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Hert, Carol A.; Nilan, Michael S. – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1991
Presents preliminary data that characterizes the relationship between what users say they are trying to accomplish when using an online public access catalog (OPAC) and their perceptions of what input to give the system. Human-machine interaction is discussed, and appropriate methods for evaluating information retrieval systems are considered. (18…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Information Retrieval
Peer reviewedFerl, Terry Ellen; Milsap, Larry – Information Technology and Libraries, 1996
Researchers studying subject searching distributed an online questionnaire to users who access the University of California's online public access catalog, MELVYL, from public access terminals in the libraries of the University of California at Santa Cruz. This article discusses the results of transaction log analysis, comparison of in-library and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Computers, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education
Peer reviewedChisman, Janet; Walbridge, Sharon; Diller, Karen – College & Research Libraries, 1999
Discusses the development and results of usability testing of Washington State University's Web-based OPAC (online public access catalog); examines how easily users could navigate the catalog and whether they understood what they were seeing; and identifies problems and what action if any was taken. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Case Studies, Higher Education, Library Catalogs
Hert, Carol A. – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1992
Presents preliminary findings of a study that developed descriptions of the behaviors and underlying cognitive processes observed during information retrieval interactions. Data from talk-aloud protocols and postsearch interviews from users of online public access catalogs in academic libraries are examined. (20 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cognitive Processes, Higher Education, Induction
Peer reviewedDennis, Nancy K; Carter, Christina E.; Bordeianu, Sever – Library Hi Tech, 1997
Discusses the implementation of Web-based online public access catalogs in academic libraries. Highlights include infrastructure issues, including the server, network issues, and desktop workstation issues; recommended minimal desktop configuration; reference services; staff training; cataloging and access; workflow of acquisition and processing;…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Cataloging, Computer Networks
Peer reviewedElsbernd, Mary Ellen Rutledge; And Others – Research Strategies, 1990
Reviews the online public access catalog (OPAC) literature from 1980 through 1989 to assist librarians in their efforts to examine this growing body of literature. The 35 articles reviewed address the value of OPAC instruction, teaching methods, staffing needs, faculty education, and serving remote users. (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Annotated Bibliographies, College Faculty, Higher Education
Peer reviewedAbdoulaye, Kaba – Electronic Library, 2002
Analyzes and describes bilingual authority files at the main library of the International Islamic University of Malaysia. Highlights include a review of multilingual research; perceptions of end users and catalogers; problems with bilingual files; and use of the OPAC (online public access catalog) by users. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Authority Control (Information), Cataloging, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedAntelman, Kristin – Reference Services Review, 1992
Describes a Macintosh user interface to the NOTIS (Northwestern Online Total Integrated System) online public access catalog (OPAC) developed at the University of Delaware. Adaptation of the HyperCard-based interface from Cornell University, MacPAC, is described; testing and marketing is discussed; and future developments are addressed. (six…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Graphics, Computer System Design, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedCousins, Shirley – Electronic Library, 1999
Considers some of the major technical and organizational issues involved in virtual-catalog production, contrasting them with the traditional union catalog approach exemplified by COPAC, an online public-access catalog composed of academic libraries in the United Kingdom. Suggest a method of integrating these two models of the union catalog.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Electronic Libraries, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedAllen, Bryce – Library Quarterly, 1991
Describes research using students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign that investigated the ways in which different levels of knowledge about a topic can affect search strategies in an online public access catalog. Previous research is reviewed, and implications for information intermediaries and designers of information retrieval…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Analysis of Variance, Higher Education, Hypothesis Testing
Peer reviewedMeyer, Paul – Electronic Library, 1991
Discusses the need for online help for end-users based on experiences with an online public access catalog (OPAC) at the University of Cape Town libraries. The concept of end users is examined, the role of search intermediaries in information systems is explained, and online help and systems design is discussed. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer System Design, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Peer reviewedBabu, B. Ramesh; O'Brien, Ann – Electronic Library, 2000
Discussion of Web-based online public access catalogs (OPACs) focuses on a review of six Web OPAC interfaces in use in academic libraries in the United Kingdom. Presents a checklist and guidelines of important features and functions that are currently available, including search strategies, access points, display, links, and layout. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Check Lists, Computer Interfaces
Peer reviewedXia, Wei – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2003
Provides an overview of research conducted at Victoria University of Wellington regarding differing perceptions and expectations of user communities and librarians related to the usability of digital services. Considers access to services, currency of information on the Web site, the online public access catalog, databases, electronic journals,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Databases, Electronic Journals
Peer reviewedHildreth, Charles R. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1997
Reports on a study of keyword and Boolean searching by users of an online public access catalog (OPAC) at the University of Oklahoma. Results of survey questionnaires and transaction log analysis indicate users search more often by keyword, even though the search usually fails and they don't understand it. (15 tables) (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Keywords, Library Catalogs
Peer reviewedHawks, Carol Pitts – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1992
Discussion of integrated library systems focuses on the development of the Ohio Library and Information Network (OhioLINK). Capabilities of eight existing systems are described, including catalog creation and maintenance; the online public access catalog (OPAC); circulation, interlibrary loan, and document delivery; acquisitions and serials…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Comparative Analysis, Computer Networks
