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Catalog Use in a Large Research Library

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Lipetz, Ben-Ami – Library Quarterly, 1972

The questions of when and how best to computerize the catalog of a large research library, and how to improve an existing conventional catalog, motivated a study of the utilization of the main catalog of the Yale University Library. The study was designed to provide a representative sample of catalog use. (7 references) (Author/NH)

Descriptors: Catalogs, College Libraries, Computer Oriented Programs, Library Automation

Libraries and the Growth of Knowledge.

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Swanson, Don R. – Library Quarterly, 1979

Examines current problems and future roles of libraries in facilitating the growth of knowledge, and discusses the regulative role of price mechanism, autonomy, and centralism, given the role of criticism and the problem-solving nature of research. Issues discussed are examined against national library and information services planning proposals.…

Descriptors: Centralization, Futures (of Society), Information Retrieval, Information Services