Conference Sponsors and Endorsers .....iii
Message from the Chief Conference Organizer .....v
PREFACE .....ix
A FULBRIGHTER IN ROMANIA: EXPECTATIONS AND REALITY
Anita Breland .....1
THE COMING OF DIGITAL VISUAL INFORMATION AGE:
IMPLICATIONS FOR INFORMATION ACCESS
Ching-chih Chen ..... 5
LINKING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES: BENEFITS AND CHALLENGES
William F. Chickering .....19
NEURAL NETWORKS IN LIBRARIES:
THE POTENTIAL OF A NEW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Tamas E. Doszkocs ..... 27
A STEP FORWARD IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY:
THE FIRST HUNGARIAN CD-ROM TITLE: THE INTERNATIONAL PATENT
CLASSIFICATION, 5-TH EDITION, HUNGARIAN TRANSLATION
Agnes Felkline Szanyi and Sandor Biszak .....35
PROBLEMS OF THESAURUS CREATING FOR THEORY OF LITERATURE
Tatjana Filipovic Radulaski .....41
USE OF OCLC/AMIGOS COLLECTION ANALYSIS CD
FOR COLLECTION MANAGEMENT
Suzanne D. Gyeszly .....47
ACCESS TO BIOMEDIAL INFORMATION:
THE LIBRARIANS AND PHYSICANS PARTNERSHIP
Joseph Harzbecker .....57
HUMANITIES COMPUTING IN NORWAY: OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES
Jostein H. Hauge .....65
INFORMATION TECTONICS: THE EMERGENCE OF
A NEW KEY DISCIPLINE IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Petter Henriksen .....81
PC IN LIBRARY
Katarina Jaic .....91
INFORMATION SOURCES & INFORMATION NEEDS
Eva Jaki and Ferenc Nadasdi .....97
ONLINE SEARCHING AND DECISION MAKING:
THE AMERICAN-HUNGARIAN CONNECTION
Robert A. Karlowich .....103
TWO MONTHS TO A CD-ROM: WE DID IT AND SO CAN YOU!
Amanda Siewling Lo,Yu-Huei Lainer and Ching-chih Chen .....109
THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY IN THE PRODUCTION OF
THE SWEDISH NATIONAL ENCYCLOPEDIA
Kari Marklund .....121
HIGH RESOLUTION DIGITAL IMAGING OF PAINTINGS:
THE VASARI PROJECT
Kirk Martinez .....127
TERMINOLOGY AND NEURAL NETWORK SYSTEMS:
THE EXPERIENCE OF THE BRAIN AND NLRI PROJECT
Yutaka Okaya, Norikazu Ohtake and Toshihiro Arai .....133
NEW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN PUERTO RICAN ACADEMIC
LIBRARIES: POTENTIAL AND BARRIERS FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION
Daniel Ortiz-Zapata and Debbie Ann Quintana .....145
ESTABLISHING INFORMATION SERVICE STRATEGIES
IN A TECHNOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT
David Penniman .....159
ONLINE UNION CATALOGUE OF SERIAL PUBLICATIONS:
ISDS FILE USED AS AUTHORITY FILE
Gordana Popovic-Boskovic and Ljiljana Kovacevic .....167
CD-ROM IMPACT AND USE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF THE SACRED HEART,
PUERTO RICO: A BIBLIOGRAPHIC INSTRUCTION PERSPECTIVE
Debbie Ann Quintana .....175
EVALUATING LIBRARY TECHNOLOGY: THE USERS' PERSPECTIVE
Donald E. Riggs .....181
DEVELOPING AWARENESS OF ADULT LEARNING AND
TRAINING STYLES IN AN AUTOMATED ENVIRONMENT
Rivkah K. Sass .....191
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF A HYPERTEXT DATA BASE ON SPANISH
PUBLIC HEALTH (& HEALTH CARE SERVICES ADMINISTRATION)
Marcelo Sosa, Maria Victoria Navazo and Josita de Llano .....197
DEVELOPING INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION DATABASES
Ruth Stanat .....205
COMPUTERIZATION OF CZECH LIBRARIES:
HISTORY, PRESENT AND FUTURE
Martin Svoboda and Bohdana Stoklasova .....217
EXPANDABILITY, FLEXIBILITY, COMPATIBILITY: KEY MANAGEMENT
CONSIDERATIONS IN ACADEMIC LIBRARY AUTOMATION
Diane R. Tebbetts .....223
ABSTRACTS
PRESENT STATE OF AUTOMATION IN THE LIBRARY OF
KOSSUTH UNIVERSITY
Olga Gomba .....233
AN INTEGRATED LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SYSTEM
IN THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC
Dusan Katuscak .....235
DATABASES AND STATE INFORMATICS DEVELOPMENT IN LITHUANIA
Julius Novickas ..... 237
HOW TO ESTABLISH CONNECTIONS BETWEEN DIFFERENT
SYSTEMS OF CLASSIFICATION
Rajko Petronijevic .....241
PRODUCT REVIEWS
COMPACT CAMBRIDGE MEDLINE OFFERS REFERENCE UPDATE AND ONLINE
CONNECTION TO PROVIDE THE MOST CURRENT INFORMATION ON CD-ROM
Barbara Rogoski ..... 243
BEILSTEIN CURRENT FACTS IN CHEMISTRY ON CD-ROM
Monika Schrimpf .....245
AUTHOR INDEX.....247
SUBJECT INDEX .....249