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Authority Work for Transitional Catalogs.
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Matters, Marion – Cataloging and Classification Quarterly, 1990
Discusses authority work and authority control for personal names and corporate bodies in transitional archive catalogs. The importance of conformance with standards so that archival materials will collocate with other types of material in integrated catalogs is also discussed, together with enhanced authority work and techniques for archival…
Descriptors: Archives, Bibliographic Records, Library Catalogs, Library Materials
Navigator, Mapmaker, Stargazer: Charting the New Electronic Sources in Art History.
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Reed, Marcia – Library Trends, 1992
Discusses developments in electronic reference sources for the history of art and considers their use by librarians and researchers. The traditional literature of art history is described, and current projects and databases are reviewed that include art, architecture, auction sales catalogs, preservation, library catalogs, thesauri, authority…
Descriptors: Architectural Research, Art History, Bibliographic Utilities, Computer Networks
Humanities Research in the 90s: What Scholars Need; What Librarians Can Do.
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Pankake, Marcia – Library Hi Tech, 1991
Offers suggestions for librarians to meet the needs of humanities researchers. Topics discussed include types of materials humanists use; how scholars work; computerized information sources; the use of online library catalogs; access to European automated catalogs; creating international standards; cooperative collection development; and academic…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Humanities
Comments and Complaints on COM.
Dwyer, James H. – Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science, 1980
Reviews results of microform user studies to reveal which computer output microfilm (COM) products are accepted and which ones are not. Impediments to use are discussed, and a list of further readings on COM is included. (SW)
Descriptors: Computer Output Microfilm, Information Utilization, Library Catalogs, Library Materials
Assessment and Accountability in Reference Work. Part VI: Connections with the Rest of the Library.
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Moody, Marilyn K.; And Others – Reference Librarian, 1992
Presents seven articles that discuss reference librarians and technical services librarians; evaluating online public access catalogs; bibliographic instruction and CD-ROMs; interactive multimedia and electronic media in academic libraries; open versus closed stacks for academic library periodical collections; policies and procedures manuals as…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Accountability, Evaluation Methods, Guides
The Whole Cost of Libraries.
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Dunn, John A., Jr.; Martin, Murray S. – Library Trends, 1994
Reviews costs involved in running libraries that are usually not considered. Topics discussed include building and maintenance costs, including insurance; growth costs, including print and/or electronic materials; physical expansion and staff; electronics; cost recovery, i.e., user fees; cost centers and overhead; user-related costs, including…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Building Operation, Costs, Insurance
A Rising Sense of Urgency: The Year's Work in Serials, 1991.
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Riemer, John J. – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1992
Review of the 1991 literature on serials discusses publishing and scholarly communication; subject bibliographies; acquisitions; pricing; evaluation and use studies; electronic serials; cataloging, classification, and shelf arrangement; indexing and content analysis; automated serials control; preservation; professional issues; union catalogs; and…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Cataloging, Classification, Electronic Publishing
Crisis in Cataloging Revisited: The Year's Work in Subject Analysis, 1990.
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Young, James Bradford – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1991
Reviews the 1990 literature that concerns subject analysis. Issues addressed include subject cataloging, including Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH); classification, including Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC), Library of Congress Classification, and classification in online systems; subject access, including the online use of…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Records, Cataloging, Classification, Dewey Decimal Classification