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Peer reviewedVickery, B. C. – Journal of Documentation, 1978
Presents a theoretical model of documentation which strives to include all potential users and their varying information needs, including nonreaders, through an analysis of the system of documentation. (JVP)
Descriptors: Documentation, Information Dissemination, Information Needs, Information Science
Epstein, Susan Baerg – Library Journal, 1983
Discusses concerns of librarians entering field of library automation emphasizing issues surrounding automated circulation control systems and online catalogs. Factors which have contributed to dramatic growth in these areas are enumerated: MARC II format, reduced computer costs, commercial vendors, scarce resources, and turnkey systems. (EJS)
Descriptors: Cataloging, Cost Effectiveness, Information Storage, Library Automation
Peer reviewedDuchesne, Roddy; Giesbrecht, Walter W. – Canadian Library Journal, 1988
Discusses CD-ROM with an emphasis on aspects that librarians need to know. The topics covered include the technology; installations and cost; advantages and disadvantages for libraries; products of interest to librarians; and selection issues. Other optical storage media are described and sources for further information are provided. (37…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Storage Devices, Cost Effectiveness, Databases
Peer reviewedSzary, Richard V. – Journal of Library Administration, 1986
Explores the requirements of archival information systems, as compared to existing library information systems, and suggests ways in which information technology may be used to create systems that accommodate both areas. (CLB)
Descriptors: Archives, Cataloging, Information Storage, Information Systems
Peer reviewedHopkinson, Alan – Journal of Documentation, 1984
This review of international information exchange formats focuses on the international standard ISO 2709 and MARC formats, "UNISIST Reference Manual," UNIMARC (Universal MARC format), the Common Communications Format, centralized network formats (International Serials Data System, MINISIS, regional), International MARC network study…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Computer Storage Devices, Global Approach, Guides
Peer reviewedSchleifer, Harold B. – Microform Review, 1982
Suggests that the continued effectiveness of microformat library tools depends upon quality standards in the design of micropublications, the facilities in which they are used, and the reading/printing equipment they are used on. The "ideal" features of microform tools are described and a 131-entry reference list is included. (Author/JL)
Descriptors: Computer Output Microfilm, Futures (of Society), Information Retrieval, Information Storage
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
