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Peer reviewedCaplan, Priscilla – Public-Access Computer Systems Review, 1992
Introduces and briefly describes modifications to the Library of Congress cataloging rules, to be implemented January 1, 1994, which will allow catalogers to describe multiple formats in a single bibliographic record using both fixed and variable field data. (NRP)
Descriptors: Bibliographic Records, Bibliographic Utilities, Cataloging, Data
Peer reviewedRepo, Aatto J. – Electronic Library, 1988
Describes a project that examined the provision of library services starting with basic automation requirements. The discussion covers the possibilities of designing integrated systems using current technologies and software, and compares the situation in Nordic countries with the international situation. Recommendations are offered for planning…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Foreign Countries, Guidelines, Information Technology
Peer reviewedChristoffersson, John G. – Journal of Library Automation, 1979
Presents the design procedures, bibliographic system, file structures, acquisitions and circulation systems, functional implementation, and future development of the Managing Resources for University Libraries (MARVEL) data base at the University of Georgia Libraries, which accepts MARC input from OCLC and Library of Congress (LC) MARC tapes. (CWM)
Descriptors: Cataloging, Databases, Design, Indexes
Peer reviewedLeggate, Peter – Information Services and Use, 1988
Describes the development of Bookshelf, a multi-user microcomputer system for small libraries that uses an integrated software package. The discussion covers the design parameters of the package, which were based on a survey of seven small libraries, and some characteristics of the software. (three notes with references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Foreign Countries, Library Automation, Library Surveys
Peer reviewedHawks, Carol Pitts – Information Technology and Libraries, 1994
Discussion of knowledge-based systems focuses on expert systems used by libraries for technical services and collection management. Highlights include knowledge acquisition; system development issues, including staff time and costs; cataloging; acquisitions and serials control; material selection; preservation; and examples of existing systems.…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Costs, Expert Systems, Library Automation
Duchesne, Roddy; Sonnemann, Sabine S. – 1985
This report is intended to assist Canadian libraries in assessing potential library applications of optical disk technology. Part 1 provides a general outline of the technology and describes a number of library applications and projects. Descriptions are purposely general and illustrative in nature since the technology and its applications are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Retrieval, Information Storage, Information Systems
Peer reviewedFarris, Deirdre A. – Library Software Review, 1987
Describes the planning and implementation of a library automation system which encompasses four campus locations of a community college, and includes automation of technical processes and full access to holdings and circulation records of all the libraries involved. Software and hardware considerations are discussed, and guidelines to automation…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Community Colleges, Computer Networks, Computer Software
