OCLC Newsletter

ISSN: 0163-898X

Index

Number 223

September/October 1996


Contents


FirstSearch is Changing the Way People Use Libraries

by K Wayne Smith
page 3


Membership News

OCLC Users Council meets to discuss regional networks, consortia and other partnerships

page 4-5

Victoria Hanawalt is new OCLC users COuncil president

page 5

Committee on Institutional Cooperation and OCLC building a Virtual Electronic Library

page 6-7

Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Library makes 68 millionth ILL request

page 7

The year 2000: Are OCLC computer systems ready for the millennium?

page 8-9

Help available for Internet problems

James D Rubottom

page 9

WRLC supports information and research needs of seven universities in District of Columbia area

by Jaron Terry
page 10-12

Arlene Taylor awarded Margaret Mann Citation

page 13

Mark Crook leaves empty place at OCLC

by Terry Noreault
page 13


International

OCLC Service Center dedicated at Tsinghua University

by Janet Hawk
page 14

100 academic and special libraries in Japan are now using FirstSearch

page 14-15

Tsinghua University honors K Wayne Smith

by Tom Storey
page 14

NetFirst used by more than 85 higher education institutions in the United Kingdom

page 16

OCLC and SABINET forge closer relationships to serve South African libraries

by Janet Mitchell
page 17


Research

Research Advisory Committee meets

by Bradley Watson
page 18


OLUC

The (in)famous OCLC apple cake

by George Promenschenkel
page 19

September/October highlights

page 20-21

FirstSearch IS FIVE

FirstSearch celebrates five years of innovation

page 22

OCLC FirstSearch Web upgraded

page 22

FirstSearch use continues to grow in public libraries

by Jaron Terry
page 23-24

Diverse users search FirstSearch at New York Public Library

page 24

FirstSearch opens the world for Allen County population

page 25

FirstSearch is a staff favorite at Hennepin County Public Library

page 26

FirstSearch saves time for staff and users at san Francisco Public Library

page 27

FirstSearch makes good economic sense for Cuyahoga County Public Library

page 28

The New York Times is now available on OCLC FirstSearch Service

page 29

OCLC FirstSearch to be demonstrated at conferences, exhibitions

page 29

CAS teams with OCLC to launch FirstSearch CA Student Edition

page 30


Product News

OCLC WorldCat to be available to STN users via Z39.50 gateway

page 31

OCLC SiteSearch 3.0 software adds features, flexibility

page 32

PALNI and Vanderbilt select OCLC SiteSearch

page 32-33

OCLC introduces Bib Notification

page 33


Information Dimension

Information Dimensions' new BASIS Intranet Solution for Intranet document management

page 34-35

Information Dimensions licenses IntelliScope from Inso Corporation to enhance handling of multilingual documents

page 35

Index


Transcribed by Kirsty A Smith, 27 November 1996