006280573
Suzane Spurrier, Technical Services Librar- 37. March of Folly 010072914 86. Eisenhower 009556407
ian, Beaumont Memorial Library, Harding 38. Fate of the Earth 008280571 87. New Yorker 001760231
University, Searcy, Arkansas 39. Encyclopedia of Computer 008282179 88. Keeping Faith 008870495
Science 89. A Place Called School 009533443
Editor: 40. The Good War 010753607 90. Management: Tasks 000701417
Here they are, in order, one through 100.
41. Managing in Turbulent Times 006040977 91. Changing Times 005389014
42. Physicians' Desk Reference 001311259 92. McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of 008111102
Top 1 00 Publications 43. Eucyclopedia of Associations 001223579 Science
44. Energy Future 004494717 93. Books in Print 001641212
Held by OCLC Member 45. Smithsonian 001359769 94. Amen'ca in Search of llself 007975911
Libraries-1987 46. The Star and the Laurel 012945112 95. Guide to Americau Law 009196541
47. American Library Directory 002441557 96. Nature of the Child 010696660 ,/
48. 100 Best Companies 010375522 97. Physicians' Desk Reference for 006261197 I
OCLC '-. .
Control 49. Encyclopedia of Alcoholism 007836873 . . . Dmgs
Rank Abbreviated Title Number
50. The Brethren 005333650 98. Fifth Generation 009324691
I. In Search of Excellence 008493620 51. Science News 002367617 99. Ms. 001285775
2. Mega trends 008410292 52. New Our Bodies, Ourselves 010754175 100. Ebotzy 001567306
3. A Passion for Excellence 011969925 53. Reader's Digest 001763471
4. Scientific American 001775222 54. U.S. Government Manual 001788884
5. Consumer Reports 001564931 55. Business Infomzation Sources 010696150
6. Chicago Manual of Style 008283180 56. Real \Var 005831733
7. Time 001767509 57. Encyclopedia of Bioethics 004478888
8. Business Week 001537921 58. Statesman's Year-Book 001238236
9. Psychology Today 001081160 59. Mismeasure of Man 007574615
10. Newsweek 001760328 60. Wealth and Poverty 006709177
II. Familiar Quotations 006421457 61. Harvard Encyclopedia 006554009
12. Manual for Writers 000683340 62. Oxford Companion to English 011519736
13. lacocca 010974869 Literature
14. Statistical Abstract of U.S. 001193890 63. Oxford Companion to Children S 009827643
15. Science 001644869 Literature
16. Innovation and Entrepreneurship 011549089 64. Book of the States 001238839
17. Fortune 001569892 65. Dictionary of Occupational 004639763
Titles
18. American Heritage 001479963
66. Abortion and the Politics 009894663
19. Anglo-American Cataloguing 004193756
67. Self-Therapy for the Stutterer 012278454
20. One Minute Manager 008475284
68. Foundation Directory 000918159
21. Oxford Companion to American 008114573
Literature 69. Wbite House Years 005574262
22. Washington Infonnation 002243002 70. Encyclopedia of Crime 009646779
Directory 71. Free to Choose 005673886
23. TbeoryZ 007204546 72. High School: A Report 009441413
24. The Discoverers 009645583 73. Byte 002244730 ( 25. National Geographic 001643684 74. Re-Inventing the Corpar.-·tion 012078726
30 OCLC Newsletter October/November 1987
c
NETWORK PROFILE
OCLC
Europe
The OCLC Europe office was established in 1981.
It is located in Birmingham, England, approxi­mately
110 miles northwest of London and is
staffed by 22 employees.
Above: Tbe Administrative
Services staff (left to right}:
Ann Leek, Administrative
Assistant; Gillian Daley,
Marketing and Membership
Assistant; and Katharine
Brelsforth, Manager, Office
Services.
Left: Tbe Retrospective Conver­sion
Unit.
Above: At Network Control
are (left to right) Steve Kay,
Senior Technical Consul­tant;
and Paul Swain,
junior Technician.
Left: Marketing and User Services staff
members are: (left to right) Gillian
Daley, Marketing and Membership As­sistant;
Sandra Brookes, Manager, User
Support and Membership Services; Paul
Swain, junior Technician; Nick Rawson,
Manager, Marketing; (seated) janet
Mitchell, Director, Marketing and User
Services; Brendan Healey, Software Sup­port
Specialist,· Christina Van Zeller,
User Support Librarian, Bibliographic
Services.
OCLC Newsletter October/November 1987 31
OCLCvideo
communications
current program listing
The following programs have been released
by OCLC on \2 -inch VHS videotape. They are
available for you to view in your library free
of charge for 10 days via the OCLC Inter­library
Loan Subsystem (ILL). To request tapes
from the OCLC library (holding symbol, OCC)
please use the OCLC control nwnber. If your
library is not an ILL Subsystem participant,
send requests to' OCLC, P.O. Box 7777, Dub­lin,
Ohio 43017-0702.
Ohio Libraries: Leadership for the 21st
Century (OCLC Control #16978195)
Highlights of the September 1987 sympo­sium
sponsored by the Ohio Council of
Library and Information Services include the
following participants and topics: F. William
Summers, "A Vision ofLibrarianship;" Robert
F. Cayton, "The Origins of OCLC;" Eileen D.
Cooke and Kent E. Studebaker, "Political
Realities in the 21st Century;" Linda Cris­mond:
"Marketing in the Non-Profit Arena;"
Rowland C. W. Brown: "Technology in the
21st Century;" and Toni Carbo Bearman,
who summarized the proceedings.
Users Council Digest. Issue No. 1.
(OCLC Control #17008828)
This progtam highlights the September
1987 meeting of the OCLC Users Council.
Delegates discussed OCLC pricing philosophy,
passed a resolution requesting that the Board
of Trustees rescind its approval of the pro­posed
Dublin Service Center, and heard re­ports
from OCLC management.
6565 Frantz Road
Dublin, Ohio 43017-0702
SPOTUGHT OCLC 1987 (OCLC
Control #16562955)
More than 350 librarians turned out for
OCLC's 20th Birthday Celebration in San
Francisco in conjunction with the Annual
Conference of the American Library Associa­tion.
The Users Council presented OCLC
founder Frederick G. Kilgour with a special
award. Users Council President Doris Brown
reported on Users Council activities and
OCLC President Rowland Brown spoke on
OCLC's achievements in its first 20 years and
what the next 20 years might be like.
OCLC: Researcher, Developer,
Innovator (OCLC Control #16514675)
This is a videotape copy of the nine­projector
slide show that premiered at the
1987 SPOTLIGHT OCLC in San Francisco.
The 11-minute program traces the role of
libraries in the knowledge continuum.
OCLC Report (No. 3, August 1987)
(OCLC Control #14699280; specify
No.3)
This issue features the changing world of
reference services. VieWers will visit the Uni­versity
ofTeiUlessee at Knoxville, the Public
Library of Columbus and Franklin County,
Ohio Wesleyan University, Vanderbilt Univer­sity,
The Ohio State University, and the OCLC
computer room. OCLC LINK is demonstrated
and the report includes a visit to a CD-ROM
manufacturer.
OCLC Report (No. 2, March 1987)
(OCLC Control #14699280; specify
No.2)
Viewers get a behind-the-scenes look at
OCLC by following a call from the OCLC User
Contact Desk to the Network Operations Sec-tion.
Another segment profiles The Center for
Research Libraries-one of the most success-ful
depository libraries in the United States. ( ~·
Also included is a report on the OCLC Future
Terminals Project.
OCLC Report (No. 1, November 1986)
(OCLC Control #14699280; specify
No.1)
The premier issue of this video news mag­azine
features a tour of OCLC's card produc­tion
facilities, a visit to the Library of the
American Museum of Natural History, andre­ports
on the fall (1986) Users Council meet­ing
and the conference "Information Re­sources
for the Campus of the Future."
Fifth Annual Conference of Directors
of Research Libraries in OCLC
Three video recordings of presentations at
the March 30, 1987, Fifth Annual Conference
of Directors of Research libraries in OC:LC are
available. The tapes are ''no-frills,'' archival re­cordings
of the following presentations:
"Inter-institutional Cooperation and the
Infonuation Needs of Faculty," by Robert
O'Neil, President, University of Virginia.
(OCLC # 15623460)
"Scholarly Publication and Research
Libraries: Cooperation in the Information
Age," by Karen Hunter, Vice President and
Assistant to the Chairman at Elsevier Sci- c·
ence Publishers. (OCLC #15623227)
''Research Patterns and Research Librar­ies,"
by Francis Miksa, Professor, Gradu-ate
School of Library and Information Sci­ence,
The University of Texas at Austin,
and July 1986~August 1987 OCLC Visit-ing
Distinguished Scholar. (OCLC
#15623590)
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