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Download full textCoward, Richard E. – 1974
The systems approach is being applied to the re-organization of the United Kingdom Library system. The core functions to the national library organization are: (1) reference; (2) lending; (3) bibliographic services; and (4) general planning associated with the development of a national library and information system. Despite the immense potential…
Descriptors: Information Systems, Library Automation, Library Circulation, Library Collections
Greenberg, Esther – 1974
Visits were conducted to 20 libraries, networks, or services in the United States, Great Britain, and Scandinavia to study the facilities and management techniques involved in the automation of cataloging and/or acquisitions departments. Of the total number of visits, 3 were made to public library situations, 3 to commercial services, and 16 to…
Descriptors: Administration, Cataloging, College Libraries, Library Acquisition
Bonk, Sharon C. – 1981
Based on interviews and correspondence conducted during 1981, this report describes British library and book trade plans for expansion of their internal order processing systems to include the eventual exchange of data through the use of telecommunications. Comparisons are made between the situation in England and the United States. The report…
Descriptors: Bookstores, Check Lists, Cooperative Planning, Foreign Countries
