The Shared Cataloging System of the Ohio College Library Center

Abstract

<p class="p1">Development and <span class="s1">implementation of </span>an off-line <span class="s1">catalog card </span>production <span class="s1">system </span>and <span class="s1">an </span>on-lin<span class="s2">e </span><span class="s1">shared cataloging </span>syst<span class="s2">e</span>m are described. In off-lin<span class="s2">e </span>production<span class="s2">, </span>average <span class="s1">cost </span>p<span class="s2">e</span>r <span class="s1">card </span>for 529<span class="s2">,8</span>93 <span class="s1">catalog </span>cards <span class="s1">in </span>finished form and alphabetized for filing was 6.57 cents. An account is <span class="s1">given </span>of <span class="s1">system </span>design <span class="s1">and equipment </span>selection for the on-line system<span class="s3">. </span>File organization <span class="s1">and </span>pro<span class="s2">gra</span>ms <span class="s1">are </span>described, <span class="s1">and </span>the on-line <span class="s1">cataloging system </span>is discussed. The system <span class="s4">is </span><span class="s2">eas</span><span class="s4">y to use</span><span class="s2">, </span>efficient, reliable, <span class="s4">and </span>cost <span class="s4">beneficial.</span></p>

Application of the Variety-Generator Approach to Searches of Personal Names in Bibliographic Data Bases--Part 1. Microstructure of Personal Authors' Names

“…Typical of this latter approach, in the present context, is the use of truncated search keys for access to bibliographical files in direct access stores, in which fixed-length character strings are the keys, as, for instance, in the system in operation at the Ohio College Library Center. 18 The problems encountered in the use of fixed-length truncated author and title search keys for monograph data are indicated by the fact that the search files using hash-addressing are operated, on average, at a density of only 62.5 percent. Once the density reaches 75 percent, the proportion of collisions and the resultant degradation in performance are such that the files are recreated at a density of only 50 percent.…”

OSI and Distributed, Integrated Library Systems

“…OCLC's present System, which is still a product of design decisions made in The author is EBSCO Professor, Graduate School of Library Service, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, U.S.A. the 1960s and 1970s, employs a more or less centralized Computer configuration. 2 The network's data störe and processing capability are overwhelmingly concentrated in Dublin Ohio. Each of the remote terminals in the network responds principally to directions from the central Computer System.…”

The Computerised Catalogue in a University Library

“…The most impressive of these is that based at the Ohio College Library Center where about 50 public and university libraries are sharing the facilities. 52 Each library has on-line access to the data base and is able to manipulate the machine record so that the output conforms to the practice of the individual library. Catalogue cards are produced at a cost below the charges of the Library of Congress and the machine file will be available for subject searches, current awareness listings and interlibrary loan facilities.…”