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The Automated Authority File at the National Library of Canada.
Clement, Hope E. A. – 1979
This paper discusses the current resurgence of interest in authority files and describes the automated authority files of the National Library of Canada. Factors contributing to this interest in such files include cooperative programs between libraries, the development of international standards, and the impact of computer technology and…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Classification, Foreign Countries, Library Automation
CIP--How It's Being Used.
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Gislason, Thora – Canadian Library Journal, 1986
Discusses both the advantages and the limitations of the Canadian cataloging-in-publication (CIP) system, a decentralized system which began in January 1976 with three principal library agencies--the University of British Columbia, York University (transferred to the University of Toronto in 1982), and the Bibliotheque Nationale du Quebec in…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Decentralization, Foreign Countries, Library Acquisition
RECON Alternatives for Eight British Columbia Public Libraries: An Ancillary Report for the British Columbia Library Network Prepared at the Request of the Greater Vancouver Library Federation and Greater Victoria Public Library.
Baldwin, Paul E.; Swain, Leigh – 1980
This feasibility study was conducted to (1) estimate the alternative costs in 1980 Canadian dollars of using four bibliographic utilities to accomplish the retrospective conversion (RECON) of eight British Columbia public libraries' manual card catalog files, (2) make recommendations as to which alternative should be selected and how it should be…
Descriptors: Card Catalogs, Cost Estimates, Feasibility Studies, Information Systems
Proposal to Fund the Establishment of a Computer Based Library Service Utility in British Columbia.
British Columbia Union Catalogue, Richmond. – 1980
Sponsored by the 28 member libraries of the British Columbia Union Catalogue (BCUC), this proposal requests funds from provincial government to establish the British Columbia Library Network (BCLN), a computerized library information system based on the existing BCUC organization and database. Chapters describe the need for the establishment of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Oriented Programs, Financial Support, Foreign Countries
IFLA General Conference, 1985. Division on Collections and Services. Section on Interlending and Document Delivery. Papers.
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1985
Papers on interlibrary loans and document delivery which were presented at the 1985 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference include: (1) "The Activities of the IFLA Office for International Lending" (Richard J. Bennett, British Library Lending Division, United Kingdom); (2) "Electronic Networking for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Systems, Interlibrary Loans, International Organizations
Canadian National Bibliographic Data Base Study: The Report.
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Duchesne, Roderick M. – 1974
This study shows strategies which can be used to plan and implement the Canadian National Library's bibliographic data base and the systems which it is to support. The data base would be a subset of a national bibliographic data base which can be brought together in the context of the projected Canadian Library and Information Retrieval Center.…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Citations (References), Computer Programs, Computers