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Martin, Susan K. – Library Journal, 1984
Discussion of the effect of computer technology on library automation and networking highlights added benefits and added costs, autonomous past, pressure for standardization, rise of bibliographic utilities (e.g., OCLC, Research Library Information Network, Washington Library Network), return to decentralization, distributed processing,…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Databases, Decentralization, Futures (of Society)
Download full textSchrader, Vivian L. – 1974
The cataloging of nonprint media can be a challenge as well as a problem. Such cataloging at Library of Congress (LC) began with the motion picture project in 1945. Cataloging rules were drawn up which included films, and later filmstrips. LC published its rules in 1965, and in 1967 the rules were included, with minor changes, as Chapter 12 of the…
Descriptors: Audiodisc Recordings, Audiovisual Aids, Cataloging, Educational Media
Clifton, Joe Ann, Ed.; Helgeson, Duane, Ed. – 1973
This collection of ten conference reports begins with "Historical Impact of Computers on the Operation of Libraries and Information Systems: A Personal Perspective" and is followed by "Tips on Computer Software: Advantages and Methods of Program Dissemination" and "BLOCS--A Unique Multi-Dimensional Approach to On-Line Circulation". Next, libraries…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Computers, Data Collection, Databases
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1983
Six papers on the theme, "Administrative Libraries in a Technological World: Past, Present, and Future--A General Stocktaking and a State of the Art Report" focus on West German telecommunications and information technology and the use of data processing and other technological aids in West German administrative libraries. These papers,…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Computer Programs, Computers, Foreign Countries
Jian, Ming – 1997
Advances in computers and information technology have created huge potentials for cataloging staff to increase efficiency and accuracy, reorganize the work force, change the workflow, streamline costs, and provide better services to patrons. Based on the practices at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), this paper discusses what a librarian…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Computer Networks, Empowerment
Culbertson, Don S. – 1974
The 15-year history of the development of library automation is traced, and four major obstacles which had to be overcome are identified: the lack of funds for development, programing, and testing; the need for a common data base; the need for cooperative arrangements among institutions; and the need for widely-available on-line processing. Seven…
Descriptors: Automatic Indexing, Computers, Data Processing, Databases
