The online public access catalogue in DOBIS/LIBIS

McAllister, Caryl

doi:10.1108/eb046957

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1987

DOI: 10.1108/eb046957

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The online public access catalogue in DOBIS/LIBIS

Caryl McAllister¹

Abstract: The DOBIS/LIBIS OPAC has been in active use at a number of installations for several years. Before describing the OPAC, this paper briefly describes the development and design of DOBIS/LIBIS as a whole. After sketches of several libraries using the OPAC, its menu‐guided and full‐screen search capabilities are described. Other OPAC facilities, such as the self‐service display of a borrower record, the sending of electronic mail to the library staff, and the multilingual capability of the system, are also covere… Show more

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Supporting multilinguality in library automation systems using ai tools

Michos¹,

Stamatatos²,

Fakotakis³

1999

Applied Artificial Intelligence

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Language barriers present a major problem in the e ectiveness of resource sharing and in common access to the resources of libraries. In this paper we present the T RANSLIB system, which consists of an integration of both new and existing multilingual information tools. T his system takes full advantage of some AI± based methods in order to provide multilingual access to library catalogues. Its main features include functionalities for searching in multiple languages, multilingual presentation of the query results, and localization of the user interface. T RANSLIB has currently been tested in existing medium± sized bibliographic databases. Evaluation results show a remarkable improvement in the search process and report high user friendliness and easy and low± cost maintenance and upgrade of the system.Today's libraries have automated their everyday transactions such as acqui± sition, cataloguing, and circulation. An automated library appears to users as an online public access catalogue (OP AC) through which they can quickly search and obtain the desired information (Leeves, 1994). Such systems support bibliographic search according to author name, title, pub± lication year, etc., and provide free text and keyword facilities. Hence, com± puter systems have replaced the librarian's role as intermediary between user and library, and expert systems that simulate this role providing general information to the user have been developed (M orris, 1992).M oreover, the application of AI to information retrieval has recently attracted the attention of information scientists. Advanced applications of natural language processing (N LP ), such as machine translation, have Final version received N ovember 1998.

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Supporting multilinguality in library automation systems using ai tools

Michos¹,

Stamatatos²,

Fakotakis³

1999

Applied Artificial Intelligence

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Potential of DOBIS/LIBIS and MINISIS for automating library functions: a comparative study

Chaudhry¹,

Ashoor²

1990

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This paper reports the results of a comparative study of the suitability of DOBIS/LIBIS and MINISIS for library applications. Evaluation of the systems against locally developed criteria have indicated great potential for handling all major library functions including Arabisation. The study has shown that DOBIS/LIBIS scored higher in circulation and periodical control, while MINISIS scored higher in cataloguing and OPAC functions. Further, DOBIS/LIBIS' support services and MINISIS' documentation require considerable enhancements. The authors conclude that DOBIS/LIBIS seems to be more suitable for large academic libraries, with access to the mainframe computer and adequate data processing staff. MINISIS in the meantime, may be a better choice for special libraries and information centres interested in SDI, indexing services, etc. which want to use mini or microcomputers.

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The online public access catalogue in DOBIS/LIBIS

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Supporting multilinguality in library automation systems using ai tools

Supporting multilinguality in library automation systems using ai tools

Potential of DOBIS/LIBIS and MINISIS for automating library functions: a comparative study

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