McFarland M A, Gallagher K, Krash P, Bouchard C
Saint Louis University, Health Sciences Center Library, Missouri 63104, USA.
Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1995 Apr;83(2):216-20.
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the development of the Health Sciences Library Gopher at St. Louis University (SLU) Health Sciences Center. The authors will outline university criteria from the Office of Computing and Information Services, library selection criteria, bibliographical access, reference and instructional implications, data entry and maintenance, and the role of the library's Internet Committee. All libraries have been awed by the tremendous amount of resources available through the Internet; the challenge is to not be intimidated but to be innovative in designing systems that can present these resources to the library client in the most easily understandable approaches possible. The Internet Committee in the SLU Health Sciences Center Library has designed a framework for the construction of "menus" to lead the client to selected Internet resources. Some of the issues confronted include relating the Internet resources to the library's Collection Development Policy, coordination of Internet resources to other bibliographic sources (Journal Holdings List, Intelligent Catalog), and educating staff and clients to manage a wide range of new resources as well as traditional ones in electronic formats.
本文旨在探讨圣路易斯大学（SLU）健康科学中心健康科学图书馆的Gopher系统的发展情况。作者将概述来自计算与信息服务办公室的大学标准、图书馆的选择标准、书目检索、参考咨询与教学方面的影响、数据录入与维护，以及图书馆互联网委员会的作用。所有图书馆都对通过互联网可获取的海量资源感到惊叹；挑战在于不要被吓倒，而是要创新设计系统，以便能以最易于理解的方式将这些资源呈现给图书馆用户。SLU健康科学中心图书馆的互联网委员会已设计出一个构建“菜单”的框架，以引导用户获取选定的互联网资源。面临的一些问题包括将互联网资源与图书馆的馆藏发展政策相关联、将互联网资源与其他书目来源（期刊馆藏列表、智能目录）进行协调，以及培训员工和用户管理大量新资源以及传统的电子格式资源。
