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R. Young, P. Stone, J. Pickles, S. Lee, P. Lambert (1986)
Geac with local enhancements: the integrated real‐time system at the University of Sussex Library, 20
OPAC 2000: or The thoughts of chairman Batt
R. Wellings (1990)
Providing online access to different views of the library catalogue: further developments of BLCMP's OPAC, 24
Eugene Cloze (2011)
A Second Look
David Thomas (1988)
Moving from locally written systems to turnkey systems: the story of automation at Brunel University Library, 22
R. Cowley (1986)
Use of ALS Browser terminals for OPAC searching at Bromley Public Library, 20
William Foster, R. Wellings (1989)
Development of BLCMP's online public access catalogue, 23
(1990)
A summary was published as Joy Muncer, Carol Hill, and Martin Dudley, Raised eyebrows: a survey of public reactions to an OPAC
The development of online catalogues
M. Feeney (1990)
OPAC 2000:‐ An account of a one‐day seminar organised by The British Library Research & Development Department and the Library Association Information Technology Group on 21st November 1990Vine, 20
The Geac experience at Hillingdon, Vine 59
P. Barker (2000)
Information Technology in Public LibrariesThe Electronic Library, 18
Introducing the online catalogue
Cath Anley, Karl MÜllner (1989)
Dynix at Kensington and Chelsea Libraries, 23
Prospects for online public access catalogues
Ignoring the user: how, when and why
(1983)
Online public access catalogues: experiences at the University of Hull
P. Stubley (1988)
Blcmp: A Guide for Librarians and Systems Managers
Cambridge University Library's catalogue takes on a new life
Developing and evaluating an online catalogue at Birmingham Polytechnic', Vine 60
(1989)
OPACs in public libraries: some results of a survey
(1989)
OPACs in public libraries: a second look
The online catalogue comes to Sutton
J. Bowman (2000)
The Catalog as Barrier to Retrieval– Part 2: Forms of NameCataloging & Classification Quarterly, 30
20 This problem is further discussed by Bowman
C. McAllister (1987)
The online public access catalogue in DOBIS/LIBIS, 21
Keyword and Boolean searching on Geac at Hull University
Use of ALS Browser terminals
Jeremiah Clarke (1985)
THE GEAC EXPERIENCE AT HILLINGDONVine, 15
Free language approach
Developing and evaluating
C. Wang (1985)
THE ONLINE CATALOGUE, SUBJECT ACCESS AND USER REACTIONS: A REVIEWLibrary Review, 34
Keyword catalogues and the free language approach (Bath: Centre for Catalogue Research, 1985) 21-30
Online public access
Online public access to library files in North America
AbstractFollowing their first appearance in the UK in 1981 the use of OPACs (online public access catalogues) quickly spread, chiefly in academic but also in public libraries. Search facilities were initially fairly limited, being restricted to index keys of fixed length, mainly because of the expense of disk storage, and these OPACs were most suitable for known item searching. Keyword and Author searching followed, together with the use of Boolean operators, and Keyword quickly established itself as an alternative to structured subject headings. Some libraries adopted touch-screen terminals. User reactions are hard to find, though several libraries, including Hertfordshire County, conducted surveys; most users seem to have found OPACs to be an improvement.
Library History – Edinburgh University Press
Published: Dec 1, 2007
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