OCLC Newsletter

ISSN: 0163-898X

Index

Number 232

Marc/April 1998


Contents


From K. Wayne Smith

Work Without Doing
    by K Wayne Smith
    page 3


Membership News

Interview with K. Wayne Smith
On Oct. 5, 1997, K. Wayne Smith announced his plans to step down from day-to-day management of OCLC by June 30, 1998. He became OCLC's third president and chief executive officer on Jan. 23, 1989
    page 4-8

Workstation Replacement Program continued
    page 9

OCLC Users Council nominates board candidates at February meeting
    page 10-11

British Library Document Supply Centre enters 80 millionth OCLC ILL request
    page 12

The University of Oregon saves staff time with ILL Direct Request
    by Joanne V Halgren
    page 13-14

New University of Kentucky library ready for next century
    by Ling-Yuh W (Miko) Pattie
    page 15

The OCLC Institute expands offerings
    page 16, 18

The OCLC Institute Announces...'Understanding and Using Metadata'
    page 16-17

Three win in Dewey drawings at ALA Midwinter
    page 19

OCLC AsiaLink service relocates to OCLC headquarters
    page 19

OCLC hosts Internet lists
    page 20

Preservation Resources launches new Web site
    page 20

OCLC vice president elected to ALA Executive Board
    page 21

John Byrum names recipient of Margaret Mann Citation
    page 21

1997 top 100 monographs in WorldCat
    page 22-24


International

Dewey used around the world
    by Joan S Mitchell
    page 25-27

Chinese library begins using OCLC Interlibrary Loan
    page 28

OCLC Europe takes its show on the road
    page 28

Report on the harmonization of German cataloging rules and AACR2 available
    page 29


Research

Research Advisory Committee reviews projects, directions
    by Bradley C Watson
    page 30


Preparing for the Millennium

OCLC is at work on Year 2000 challenge
    by George Promenschenkel
    page 31-33

On the MARC for a new millennium
    page 33

For the want of two bytes the millennium bug bites
    by George Promenschenkel
    page 34

The Year Y2K
    by Peter Bergman
    page 35


Product News

Electronic Collections Online now for FirstSearch Web
    by Brad Gauder
    page 36

More FirstSearch Web enhancements installed
    page 37

Dewey for Windows version 1.1 available
    by Brad Gauder
    page 38-39


Index

Transcribed by Angus Nicolson
29 May 1998