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Changes In Central Technical Services: Backlog Elimination, Karen S. Calhoun, Jim Leblanc

Karen S Calhoun

This report describes a cataloging backlog of about 97,000 items and outlines an innovative project to eliminate it without adding staff or slowing the processing of new receipts. Includes assessments of backlog content, growth rate, and underlying organizational issues that cause the backlog to be there and to grow.

Report On Stack Collocation Loss, Karen S. Calhoun

Karen S Calhoun

This internal report for Cornell University Library evaluates the probable impact of simply accepting call numbers in cataloging copy, rather than reviewing and adjusting them to assure stack order is maintained over time.

Managing Transitions, James A. Belohlav

James A. Belohlav

No abstract provided.

Characteristics Of Member-Established Headings In The Oclc Database, Karen S. Calhoun

Karen S Calhoun

Offers insights and recommendations on "gap" headings--OCLC member-contributed headings not covered by the LC name authority file--and suggests further analysis to identify headings for which "just in time" authority control would be appropriate. Extends what was learned in OCLC's early 1990s automated authority control project that corrected about 5.6 million headings in the OCLC database.

Legal Issues In Multinational Business Strategy: To Play The Game, You Have To Know The Rules, James A. Belohlav

James A. Belohlav

No abstract provided.

Developing The Quality Organization, James A. Belohlav

James A. Belohlav

No abstract provided.

Database Quality: Its Cost, Focus, And Future, Karen S. Calhoun

Karen S Calhoun

Briefly considers three questions: Can we afford OCLC database quality? Where is the best place to focus database quality efforts? Will advances in information technology make data quality efforts obsolete?

How Oclc And Member Libraries Are Improving The Online Union Catalog, Karen S. Calhoun, Nancy Campbell, Donna Gehring

Karen S Calhoun

Describes programs for cooperatively managing and improving the quality of the OCLC database with respect to duplicate records, records containing insufficient information, incorrect or variant forms of headings, and coding errors. Includes a description of a large, innovative project using "intelligent software" to correct name and subject headings. OCLC expects at least 5 million heading corrections when the project completes late in 1993.

Quality, Strategy, And Competitiveness, James A. Belohlav

James A. Belohlav

No abstract provided.

Activity Of Small Businesses In Nebraska, Todd A. Finkle, Raymond Marquardt, Allen Klose

Todd A Finkle

A Class Of Direct Search Methods For Nonlinear Integer Programming, Stephen J. Sugden

Stephen Sugden

This work extends recent research in the development of a number of direct search methods in nonlinear integer programming. The various algorithms use an extension of the well-known FORTRAN MINOS code of Murtagh and Saunders as a starting point. MINOS is capable of solving quite large problems in which the objective function is nonlinear and the constraints linear. The original MINOS code has been extended in various ways by Murtagh, Saunders and co-workers since the original 1978 landmark paper. Extensions have dealt with methods to handle both nonlinear constraints, most notably MINOS/AUGMENTED and integer requirements on a subset of the …

The Linked Systems Project Provides Current Access To Authority Information, Nita Dean, Karen S. Calhoun

Karen S Calhoun

In 1985, the first computer-to-computer distribution of name authority records for cataloging was made through the Linked Systems Project (LSP), a networking tool that links the computer systems of the Library of Congress, the Research Libraries Group (RLG), and OCLC. Since then, two other LSP capabilities-record contribution and intersystem searching-have been implemented, providing the means for national sharing of name authority data among diverse systems.

Unique Words Contributed By Marc Records With Summary And/Or Contents Notes, Karen Markey, Karen S. Calhoun

Karen S Calhoun

Preprint of a paper for ASIS '87 that presents new analyses that quantitatively demonstrate the potential of bibliographic contents and summary notes (MARC fields 505 and 520) for enhancing subject access in online catalogs.

Costs Associated With The Public Card Catalogs At The University Of Oregon Library, Karen S. Calhoun

Karen S Calhoun

Preprint of a chapter developed from a 1986 ALA conference presentation. Reports on a study to determine catalog card unit costs and how much staff time would become available if the library were to cease maintaining the public card catalogs.