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Peer reviewedRada, Roy; And Others – Information Technology and Libraries, 1987
Designed to characterize journals as part of the selection process for journals to be included in an information retrieval database, two studies used bibliometric techniques to examine patterns of publishing and topic patterns and coverage, and a third developed a rule-based system to evaluate the qualities of a journal. (CLB)
Descriptors: Bibliometrics, Databases, Evaluation Criteria, Expert Systems
Fontaine, Claudia – Microcomputers for Information Management: An International Journal for Library and Information Services, 1987
Describes the general methodology of time and motion studies and reports the results of a study which used this methodology to compare digitization of images in a microcomputer environment with storage of images on microforms. (CLB)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Storage Devices, Information Retrieval, Information Storage
Peer reviewedSanders, Thomas R. – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1987
Reviews a wide range of retrieval problems that arose with the implementation of an online catalog in an academic library, especially the problem of retrieving uniform titles coded as authors. The need for changes in the underlying format of coding uniform titles as a universal solution is discussed. (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Information Retrieval, Library Automation
