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McCombs, Gillian M. – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1994
Discusses implications of using the Internet for library technical services. Topics addressed include creative uses of the Internet; three basic applications on the Internet, i.e., electronic mail, remote log-in to another computer, and file transfer; electronic processing of information; electronic access to information; and electronic processing…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Creativity, Electronic Mail
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Dowlin, Kenneth E. – Library Trends, 1995
Libraries need to adapt their systems for the collection, preservation, organization, and distribution of information to take advantage of new technology and communication tools. Libraries that successfully adapt these systems will become a more central institution in the community served. (AEF)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Computer Networks, Futures (of Society), Information Dissemination
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Miletic-Vejzovic, Laila – Special Libraries, 1994
Provides an overview of the state of libraries and their resources in Croatia. Highlights include destruction of libraries resulting from the war; the need for centralization, uniformity, and standards; the role of the National and University Library; processing library materials; and the development of an automated system and network. (Contains…
Descriptors: Centralization, Computer Networks, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Avram, Henriette D. – EDUCOM Bulletin, 1988
Discusses cooperative efforts between research organizations and libraries to create a national information network. Topics discussed include the Linked System Project (LSP); technical processing versus reference and research functions; Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Reference Model; the National Science Foundation Network (NSFNET); and…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Records, Bibliographic Utilities, Computer Networks, Cooperative Planning
Axtmann, Margaret Maes – 1982
Based on the experiences of the National Center for State Courts (NCSC) library in employing dial access to the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) Acquisition Subsystem (ACQS), this paper presents an overview of dial access systems as an alternative to the use of OCLC dedicated terminals. Dial access into online systems is briefly described,…
Descriptors: Costs, Dial Access Information Systems, Information Networks, Input Output Devices
Taylor, Arlene G. – American Libraries, 1994
Argues that library skills and methods used for organization of information are needed to organize Internet information resources. Four aspects of information organization are discussed: recording existence and identity of information bearing entities; acquiring these entities; providing name, title, subject, and other access information; and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Cataloging, Change Strategies, Classification
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Senzig, Donna M.; Bright, Franklyn F. – Library Hi Tech, 1987
Describes the Network Library System, a collaborative development project undertaken by the University of Wisconsin-Madison and University of Chicago libraries, which currently handles an online catalog and a circulation system. The conceptualization of the system, its development and performance, and subsequent changes due to available…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Utilities, Computer Networks, Cooperative Programs
McCoy, Patricia Sayre – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1995
Technical services librarians can use the Internet for acquisitions--search online databases for title information; listservs--discuss professional issues; cataloging--telnet to other university catalogs; serials--perform online claiming and/or subscribe to electronic journals; bibliographic utilities--search OCLC and RLIN. A related concern is…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Bibliographic Utilities, Cataloging
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Avram, Henriette D.; McCallum, Sally H. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1980
Reviews bibliographic control before and after the advent of machine-readable cataloging, and holds that new developments toward decentralization seem to counter the existing technological trend toward centralization of automated library services. (FM)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Cataloging, Library Automation, Library Networks
Fosdick, Howard – Library Journal, 1980
Examines the development of the microcomputer and focuses on its potential for library automation. The characteristics of microcomputers and minicomputers are contrasted and a selected annotated bibliography includes a list of specialty magazines on microcomputers. (RAA)
Descriptors: Library Automation, Library Circulation, Library Networks, Library Technical Processes
De Gennaro, Richard – Library Journal, 1981
Discusses the possible effects of library automation and networking on standards of catalog accuracy, catalog maintenance, circulation control, and other processes, and describes the mission of the Research Libraries Group (RLG), a consortium of 25 research libraries. (FM)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Library Automation, Library Networks
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Avram, Henriette D. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1984
Consideration of problems associated with development of national database for bibliographic control of library materials, focuses on those which "alert" individual directors, and those created by organizations and people not under immediate control. Standards, objectives, change, ownership and distribution, economic and legal issues,…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Databases, Library Cooperation, Library Networks
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Holley, Robert P. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1984
Examination of factors of library technical processing priority systems (i.e., processing on basis other than randomization) highlights internal factors (priority by chronological sequence, personal choice, format, influence of organizational structure, acquisition type, patron, librarians' judgement); external factors (shared cataloging, Library…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Higher Education, Library Cooperation
Schuman, Patricia Glass – Library Journal, 1987
Three beliefs about library networks are discussed and shown to be myths: i.e., networks save money, blur the lines between technical and public services, and, by breaking down barriers between libraries, will move the profession from a philosophy of ownership to one of access. (EM)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Change, Library Automation, Library Networks
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Burger, Robert H. – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1984
Four artificial intelligence (AI) concepts that have relevance for information retrieval systems are discussed and applied to area of authority control in automated catalogs--pattern recognition, representation, problem solving, learning. Existing automated authority control systems are analyzed using two other AI concepts, augmentation and…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Cataloging, Information Networks, Information Retrieval
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