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Peer reviewedSmall, Jocelyn Penny – Library Hi Tech, 1991
Describes the development of a system to retrieve images for an international project that is producing a pictorial dictionary of classical mythology, the Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae. Applications to other types of information are discussed, two classification systems for Art History are described, and design principles for…
Descriptors: Art History, Classification, Computer System Design, Databases
Peer reviewedToney, Stephen R. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1992
Describes a project that improved the quality of BCIN, the bibliographic database of the Conservation Information Network, by correcting data fields and removing duplicate records. The database is described, deduplication theory is discussed and relevant literature is reviewed, algorithm development and testing is described, and results of…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Bibliographic Databases, Bibliographic Records, Error Correction
Peer reviewedCochrane, Pauline A. – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1990
Reviews the steps taken toward UBC (universal bibliographic control) in the past 20 years and critiques some of the shortfalls in the UNESCO/IFLA (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization/International Federation of Library Associations) program. Advances such as electronic publishing are put in context to suggest an…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Catalogs, Developing Nations, Electronic Publishing
Peer reviewedVerheijen-Voogd, C. – Online Review, 1981
Presents a chart which compares selected command functions of DIMDI and IRS/ESA, two major versions of the EURONET Common Command Language, with the IRS/ESA-Quest retrieval language and includes specific remarks for most of the commands. (RBF)
Descriptors: Charts, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Information Networks
Peer reviewedAnd Others; Fialkowski, Konrad R. – Information Processing and Management, 1981
Describes the principles and methodology of Warsaw Clearinghouse activity and its specialized bibliographic service for collecting, processing, and disseminating information on thesauri and related topics. An information retrieval system TEKLA, designed to improve clearinghouse service, is discussed. (Author/BK)
Descriptors: Citations (References), Clearinghouses, Data Processing, Databases
Beagle, Donald; Kenney, Anne R.; McGovern, Nancy Y.; Martinez, Ida T.; Heidig, Lance J.; Bonthron, Karen; Urquhart, Christine; Thomas, Rhian; Ellis, David; Everitt, Jean; Lonsdale, Ray; McDermott, Elizabeth; Morris, Helen; Phillips, Rebecca; Spink, Sian; Yeoman, Alison; Armstrong, Chris; Fenton, Roger; Paskin, Norman; Miller, Paul; Dawson, David; Perkins, John – D-Lib Magazine, 2003
Includes five articles that discusses c-space as a visualization schema related to keyword distribution in information retrieval; academic librarians and alternative information providers, such as Google and eBay; electronic journal use in higher education in the United Kingdom; digital object identifiers; and international audiences for digital…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Electronic Journals, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Peer reviewedPobukovsky, M. – Information Development, 1985
In 1975, Unesco's Computerized Documentation System was combined with Integrated Set of Information Systems to create a comprehensive collection of programs for input, management, and output. The system is being used to support an Integrated Documentation Network within Unesco and micro and minicomputer versions are soon to be released.…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Databases, Information Networks, Information Retrieval
Peer reviewedWilliamson, Nancy J. – Online & CD-ROM Review, 1997
Discusses the current status of classification and its future possibilities based on the 1997 International ISKO Conference in London. Topics include its role in information storage and retrieval systems; new uses due to technological changes; term relationships and hierarchies; vocabularies; knowledge organization, hyperlinks, and…
Descriptors: Classification, Conferences, Futures (of Society), Information Retrieval
Peer reviewedMcIlwaine, I. C. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1997
Discusses the history and development of the Universal Decimal Classification (UDC). Topics include the relationship with Dewey Decimal Classification; revision process; structure; facet analysis; lack of standard rules for application; application in automated systems; influence of UDC on classification development; links with thesauri; and use…
Descriptors: Classification, Dewey Decimal Classification, Information Retrieval, International Programs
Peer reviewedCaplan, Priscilla – Public-Access Computer Systems Review, 1997
Describes the fifth Dublin Core (DC Workshop) DC is a small set of simple, descriptive data elements intended to aid in the discovery of Internet resources. Covers metadata issues, "DC Lite," current international projects utilizing the Core, and issues yet to be resolved. (AEF)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indexing, Information Retrieval, International Organizations
Peer reviewedBelkin, Nicholas J.; And Others – Information Processing and Management, 1987
Based on an international workshop held at Rutgers University, this article discusses problems and issues in the design, research, and implementation of distributed expert-based information systems (DEBIS). Information needs of end users are stressed, architectures for expert information retrieval systems are explored, and prototype models are…
Descriptors: Expert Systems, Information Retrieval, Information Systems, Interdisciplinary Approach
Oard, Douglas; Peters, Carol; Ruiz, Miguel; Frederking, Robert; Klavans, Judith; Sheridan, Paraic – D-Lib Magazine, 1999
Discusses a multidisciplinary workshop that addressed issues concerning internationally distributed information networks. Highlights include multilingual information access in media other than character-coded text; cross-language information retrieval and multilingual metadata; and evaluation of multilingual systems. (LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Evaluation Methods, Global Approach, Information Networks
Peer reviewedSmith, Neil – Information Services & Use, 1996
Discusses the use of the Z39.50 standard for information retrieval in the British Library's efforts toward networked information retrieval and online public access catalogs in cooperation with the European Union and other countries. OSI (open systems interconnection) and project ONE (a collaborative project in the European Union) are explained.…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Electronic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Information Networks
PDF pending restorationCoudert-Schklowski, C., Ed. – Bibliography, Documentation, Terminology, 1974
Published periodically by the United Nations Education, Social, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Department of Documentation, Libraries, and Archives, this edition contains information on: (1) recent meetings and publications relating to international documentation and library conventions; (2) an update of the information contained in the…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Citation Indexes, Classification, Documentation
Sviridov, Felix A. – UNESCO Bulletin for Libraries, 1978
Discusses two facets of the multi-aspect program of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) aimed at international cooperation with a view to standardizing documents and elaborating new patent information retrieval methods, while stressing the role of three international patent information organizations. (CWM)
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Databases, Information Dissemination, Information Networks
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