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Volume 9, Issue 3
1 March 1993
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OCLC Systems & Services: International digital library perspectives
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Research Article| March 01 1993

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Nelia C. Wurangian
Nelia C. Wurangian
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 2054-1694
Print ISSN: 1065-075X
© MCB UP Limited
1993
OCLC Systems & Services: International digital library perspectives (1993) 9 (3): 40–42.
https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000003718

Reviews the experience of testing the CAT CD450 software. Discusses OCLC and Beta testing. Considers some of the challenges that one encounters when performing tests, including ethical issues. Offers guidelines for successful Beta testing, and finally considers whether or not librarians should be the ones to participate in testing.

Keywords:
Cataloguing, Computer software, Libraries, IT, Online retrieval, Tests
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