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Dissertation Information for Catherine Murphy

NAME:
- Catherine Murphy

DEGREE:
- Ph.D.

DISCIPLINE:
- Library and Information Science

SCHOOL:
- Columbia University (USA) (1987)

ADVISORS:
- Jane Anne Therese Hannigan

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
- None

MPACT Status: Incomplete - Ambiguous

Title: Microcomputer stand-alone online public access catalogs: Practices and attitudes of school library media specialists toward standardization

Abstract: This study explored the state-of-the-art of microcomputer OPAC development in school library media centers in the spring of 1985. In particular, the study participants' bibligraphic practices and attitudes toward mainstream automation standards were investigated. The researcher was also interested in learning if the group endorsed special cataloging treatment for children's and curriculum materials.

The researcher identified 161 OPAC systems in school library media centers in the United States and Canada. Ninety-six respondents using sixteen different programs, including three in-house systems, were included in the study. Most of the systems were determined by the researcher to be nonstandard in design. About ten percent of the OPACS included in the study did provide MARC formats, online authority control, or at least some of the recommended features.

The study revealed that the majority of participants were not aware of mainstream library standards nor did they practice them in developing the OPACS in their school library media centers. The participants had a fairly agreeable attitude toward standards but were not as positive about traditional subject headings and children's cataloging. The strongest influence on the participants' adherence to standards as well as a positive attitude toward them, was the OPAC system used by the participant. Those who developed the more standard OPACS were more conforming. The professional activity or continuing education of the respondents, and most of the institutional variables, were not influential in a positive attitude. Experience and an instructional goal for the OPAC showed slight significance related to attitude and the larger, more urban school districts were more likely to purchase an OPAC that was standard in design. Most of the OPACS were developed at one site in a suburban school district.

MPACT Scores for Catherine Murphy

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C = 0
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T = 0
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TA = 0
calculated 2008-01-31 06:02:04

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ADVISEES:
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COMMITTEESHIPS:
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