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Avram, Henriette D. – 1976
The national bibliographic services currently provided by the Library of Congress (LC) include the Machine-Readable Cataloging (MARC) service, LC's Automated Process Information File System, and the Library of Congress Subject Headings. Cooperative projects involving LC include COMARC (Cooperative MARC), a national bibliographic data base for…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Library Automation, Library Networks, Library Research
Bose, Anindya – 1984
Within the last 20 or 30 years, some technologies have mushroomed that have not only revolutionized the discipline and practice of librarianship and information management, but also christened our age as the Information Age. This paper identifies the technological breakthroughs that ushered in the Information Age and are transforming librarianship…
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Information Networks, Information Processing, Library Automation
Peer reviewedConverse, W. R. – Canadian Library Journal, 1984
Discusses need for research in library and information science from perspective of an academic library director. The current state of information science research, areas where research might be undertaken, economics, library schools, librarians as managers, and the impact of new information technology on research are examined. (Six sources are…
Descriptors: Change, Foreign Countries, Information Science, Librarians
Peer reviewedTurock, Betty J.; Turock, David L. – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1987
A Public Library Association (PLA) survey compiled information on public libraries in bibliographic networks. Aspects identified and measured were perceptions of participation, reasons for non-participation, reactions to services, and suggestions for increasing participation. Recommendations are made for actions by PLA and the networks to ensure…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Utilities, Costs, Library Associations, Library Automation
Peer reviewedCochrane, Pauline A.; Markey, Karen – Library and Information Science Research, 1983
This review of the transition from library card catalogs to online public access catalogs (OPAC) (1981-1982) discusses methods employed by online catalog use studies (self-administered questionnaires, OPAC transaction logs, focused-group interviews, feature analysis, online search and retrieval experiments) and new directions for OPAC research…
Descriptors: Human Factors Engineering, Information Retrieval, Library Automation, Library Catalogs
Download full textInternational Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, London (England). – 1992
Four papers prepared under the Robert Vosper Fellowship Program of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) and delivered at the 1992 annual meeting are presented. "International Cooperation in the Field of Name Authority Data: Observations and Recommendations" (Francoise Bourdon) presents an early…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Utilities, Cataloging, Fellowships
Sutton, Michael J.; Black, John B. – 1976
More effective use of diminishing resources was needed to provide the best possible services at the University of Guelph (Ontario, Canada) library. This required the improved decision-making processes of a Library Management Information System (LMIS) to provide systematic information analysis. An information flow model was created, and an…
Descriptors: Cataloging, College Libraries, Data Collection, Decision Making
