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Kovacic, Ellen Siegel – Cataloging and Classification Quarterly, 1987
Based on personal experiences, both as a paraprofessional and as a professional, in cataloging various types of materials in very different library settings, this author identifies several variables that enter into the cataloging process and describes how learning is achieved. (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Cataloging, Educational Needs, Higher Education, Library Automation

Franklin, Laurel F. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1987
Describes a study at City College Library which examined the proportion of name headings that could be validated against the Library of Congress Name Authority File in automated authority control. The implications for the use of automated authority control as a means of integrating current and retrospective headings are discussed. (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Automation, Machine Readable Cataloging
Roberts, Anne F., Ed. – 1982
Different views on the future of research libraries are presented in this collection of papers from persons affiliated with the State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany. Joseph Z. Nitecki (library director) discusses the effect of social change on library missions, operations, and procedures. Warren F. Ilchman (vice president for research and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computers, Futures (of Society), Higher Education

Kleiner, Jane P. – College and Research Libraries, 1987
This review of the positive and negative impact of centralization of library collections and services on library staff and quality of services focuses on reference services. The move from decentralized to centralized library services at Louisiana State University is discussed as well as the effect of automation on that configuration. (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Centralization, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education

Cimbala, Diane J. – College and Research Libraries, 1987
Discusses the growing similarities between academic libraries and computing centers and proposes an organizational model for the union of the two into an information services center. The administrative and personnel implications of such a union are addressed. (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administrative Change, Administrative Organization, Higher Education

McDonald, David R.; Metz, Paul – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1988
The first of two articles discusses the similarities and differences between academic libraries and campus computing centers, and identifies the level of service libraries want from computing centers. The second addresses the advantages of automating library circulation systems, and the need to integrate those systems with other library and campus…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Agency Cooperation, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education

Wajenberg, Arnold S. – Cataloging and Classification Quarterly, 1987
Describes the decentralization of original cataloging responsibilities that resulted from the development of an online catalog in an academic library, and a training program for the public service librarians responsible for cataloging. The importance of having cataloging conform with national standards is emphasized. (CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Classification, Decentralization
Tanis, Norman; Ventuleth, Cindy – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1987
Describes a pilot project in automated storage and retrieval of library materials which uses miniload cranes to retrieve bins of materials, and an interface with an online catalog that patrons use to request materials. Savings in space and money and potential problems with the system are discussed. (CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cost Effectiveness, Facility Requirements, Higher Education

Camp, John A.; And Others – College and Research Libraries, 1987
Reports the results of a national survey of online systems in academic libraries which gathered information on acquisitions, serials, circulation, cataloging, interlibrary loan, and integrated systems. The results include relationships between library characteristics, such as size, and library reports of present systems and future plans, methods…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Institutional Characteristics, Library Automation

Planton, Stanley; Phillips, Susan – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1986
Describes computerization of routine library procedures on Apple microcomputers at a small regional campus of Ohio University. Highlights include use of a database management program--PFS:FILE--for acquisition lists, equipment/supplies inventory, microfilm and periodicals management, and statistical manipulations, and a spreadsheet…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Computer Software, Database Management Systems, Higher Education

Lawry, Martha – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1984
Examines role of cataloger as it has been and is often perceived, and advances view of what role should be. The cataloger's function is discussed in terms of classification and description, automation and change, reclassification as supervisor of nonprofessional staff, cooperation within library, reorganization, and instruction. Thirteen…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Higher Education, Librarians
Hatfield, V. Sue, Ed. – 1986
The following papers were presented at a joint conference of the Colorado Library Association and the Mountain Plains Library Association (MPLA) in October 1986: (1) "Development of a Strategic Plan for the Harold B. Lee Library--A Model for Public Service" (Larry Ostler); (2) "The Library Committee in MPLA Libraries" (Ronald…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bookstores, Burnout, Cataloging
Appavoo, Patricia J. – 1986
This paper examines the relocation of Athabasca University, an open-access, distance education institution, from Edmonton to Athabasca, Alberta, Canada, and the effect of that move on the library. Factors that helped make the move successful are discussed, including the 5-year institutional planning process; a government grant for the purchase of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Campus Planning, Financial Support, Foreign Countries

Bocher, Robert; And Others – Information Technology and Libraries, 1984
Three articles describe procedures used for retrospective conversion: MITINET/retro system in Wisconsin and efforts to create statewide bibliographic database; retrocon process for Library Computer System circulation/resource-sharing system in Illinois academic libraries; use of REMARC to build online catalog at Johns Hopkins University. Authority…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Databases, Higher Education

Werner, Gloria; Brudvig, Glenn – Journal of Library Administration, 1985
Describes management experiences at University of California--Los Angeles (UCLA), University of Minnesota Biomedical Library, and California Institute of Technology. Discussions include development of ORION (UCLA's online technical processing and information system); organizational changes occurring as result of large-scale automation;…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administrative Principles, Administrators, Communication (Thought Transfer)