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Main Author: Sandler, Mark
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 1985
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ321349
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  • Terminal Ailments Need Not Be Fatal: A Speculative Assessment of the Impact of Online Public Access Catalogs in Academic Settings. Sandler, Mark Academic Libraries Display Systems Higher Education Information Systems Library Automation Library Catalogs Library Instruction Library Services Man Machine Systems Online Searching Online Systems User Satisfaction (Information) Discusses several concerns about nature of online public access catalogs (OPAC) that have particular import to reference librarians: user passivity and loss of control growing out of "human-machine interface" and the larger social context; and the tendency of computerized bibliographic systems to obfuscate human origins of library information and organization. (15 references) (EJS)