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Boss, Richard W.; Espo, Hal – Library Journal, 1987
Discusses several areas to be considered in planning for library automation: (1) cataloging standards; (2) MARC (Machine-Readable Cataloging) format; (3) database design; (4) retrospective conversion; (5) REMARC, a retrospective conversion service; (6) MiniMARC, a stand-alone cataloging support system; (7) copy-specific file conversion; and (8)…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Databases, Library Automation, Shared Library Resources
Hughes, Norm – 1998
The Distance Education Center (DEC) of the University of Southern Queensland (Australia) has developed a unique materials database system which is used to monitor pre-production, design and development, production and post-production planning, scheduling, and distribution of all types of materials including courses offered only on the Internet. In…
Descriptors: Certification, Computer System Design, Database Management Systems, Databases

McQueen, Judy; Boss, Richard W. – Library Technology Reports, 1985
This issue on current options in the area of machine-readable cataloging and retrospective conversion highlights generation and use of machine-readable bibliographic records, editing, standards, online and batch access, keying and coding, full-service cataloging and conversion, interlibrary loan, and authority control. Profiles of 22…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Databases, Library Automation, Library Technical Processes
West Virginia State Vocational Curriculum Lab., Cedar Lakes. – 1987
This curriculum guide provides the basic curriculum components required to develop lesson plans that address the learning outcomes for the area of integrated computing. It is not a complete, self-contained curriculum. Instead, the guide provides the teacher with a number of informational items related to the learning outcomes and allows him/her…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Business Education, Competency Based Education, Computer Literacy
Bridge, Frank R.; Garcia, C. Rebecca – 1988
This workbook for participants in a 1988 Texas State Library workshop is designed to provide a step by step outline for the full process of bibliographic, item, and patron conversion from paper files to an online environment; to orient participants to various methods and major vendors of bibliographic retrospective conversion; and to provide a…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Library Automation, Library Planning, Machine Readable Cataloging

Avram, Henriette D. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1986
Four intertwined issues in networking--local systems, linking, linking standards, and database ownership--need to be dealt with by bibliographic utilities and librarians, as their members, in the very near future. The resolution of these major issues will significantly affect the future direction of nationwide networking. (Author)
Descriptors: Bibliographic Utilities, Cataloging, Databases, Information Retrieval

Buckland, Michael K.; Lynch, Clifford A. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1987
Describes the Linked Systems Protocol, a draft national standard for bibliographic information retrieval aimed at developing an extended protocol for the movement of bibliographic information from one system to another, and its implications for library automation, the individual librarian, and the library user. (CLB)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Utilities, Cataloging, Computer Networks

Cataloging and Classification Quarterly, 1986
Articles highlight National Endowment for the Humanities Support for United States Newspaper Program; coordination of cataloging practices; on-site cataloging; Pennsylvania Newspaper Project; Newspaper Cataloging Manual and Anglo American Cataloging Rules (AACR2); national policy for cataloging microform reproductions; and intended audience terms.…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Classification, Databases, Information Systems

Carter, Ruth C.; Bruntjen, Scott – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1984
Reviews history of Serials Cancellation Project conducted by Pittsburgh Regional Library Center with grant from Council on Library Resources and discusses technical details for implementing project via OCLC and the Pennsylvania Union List of Serials. Proposal development, description of project, advisory committee, standards, workshops, and…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Databases, Library Acquisition, Library Collections

Crawford, David – College and Research Libraries, 1986
Humanistic scholars need simple access to jargon-free information on databases in an academic library setting. Many private databases in the humanities are being developed, creating a need for standardization to enable scholars beyond disciplinary boundaries to communicate and benefit from each others' research. (CDD)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Communication (Thought Transfer), Databases

Bidd, Donald; And Others – Canadian Library Journal, 1984
Description of national computerized information system for Canadian audiovisual material--FORMAT--highlights its development and management by National Film Board of Canada, system developments during past 4 years, system design and standards, database sources, and database processing (building database with UTLAS, cataloging, access to database,…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Cataloging, Databases, Foreign Countries
Richards, Beverly; Moore, Susan – 1991
A survey based on a position paper provided an opportunity for a 50% random sample of members of the Health Occupations Education Division of the American Vocational Association to express their opinions on national teacher certification standards. Members were asked to indicate their degree of support using a Likert-type rating scale of eight…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Articulation (Education), Competence, Cooperative Programs
Bond, Linda; And Others – 1993
This publication explores the relationship between state systemic reform initiatives and state student assessment programs using a database established by the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory and interviews with state assessment directors in California, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Texas, and Vermont. States throughout the country are…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Data Collection, Databases, Educational Assessment