Proceedings
of The 4th International Conference on New Information Technology
December 2-4, 1991 National Szechenyi Library
Budapest, Hungary

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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 S‡ndor 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 J‡ki and Ferenc N‡dasdi.....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 PUBLICAITONS:
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 Stoklasov‡ .....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