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Directions for Research in Indexing, Classification, and Cataloging.
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Svenonius, Elaine – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1981
Speculates on possible avenues for research in the area of bibliographic control, considers questions in the field that need answering, and posits that future research needs to be supported by basic theoretical inquiry. Forty-eight references are cited. (FM)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Cataloging, Classification, Indexing
Assessing the Impact and Benefits of Information and Library Research.
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Martyn, John; Cronin, Blaise – Journal of Documentation, 1983
Report on study to consider ways in which research effectiveness could be assessed outlines possible approaches (cost-benefit assessment, citation analysis, publications, real-time tracking study, case study, take-up survey, audience research panel, penetration study). Appropriateness of approaches is discussed in relation to projects funded by…
Descriptors: Classification, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Library Research
Dewey Decimal Classification Online Project: Interim Reports to the Council on Library Resources, April 1984, September 1984, and February 1985.
Markey, Karen; Demeyer, Anh N. – 1985
This research project focuses on the implementation and testing of the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) system as an online searcher's tool for subject access, browsing, and display in an online catalog. The research project comprises 12 activities. The three interim reports in this document cover the first seven of these activities: (1) obtain…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Classification, Dewey Decimal Classification
A Regional System for Maps. Report No. 4.
Daehn, Ralph M. – 1974
Prepared at the request of the Advisory Systems Committee of the Ontario Universities' Library Cooperative System, this report presents the results of study of the feasibility of a bilingual regional system for maps, or alternatively, the possibility of adapting the Guelph system to CARTESS. The report is presented in three sections: (1) a…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Classification, Comparative Analysis
DORS: DDC Online Retrieval System.
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Liu, Songqiao; Svenonius, Elaine – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1991
Describes the Dewey Online Retrieval System (DORS), which was developed at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), to experiment with classification-based search strategies in online catalogs. Classification structures in automated information retrieval are discussed; and specifications for a classification retrieval interface are…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Classification, College Libraries, Dewey Decimal Classification
Libraries and Learning.
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Handlin, Oscar – American Scholar, 1987
The role of the research library and issues in access to increasing quantities of information are discussed, including the problems of cataloging and classifying information and the barriers to access often created by librarians. (MSE)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Budgets, Cataloging, Classification
National Shelflist Count: A Historical Introduction and the National Shelflist Count Project: Its History, Limitations, and Usefulness.
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Ortopan, LeRoy D.; And Others – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1985
Two articles describe National Shelflist Count project organized 13 years ago under auspices of American Library Association's Resources and Technical Services Division to collect and publish comparative data about strengths and growth of major North American research collections. History, limitations, usefulness, and recommendations of 1983 task…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Classification, Data Collection, Higher Education