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Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. – 1977
Aspects of library accessibility to users were discussed at this meeting of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). Presentations by the nine speakers are reproduced in this report: (1) Richard Boss, Princeton University Library, "Overview"; (2) Hugh Atkinson, University of Illinois Library, "Decentralized Circulation"; (3) Richard DeGennaro,…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Conference Reports, Library Associations, Library Circulation
Download full textFranco, Elaine A., Ed. – 1982
The papers presented at the 1982 Spring Meeting of the Nebraska Library Association include: (1) "Online Catalog Cooperation among LIRS [Library Information Retrieval System] Libraries" by Roxanne Sellberg; (2) "The New 'MLA Bibliography': One Bibliographer's Perspective" by Elaine A. Franco; (3) "Serial Cancellation…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Career Planning, Library Acquisition, Library Catalogs
Lancaster, F. Wilfrid, Ed. – 1979
Drawn from the 15th Annual Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing, held at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the nine papers presented in this volume deal with problems--or, in some cases, downright failures--in the automation of various facets of library service. They range from a general survey of failures or limitations…
Descriptors: Bureaucracy, Catalogs, Computer Science, Conference Reports
Peer reviewedRockman, Ilene F. – RQ, 1980
Includes an evaluation of turnkey circulation systems used to support online catalogs (Richard Boss), results of a survey to determine user attitudes toward online catalogs (Kenneth Dowlin), a description of Ohio State University's library control system (Susan Miller), and a profile of a user-designed subject retrieval system (Kaske and Sanders).…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Information Retrieval, Library Automation, Library Catalogs
Rasmussen, Ruth J., Ed. – 1988
This report provides the text of four presentations from a joint meeting of the College and University and Special and Institution sections of the Nebraska State Library Association. In the first, "Cooperation among Multitype Libraries," Sherri Dux-Ideus describes the cooperation between Beatrice Public Library and the Beatrice…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Database Management Systems, Higher Education, Information Services
Lancaster, F. Wilfrid, Ed. – 1975
More than 100 representatives from various types of libraries attended a clinic on the current and future applications of minicomputers in library operations. Among the library-related problems considered were: (1) circulation and control, (2) cataloging, (3) education and training, (4) information retrieval, (5) acquisitions, and (6) serials…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Programs, Computer Science Education
Kim, Choong H.; Sexton, Irwin M. – 1974
When representatives of public libraries with programs to deliver books to patrons by mail met in Las Vegas, Nevada, in June of 1973, the conference brought to a sharp focus the emergence of two different types of books by mail (BBM) programs. One is the urban or metropolitan program serving the four to six percent of the urban population who are…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Costs, Delivery Systems, Library Circulation
Hoadley, Irene Braden, Ed.; Thorson, A. Robert, Ed. – 1973
The Ohio State Libraries hosted an institute to involve participants in a discussion of the Library Circulation System (LCS). Five papers were presented which were devoted to: (1) the historical background and philosophy surrounding the decision of The Ohio State University Libraries to involve themselves in the field of automation; (2) the…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Conference Reports, Cost Effectiveness, Databases
