Academic libraries customize, support, and provide access to myriad information systems, each with complex graphical user interfaces. The number of possible information entry points on an academic library Web site is both daunting to the end-user and consistently challenging to library Web site designers. Faced with the challenges inherent in…

The proposed Index takes into account the interdependencies between the measured variables and the relative value placed on these variables by the system evaluator. (Author/JB)

A prototype of an interactive, conversational mass spectral search system, developed at the National Institutes of Health, has been tested since September 1971 and is now being used by more than 200 scientists in the U.S. and Canada, and will soon be used by the international mass spectrometry community. (17 references) (SJ)

The problems of using English for information retrival are delineated. The querying capability of a keyword dialog system is illustrated with actual computer output. Major advantages of this approach are: reduced ambiguity in requests, users may think in smaller functional units, and users may edit previous requests. (7 references) (Author/SJ)

A design method for information retrieval systems, based on a modelling technique, and derived from the general objectives and tasks set for the system is described. (12 references) (SJ)

A Mathematical model for use in studying how to minimize the cost of operating a mechanized retrieval system is developed. Through the use of cost analysis, the model provides a method for comparative evaluation between information retrieval systems. (15 references) (Author/SJ)

Discusses computer programs for aid in teaching, student diagnosis and learning developed by the National Cash Register Company. (MK)

Natural language systems are seen as falling into two classes - those which process and analyse the input and store it in an ordered fashion, and those which employ controls at the output stage. A variety of systems of both types is reviewed, and their respective features are discussed. (12 references) (Author/NH)

Interaction and interactive systems involve the computer and complexities when an abstracting and indexing service relates to its users. Kinds of interactions are: between government and industrial services; between discipline - and project - oriented services; on a national versus international level; and between the user and the computer. (4…

A description of the applications of the dial access system at Wayne State and the philosophy behind it. (LS)

This fourth update to the bibliography that was published as a supplement to the first issue of "Online Review" contains 441 references covering the period from mid-1979 to mid-1980. Permuted title (KWIC) and author indexes are included. (Author/FM)

Expands on existing concepts and notions regarding hypertext-based information retrieval. Topics include document characterization; characterization networks; query by navigation; navigation networks; and adding new links to the characterization networks with information about semantic relations. (LRW)

Explains the Open Archives Initiative (OAI) Protocol for Metadata Harvesting and its impact on digital libraries and information retrieval by transferring metadata from one server to another in a network of information systems. Highlights include data providers; service providers; value-added services; Dublin Core metadata; data transfer;…