3.591 libraries and personal information managers (53)
Willard McCarty (MCCARTY@vm.epas.utoronto.ca)
Sun, 15 Oct 89 18:24:05 EDT
Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 3, No. 591. Sunday, 15 Oct 1989.
(1) Date: Fri, 13 Oct 89 21:09:00 EDT (23 lines)
From: cbf@faulhaber.Berkeley.EDU (Charles Faulhaber)
Subject: Re: 3.584 queries (151)
(2) Date: Fri, 13 Oct 89 21:15:29 EDT (10 lines)
From: amsler@flash.bellcore.com (Robert A Amsler)
Subject: Role of libraries in using electronic information
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Date: Fri, 13 Oct 89 21:09:00 EDT
From: cbf@faulhaber.Berkeley.EDU (Charles Faulhaber)
Subject: Re: 3.584 queries (151)
Personal Information Managers
Libraries do have an obligation with providing software for patrons to
download citations into an adequate bibliographic data base. A number
of libraries have used commercial operations (I am thinking of Personal
Bibliographic Software in Ann Arbor, owners of ProCite) to provide that
capability.
At the very minimum such software should allow the user to capture all
of the information in the original citation, including foreign language
diacritics which, unfortunately, disappear in programs based on capturing
a screen image.
Charles B. Faulhaber
Department of Spanish
UC Berkeley CA 94720
bitnet: ked@ucbgarne
internet: cbf@faulhaber.berkeley.edu
telephone: (415) 642-2107
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Date: Fri, 13 Oct 89 21:15:29 EDT
From: amsler@flash.bellcore.com (Robert A Amsler)
Subject: Role of libraries in using electronic information
I believe libraries should not only have their own computing
facilities, but their own computing support staff. This may seem
radical stuff, but the trend of history is clearly that computing
migrates to the subject domains in which it is used, both in terms
of specialization of software and ownership of hardware. The problem
is acquiring and retaining staff with the levels of expertise needed.