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Rajendran, P. P. – Microcomputers for Information Management: An International Journal for Library and Information Services, 1986
Describes the use of a database management system (DBMS)--dBaseII--to create an enriched title-based keyword index for a collection of news items at the Renewable Energy Resources Information Center of the Asian Institute of Technology. The use of DBMSs in libraries in developing countries is emphasized. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Database Management Systems, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
Mascarenhas, O. C. – 1977
This description of the Africa Bibliographic Centre (ABC) concept--which is still in a formative stage--provides brief summaries of the 12 components of the system, including an African lending library, bibliographic publishing, a commission on information and bibliographic systems, an African microfiche publications center, African abstracting…
Descriptors: Databases, Developing Nations, Indexes, Information Dissemination
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Agrawal, S. P. – International Library Review, 1984
Describes the establishment of the documentation center and the projects it has undertaken: union catalog of social science periodicals and serials; bibliographies (Indian economic, Mahatma Gandhi, area studies, language); retrospective index of periodicals; compilation of indexes and bibliographies assisted by council in its grants-in-aid scheme;…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Depository Libraries, Developing Nations, Indexes
Bankole, E. Bejide; And Others – 1981
Four papers and two reports from three sections concerned with library science periodicals and serials publications in libraries include discussions of the role of library and information science journals and their coverage by indexing services as well as a description of an online system for serials, a report from the working group on newspapers,…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Definitions, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
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Dutta, S.; Sinha, P. K. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1984
Describes adoption at Sorghum and Millets Information Center (India) of Pragmatic Approach to Subject Index (PASI), computer-manipulative indexing procedure in which key words are arranged in meaningful sequence. Indexing problems, search for suitable system, PASI indexing steps, and computerization are discussed. Thirteen references and…
Descriptors: Automatic Indexing, Automation, Computer Software, Developing Nations