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Olson, Nancy B.; Lester, Daniel W. – 1974
Cutbacks in funding and personnel required the Mankato State College Library to gain more effective control over its serials collection. The task was to integrate the various data, some unrecorded, on standing orders and serials holdings and to produce for the library directors specialized lists of many types: all titles ordered from a specific…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Data Processing, Documentation, Library Acquisition
Butler, E. Sonny; Napier, Timothy R. – 2002
This manual is designed to assist librarians in programming unique database applications that meet specific library needs. Chapter 1 goes over the basic functions of working with Windows, describes terms such as multitasking, and shows how to use the menu and tool bars. Chapter 2 covers the basics, defines some useful terms, and presents the steps…
Descriptors: Data Processing, Database Design, Database Management Systems, Databases
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Smith, Susan B.; Lester, Daniel W. – 1974
The State and Urban Publications Collection at Mankato State College contains materials from state and local agencies on urban planning. By 1971, when the collection had grown to the point that its haphazard organization was decreasing its usefulness as a resource tool, the library and the Urban Studies Institute formulated an information…
Descriptors: Book Catalogs, Cataloging, Classification, College Libraries
Townley, Charles T. – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1981
Describes and illustrates Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) procedures appropriate for book collection data analysis. Several different procedures for univariate, bivariate, and multivariate analysis are discussed, and applications of procedures for book collection studies are presented. Included are 24 tables illustrating output…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Graphics, Computer Programs, Data Processing
Beckman, Margaret; And Others – 1973
This report is a revision and expansion of an earlier research report that described the design of the University of Guelph's documentation system for the organization of government publications within university libraries. The design of the Guelph document system represents a deliberate departure from cataloging and classification theory and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Classification, Computer Storage Devices
Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Information Systems Office. – 1975
SCORPIO (Subject Content-Oriented Retriever for Processing Information On-line), a set of computer programs developed by the Library of Congress for use by the Library Library's staff, is described. Intended as a users guide for those not trained in data processing, this document presents the system's general characteristics together with a…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Citations (References), Computer Programs, Data Processing