Microcomputers as on-line catalogs in special libraries.

This article discusses the rationale for the conversion of a card catalog to an on-line system in a special library owning approximately 4000 titles. Equipment, software, and procedures are described. Pros and cons of the use of a microcomputer for such a project, as well as costs and personnel needs, are outlined.     

国家书目控制:实现世界书目控制的前提

本文对世界书目控制的实现条件进行分析.指出在各国范围内实行国家书目控制是实现世界书目控制的前提条件,而标准化和自动化是实现国家书目控制的基础.只有实现世界书目控制,才可能真正实现全球的资源共享.     

Web tutorials: bibliographic instruction in a new medium

Libraries are adding electronic resources of all kinds at an increasing pace to provide service to users outside the library and around the world. To meet this new demand, libraries are turning more and more to the use of online tutorials as a valuable means of providing instruction on how to access and use important resources. This article describes the Health Sciences Library and Biocommunications Center's work and experiences while creating tutorials, the ideas used, and ways the work was evaluated.     

Defining the scope of Judaica: Complementary problems in bibliographic control and bibliographic organization

The multiple meanings of Judaica and bibliographic control are defined. A broad view of Judaica is taken, that is, intersection with Hebraica as opposed to exclusion thereof. Bibliographic control is presented as a collection development function, while bibliographic organization is the cataloger's domain. Four problem areas in defining the scope of Judaica are identified: overlap with Hebraica and Israeli publications, the numerous cognate disciplines of Jewish studies, Judaism as a religion vs Jews as an ethnic group, and “who is a Jew?” Each issue is discussed from both the bibliographer's and the subject cataloger's perspective. The automatic identification of works relevant to a Judaica collection is dependent upon appropriate subject analysis or classification. Judaica bibliographers should therefore monitor developments in Judaica cataloging and advocate changes that would simplify control of the multidisciplinary, multilingual literature of Jewish studies.     

90年代以来我国书目数据库研究综述

文章统计分析了20世纪90年代以来我国书目数据库研究论文的时间分布、主题分布;总结了近十年来我国书目数据库研究的现状和发展趋势.     

Searching a biomedical bibliographic database from Bulgaria: the ABS database

BACKGROUND: The University of Sofia, Bulgaria, disseminates local biomedical literature (1994 to present) through a free online database, ABS. OBJECTIVES: Our objectives were to systematically search ABS, identify citations to controlled trials and discover what proportion of these studies are to be found on medline. METHODS: We searched using Bulgarian and English phrases; manually selected citations of controlled trials and sought these citations on medline. Results: Using the two languages, we found a total of 628 unique citations, 47 of which seem to be relevant controlled trials (precision 7.48%, 13% of ABS citations were found on medline). The trials in ABS commonly focused on evaluation of care for people with cardiovascular or urological problems. DISCUSSION: ABS is another source of easily accessed trials not readily available elsewhere.     

GB 7714-87和ISO 690-1987(E)的比较--兼谈GB 7714-87的全面修订

对比国家标准GB 7714-87<文后参考文献著录规则>和国际标准ISO 690-1987(E)<文献工作--文后参考文献--内容、形式与结构>,发现前者的一些不足之处,就此提出全面修订GB 7714-87的若干意见.     

Physician's referral letter bibliographic service: a new method of disseminating medical information

At the time this paper was written a unique trial project for disseminating medical literature to physicians had been in operation for six months (October 1971-April 1972) at the Virginia Medical Information System. Doctors in the state who referred patients to the Medical College of Virginia received short lists of references relevant to the problems of their patients as described in referral letters sent them by MCV consultants. Doctors receiving such lists were offered free photocopies of the articles cited if they could not obtain them locally. Of some 700 reference lists sent out, VAMIS received 12(1/2) percent direct responses, and 22 percent of respondents to a questionnaire reported obtaining articles elsewhere. Ninety percent of the respondents favored the service and approved of its method. Funding problems necessitated revision of the service in the summer of 1972. Presently the service is provided only on request of the referring physician.     

Reporting on a survey of peer-reviewed publishing in cultural materials conservation: perceptions,preferences, and decision-making

Specialist publications are an important part of professional and disciplinary development. They serve to communicate research; enable the development of a shared, contestable, and expanding knowledge base; support the educational programmes that advance the profession; grow practice; and inform the evolution of the discipline. In conservation, professional and peer-reviewed journals and other forms of publications support cultural, organisational, and scientific development; facilitate new and improved forms of conservation professional practice; enable the growth of a distinctive research-led discipline; and help conservation to more effectively compete with other disciplines for influence and funding. This paper reports on the findings of a study that investigated conservators’ opinions and experiences of peer-reviewed publishing. This study examined the value conservators place on the dissemination of their research; the obstacles to, and incentives in publishing; the views held by conservators of the benefits of publication to themselves and the field; and the impact of the field's inherent interdisciplinarity on the pattern of conservation publishing. Eighty-six conservators (conservators and conservation scientists) and ten journal editors completed an online questionnaire focusing on the communication of knowledge within the field of cultural materials conservation. Findings suggest that while the peer review process is valued, a significant number who responded indicated a preference for forms of communication other than in peer review journals or publishing in general.