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Tuesday. February 5, 1985/The Battalion/Page 3 CTATF ANn I or* AI m 4 A A Mtmi A AJL * H e i MIS may take the future of old card catalogue on the eoneash it the tilt! sume the;: Jged tot ; on theli should | d an Amer ( ; going otj further! though ow, I wij is found t • TV netu By KENNETH SURY Reporter The Texas A&M Library Council lis studying a proposal regarding the jfuture of the author/title card cata- glogue in Sterling C. Evans Library. Dr. Vivian Paul, chairwoman of Ithe committee, said the proposal jwould put all new additions to the Icard catalogue into the Automated /Library Information System. ALIS, a computer catalogue iwhich locates books by either author, [title or call number. If the proposal is adopted, the lexisting subject card catalogue file [still will be maintained and the exist- |ing author/title card catalogue will ?be kept, Paul said. J Only the new author/title cata- ” anothei} llogue will be put in ALIS. The new never ^^acquisitions will not be put into the old author/title card catalogue. The subcommittee is gathering faculty response to the proposal, Paul said. Paul said the advantages and dis advantages of the proposal were published last semester in Fort nightly, a newsletter for the A&M faculty and staff. The advantages include searching for information by call numbers, finding uncatalogued items such as curriculum guides and materials on reserve, plus faster cataloguing of new books. With the use of the sys- Jtem, library patrons also will be able I to find out circulation information Photo by FRANK IR WIN A proposal would put all new additions to the author/title card catalogue into the ALIS system. it, i asm given all 4 at whenil I want it ' air, but oom (loci with poi i defetffi .. But we we make vith malkt! Why did> nal cote p mationE regarding the availability of books. . A future advantage could be re mote access from locations other than the library. Cross-referencing and searching for keywords in the book title eventually will be possible. The potential disadvantages are, according to the Fortnightly article, the possible reluctance on the part of faculty, staff and students to learn the new system; the expense of ac quiring the necessary equipment; the possible lack of terminals and long lines; and the response time of the computer during peak use. A response sheet was included in the Fortnightly with the article. Paul said she received a number of comments on the proposal, but she wants to hear more feedback. “We want to get as wide a spec trum of responses as possible,” she said. To get those responses, the committee is going to conduct a ran dom sampling of the faculty by mail with a telephone follow-up for unre turned responses, she saicl. “We want more faculty response and we’re going after it,” Paul said. The committee’s final report to the Library Council will be presented Feb. 28. nil his nil innocencd ? 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