The University of California Libraries: A Plan for Development (1977)

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62 The University of California Libraries backgrounds are able to search the catalog easily and comfortably; only on the part of older adults have they noted any reluctance to use the system. 8 • At the University of Cincinnati, faculty members and students have been using terminals originally designed for cataloging by the library staff; because of space problems, some of these terminals have been placed in a public area and the public simply began using them. At first they operated the terminals with no instruction at all, although now the library provides minimal assistance. The library staff reports that some patrons are able to find items using the terminals that they are unable to find using the card catalog. Most persons spend only a few minutes at the terminals, but some faculty members come in every week or so to search a list of items. 9 • And at Case Western Reserve University, the same type of terminals are being heavily used by patrons, who have a decided preference for them as opposed to the card catalog. They are "always in use" and popular. Instruction sheets are placed at the terminals; "people pick them up, read them, and are searching five minutes later. They rarely ask for help." 10 The On-Line Catalog at UC. In the system proposed for the University of California, users will be able to search on the terminals by author (in full form, or the last name only, if that is all the user knows); by title, or by any significant word in the title; by title of the series, if the work is part of a series; 8 From a conversation with Ruth Winik and Marjorie Griffin of the library; see also Ruth Winik, "Reference Function With an On-Line Catalog," Special Libraries, v. 63 (May/June 1972), pp. 217-221, and Caryl McAllister and John M. Bell, "Human Factors in the Design of an Interactive Library System," Journal of the American Society for Information Science, v. 22 (March-April 1971), pp. 96-104. 9 From a conversation with Sue Tyner, University of Cincinnati. 10 From a conversation with Esther Greenberg, Case Western Reserve University.
V. Identification and Location 63 and (for those items which have been fully cataloged) by subject headings. In addition, the user will be able to combine these elements of his search using simple "and," "or" and "not" relationships, i.e., with so-called Boolean logic. For example, the user might search by requesting material on "Puerto Ricans" AND "Housing" AND "New York City" but NOT materials published before 1972; or if he thought the author were Johnson or Johnston, he might request "Johnson" OR "Johnston," AND "Nautical Astronomy" AND "Navigation." The results of the user's request will be displayed almost instantaneously on the screen of the terminal, and will give the basic bibliographic information about the item or items requested. Normally the display will show those items housed on the user's campus which satisfy his request; however, if the needed items are not found, or if the user wishes to see what resources of interest are available elsewhere, depressing another button will display all holdings within the region which satisfy his request, along with information on the location of the materials: i.e., campus, library, and call number. If desired, the user may also display the systemwide holdings of interest, or specify that the holdings of particular campuses be displayed. If the user wishes to borrow one or more items located on another campus, a borrowing request may be initiated immediately through the terminal. The terminals themselves will be placed not only in UC libraries, but in other places where there are concentrations of potential library users, such as major campus buildings, dormitories, and student centers. Some terminals will also be provided with printout capabilities so that the results of a search can become a printed bibliography. In the libraries, some terminals will be equipped to display diacritics for foreign languages, and users needing this capability will be directed to them by printed guides and by instructions received through the other terminals. Depending on certain technical considerations, it may also be possible for departments already owning terminals used for other purposes to use them for access to the library data base as well.
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A PLAN FOR DEVELOPMENT Office of th
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PREFACE The first draft of the plan
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goals of the library system on a mu
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CHAPTER I THE UNIVERSITY AND ITS LI
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I. The University and Its Libraries
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