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Networking and Automation in a Small Country: Uncertain Steps toward Networking by Israel's Universities.
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Sever, Shmuel – Library and Information Science Research, An International Journal, 1983
Discussion of the Israel university library networking model highlights steps toward contemporary networking and components of proposals by three separate specialists: IBM/Israel, Hebrew University, and the University of Haifa Library. Reactions to proposals and thoughts on a general networking model for a small country are also discussed.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Case Studies, Cataloging, Developing Nations
Measuring the Performance of a Merging Algorithm: Mismatches, Missed-Matches, and Overlap in Israel's Union List.
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Meir, Daniel D.; Lazinger, Susan S. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1998
Reports on a survey measuring the performance of a merging algorithm used to generate the now-defunct ULM (Union List of Monographs) file for ALEPH, Israel's research library network. Discusses automatic detection and merging of duplicate bibliographic records, problems created by lack of a standard for Hebrew spelling, and methods for measuring…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Bibliographic Databases, Bibliographic Records, Data Processing
Social Aspects of Reading and Library Use in Israel--A Second Look.
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Sever, Shmuel; Branse, Yosef – Library Quarterly, 1991
Examines influences on Israelis' reading habits during the past two decades, including the increase in the educational level, the assimilation of immigrants, the emergence of television and video, and the establishment of a network of public libraries. Reading habits of the school-age population and of Israel's Arab minority are also surveyed. (28…
Descriptors: Arabs, Comparative Analysis, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education