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