ERIC ED370535: Resource Sharing: New Technologies as a Must for Universal Availability of Information. International Essen Symposium (16th, Essen, Germany, October 18-21, 1993). Festschrift in Honor of Hans-Peter Geh.

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Resource Sharing: New Technologies as a Must for
Universal Availability of Information. International
Essen Symposium (16th, Essen, Germany, October 18-21,
1993). Festschrift in Honor of Hans-Peter Geh.
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Academic Libraries; *Access to Information;
Bibliographic Utilities; Computer Networks;
Electronic Publishing; Foreign Countries; Higher
Education; *Information Networks; *Information
Technology; Library Catalogs; *Library Cooperation;
Online Catalogs; Optical Data Disks; *Sharet Library
Resources; Standards
IDENTIFIERS Business Information; Canada; Document Delivery;
Europe; Festschrift; OCLC; United States
ABSTRACT
This proceedings includes the following papers
presented at the 16th International Essen Symposium: "Electronic
Resource Sharing: It May Seem Obvious, But It's Not as Simple as it
Looks" (Herbert S. White); "Resource Sharing through OCLC: A
Comprehensive Approach" (Janet Mitchell); "The Business Information
Network: Improving European Enterprise through Resource Sharing"
(Sheila Corrall); "Cooperative Acquisition and New Technologies for
Resource Management and Resource Sharing: An American Model" (Suzanne
Fedunok and Sharon Bonk); "Information Networking Issues and
Initiatives: The North Texas Experience" (Mary M. Huston and Robert
Skinner); "Evaluating Electronic Resources: A Study Using Three
Concurrent Methods" (Beth Sandore and Kathleen Ryan); "IT and
Resource Sharing in Scottish Libraries together with a Note on Image
Compression Standards" (Bernard Gallivan); "The Consortium of
Academic Libraries in Manchester (CALIM): Strategic and Development
Planning of a New Consortium" (John Blunden-Ellis); "Information
Networking in the Nordic Countries: A Swedish Perspective" (Goran
Skogmar); "The Nordic SR-net Project: Implementation of the SR/Z39.50
Standards in the Nordic Countries" (Jan A Laegreid); "New
Developments in Standard Numbering" (Hartmut Walravens); "The
Philosophical and Practical Dimensions of Resource Sharing" (David R.
McDonald); "Resource Sharing in a Changing Library Environment:
Strategies and Policies in a Canadian Research Library" (Frances K.
Groen); "The International Library Market for CD-ROM Publications"
(Klaus G. Saur); "Group on Electronic Document Interchange (GEDI):
International Co-operation for the Electronic Exchange of Documents"
(David Buckle); "Retrospective Conversion of Catalogues in European
Co-operative Systems" (Michael McLellan); "Fuzzy Logic: Is It a
Better Bibliographical Retrieval Method for End-Users?" (Peter
Ahrens); "Advances in OPACs in Europe: An Overview" (Gitte Larsen);
"Improving Data Quality in an OPAC from the '70s" (Sten Hedberg);
"Integrating Lmages into the OPAC: Issues in Distributed Multimedia
Libraries" (Jack Bazuzi and Ruth Wust); "An Image Is not an Object:
But It Can Help" (David L. Austin); and "Conference Summary" (Kate T.
Noerr). Most of the papers contain references. Abstracts only of the
following two papers are contained: "High Performance CD-ROM Network
Computing" (Gerold Ritter) and "New Ways for the Delivery of
Information: IT, Networks, Sell., Multimedia and So on" (Arnoud de
Kemp). The seminar agenda, lists of participants and participating
vendors, and an index are also included. (MES)
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Essen University Library
Resource Sharing :
New Technologies as a Must
for Universal Availability
of Information
16th International Essen Symposium
18 October - 21 October 1993
Festschrift in honor of
Hans-Peter Geh
Edited by
Ahmed H. Helal
Joachim W. Weiss
Universitatsbibliothek Essen
Essen 1994
Resource sharing : new technologies as a must for universal availability of
information ; Festschrift in honor of Hans-Peter Geh / 16th International
Essen Symposium 18 Oct. - 21 Oct. 1993. Ed. by Ahmed H. Helal
311 S.
Essen, 1994.
(Publications of Essen University Library ; 17)
ISBN 3-922602-18-5
NE: International Essen Symposium <16, 1993> ;
Helal, Ahmed H. [Hrsg.]; GT;
Geh, Hans-Peter: Festschrift
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Table of Contents
XI
Preface
Agenda of the Seminar
XXI
-,,
XXV
List of Participants
Participating Vendors
XLIV
Herbert S. White
Electronic Resource Sharing :
It may Seem Obvious, but it's not as Simple as it Looks
1
Janet Mitchell
13
Resource Sharing through OCLC : A Comprehensive Approach
Sheila Corrall
The Business Information Network :
23
Improving European Enterprise through Resource Sharing
Suzanne Fedunok / Sharon Bonk
Cooperative Acquisition and New Technologies for Resource
35
Management and Resource Sharing : An American Model
Mary M. Huston / Robert Skinner
Information Networking Issues and Initiatives :
51
The North Texas Experience
Beth Sandore / Kathleen Ryan
Evaluating Electronic Resources :
61
A Study Using Three Concurrent Methods
Bernard Gallivan
IT and Resource Sharing in Scottish Libraries
85
together with a Note on Image Compression Standards
s
John Blunden-Ellis
The Consortium of Academic Libraries in Manchester (CALIM) :
99
Strategic and Development Planning of a New Consortium
Göran Skogmar
Information Networking in the Nordic Countries :
115
A Swedish Perspective
Jan A. Laegreid
The Nordic SR-net Project : Implementation of the
141
SR / Z39.50 Standards in the Nordic Countries
Hartmut Walravens
149
New Developments in Standard Numbering
David R. McDonald
163
The Philosophical and Practical Dimensions of Resource Sharing
Frances K. Groen
Resource Sharing in a Changing Library Environment :
173
Strategies and Policies in a Canadian Research Library
Klaus G. Saur
187
The International Library Market for CD-ROM Publications
Gerold Ritter
194
High Performance CD-ROM Network Computing
(full paper not received in time due to extraordinary circumstances)
David Buckle
Group on Electronic Document Interchange (GEDI) : International
195
Co-operation for the Electronic Exchange of Documents
Arnoud de Kemp
New Ways for the Delivery of Information :
208
IT. Networks. SGML, Multimedia and so on
(full paper not received in time due to extraordinary circumstances)
9
Michael McLellan
Retrospective Conversion of Catalogues in
209
European Co-operative Systems
Peter Ahrens
Fuzzy Logic : Is it a Better Bibliographical Retrieval Method
221
for End-users?
Gitte Larsen
237
Advances in OPACs in Europe : An Overview
Sten Hedberg
253
Improving Data Quality in an OPAC from the '70s
Jack Bazuzi / Ruth Whist
Integrating Images into the OPAC :
263
Issues in Distributed Multimedia Libraries
David L. Austin
277
An Image is not an Object : but it can Help
Kate T. Noerr
297
Conference Summary
Index
301
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