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Government Information Quarterly 14 (1997) 330-331. doi:10.1016/S0740-624X(97)90011-3 ; Received by publisher: 0000-01-01 ; Harvest Date: 2016-01-04 12:22:43 ; DOI:10.1016/S0740-624X(97)90011-3 ; Page Range: 330-331

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"Examines library discovery systems to show how the algorithms that power them are not the neutral and unbiased systems that they are claimed to be, but are affected by the human biases of programmers and the commercial influences of their production"--

The issues of reducing time and labor costs for document processing, expanding and improving the quality of bibliographic records (BR), library products and services continue to be actual in Russian libraries. To accomplish these tasks, various projects of corporate library interaction are being implemented, aimed at solving the issues of acquisition, cataloguing, creation of central and distributed catalogs and user services. Library cooperation in cataloguing allows providing libraries with the possibility of mutual records use with their subsequent improvement and promotes unification of BR elements. The purpose of the article is to identify the problems that hinder the effectiveness of creating and using electronic catalogue BR in SPSTL SB RAS. It also shows the difficulties faced by the library cataloguers when borrowing records from the Russian Book Chamber database (RBC DB). It is noted that by borrowing records from the RBC DB, SPSTL SB RAS provides an opportunity to use its EC to the libraries of the research institutions of SB RAS (SRI of SB RAS). The article also demonstrates the experience of the Unified Automation Center (UAC) of SPSTL SB RAS, which contains information resources of libraries of the research institutions of SB RAS. Electronic catalogs and databases of these libraries are presented on the website of SPSTL SB RAS in the «Electronic catalogs and databases of the Library System of the research institutions of SB RAS». The conclusions are made that when borrowing records from the library electronic catalogs, the question of their quality and uniformity is left open, using the technology of corporate cataloguing brings significant advantages to the work of libraries. On the one hand, it allows to save labor and time resources by ready-made records of the RBC DB, on the other hand – to provide an opportunity to use BR by other libraries, while advertising their own information resources.

Anglo-American subject catalog. - 345 fiches; Author title catalog. - 1280 fiches; Catalog of international law and relations. - 2 P. - 335 fiches; Foreign and comparative law subject catalog. - 380 fiches; International shelflist. - 145 fiches; Jurisdictional shelflist. - 400 fiches

Valuable to both the health professional and information provider, this book provides a comprehensive and detailed look at online biomedical database searching by end users. Experts fully assess the numerous implications of end user searching and synthesize a wide variety of views and successful practices. By examining the types of users, institutional settings, products used, and applications, this important volume probes the specific variations among programs and provides a solid overview of end user searching in the health science field. The volume includes informative chapters on determini

This research is about evaluating the Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) web service program at Poltekkes Kemenkes Jakarta III. The implementation of the OPAC web has been implemented since 2007 to provide easy, fast, and accurate information retrieval system services for users. The problem is how are the achievement, benefit, and impact of the OPAC service program? Evaluative qualitative research method using the Context Input Process Product (CIPP) model. The number of informants is 15 people consisting of elements of leadership, lecturers, students, and education staff. Data collection with interviews, observations, and document studies. Data analysis by triangulation is linking the three sources of information with a careful test of the validity of the data. The results of the study are as follows; 1) evaluation of context: 70% is achieved with a match between policies and leadership support in developing ICT-based library service programs. Meanwhile, 30% has not been achieved, because there is no written policy. 2) evaluation of inputs; includes the availability of collections, facilities, infrastructure, and library human resources. Achievement of 80% with adequate collections and adequate computer facilities. While the shortage of 20% is a shortage of librarians who have not met the National Library Standards. 3) the evaluation process can run quite well, the users do not experience problems, which means that 100% is achieved. 4) Product evaluation was achieved quite well 100%. Users feel the benefits of the OPAC web service in disbursing information to optimize the utilization of the Poltekkes Library of the Ministry of Health Jakarta III.