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

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64 The University of California Libraries At each library location, staff will be available to provide instruction in the use of the terminals, and brief printed guides will also be available. However, the experience with such systems to date indicates that the most effective method of instruction is through the terminal itself; the user need only press a "begin" or "start" button, and the computer programs provide step-by-step instructions on the screen. Audio cassettes may also be coupled to the terminals to provide verbal instruction to accompany the screen display. In addition, the terminals will contain "help" or "panic" buttons which when pressed will help the user by providing information about the search so far, offer solutions to snags which the user may have encountered, or enable him to return to an earlier part of the search. Investigations at UC Irvine indicate that much can be done to make the use of computer terminals comfortable and inviting through attention to human engineering factors. For example, it is not necessary for user to "log" on and off, or to learn special codes or language. Straightforward English can be used, and no familiarity with computers is necessary. Careful wording of instructions and the liberal use of graphics, flashing displays, bold type and other devices can help make the use of the terminal clear, and attention to the environment in which the terminals are placed also has a positive effect. 11 By careful consideration of such factors, and by learning from the experience of other libraries that have used online terminals, the University should be able to construct a system that is both acceptable to library users and more efficient. Advantages of the On-line Catalog. The advantages of such a system are manifold: 1. It can be much more nearly complete than existing catalogs, providing "immediate access in a single location to all records, 11 From a conversation with Alfred Bork, UC Irvine; see also Alfred M. Bork, "The Computer in Learning--The Ordinary Mortal," Proceedings of the AFIPS National Computer Conference, 1973, pp. M43-44.
V. Identification and Location 65 in-process as well as permanently cataloged, which are at present dispersed among many files in various locations." 12 2. It can be much more up-to-date than any other alternative: card catalog, book catalog or microform catalog. (And there is some evidence that scholars have been waiting for libraries to take such a step primarily for this reason; in 1967, the American Council of Learned Societies commented in a report that cataloging was too slow, and that "clearly it is now reasonable to expect that research library catalogs will eventually move from card files into computerized form.") 13 3. It can be much more accurate, since corrections and changes in headings can be made readily. "The imminence of widespread changes in entries and subject headings makes this a particularly important potential." 14 4. It allows for a system of automatic "authority control," that is, for insuring that consistent terminology is used for all headings. 5. For the user, it allows faster catalog searching. Ohio State estimates that "as many as seven or eight automated searches can be completed in the same amount of time it takes to complete one manual search." 15 6. It provides multiple access points (the terms under which a search is made), not just the initial words of the headings chosen in the cataloging process. 7. The access points may be combined to limit or define a search more precisely using Boolean logic techniques. 12 Judith Corin, et al., "Final Report, Working Group on Public Catalogs," UCLA Library, 1976, p. 1. 13 American Council of Learned Societies, Committee on Research Libraries, On Research Libraries: Statement ... to the National Advisory Committee on Libraries, Washington, 1967, p. 28. 14 Corin, p. 2. 15 Ganning, pp. 63-64.
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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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CHAPTER I THE UNIVERSITY AND ITS LI
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I. The University and Its Libraries
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CHAPTER X HOUSING THE LIBRARY SYSTE
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