A graph is an effective form of data representation used to summarize complex information. Explicit information such as the relationship between the X- and Y-axes can be easily extracted from a graph by applying human intelligence. However, implicit knowledge such as information obtained from other related concepts in an ontology also resides in…

The advent of Web 2.0, also called the Social Web, has changed the way people interact with the Web. Assisted by the technologies associated with this new trend, users now play a much more active role as content providers. This Web paradigm shift has also changed how companies operate and interact with their employees, partners and customers. The…

The on-line acquisition program (LOLITA) in use at the Oregon State University Library is described in terms of development costs, equipment requirements, and overall design philosophy. (Author)

The trend toward extensive computerization of the processes of research libraries is indicated as excessive, uncritical and inefficient. (JN)

With the widespread digitization of art, photography, and music, plus the introduction of streaming video, many colleges and universities are realizing that they must develop or purchase systems to preserve their school's digitized objects; that they must create searchable databases so that researchers can find and share copies of digital files;…

Presents a state-of-the-art review of automated text-editing systems capable of more efficiently and effectively producing typewritten documents in libraries. Emphasis is placed on equipment configurations, recording/storage media, basic and special editing capabilities, and present and future trends. (Author)

This study of the computer/user interface investigated the role of the computer in performing information tasks that users now perform without computer assistance. Users' perceptual/cognitive processes are to be accelerated or augmented by the computer; a long term goal is to delegate information tasks entirely to the computer. Cybernetic and…

The Library Information System Time-Sharing (LISTS) experiment was based on three innovations in data processing technology: (1) the advent of computer time-sharing on third-generation machines, (2) the development of general-purpose file-management software and (3) the introduction of large, library-oriented data bases. The main body of the…

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS WORK IS TWOFOLD--(1) TO DEVELOP GENERALIZED PROGRAMS AND PROCEDURES FOR ACCEPTING LARGE VOLUME INFORMATION AND INCORPORATING IT AUTOMATICALLY INTO THE FILES OF THE MULTILIST SYSTEM. (2) TO DEMONSTRATE BY A SPECIFIC EXAMPLE THE SPECIAL ADVANTAGES OF USE OF THE QUERY LANGUAGE, FILE DIRECTORIES AND FILE MULTILIST STRUCTURE. THE…

A comprehensive, unannotated listing of important English language materials about, or related to, Machine Readable Cataloging (MARC), from the King report up to October 1969. Citations of a few materials published later have been added because of their considerable and primary interest. News notes which are repetitive and of little value when the…

The first phase of an ongoing library automation project at Stanford University is described. Project BALLOTS (Bibliographic Automation of Large Library Operations Using a Time-Sharing System) seeks to automate the acquisition and cataloging functions of a large library using an on-line time-sharing computer. The main objectives are to control…

This report describes the tasks and related efforts necessary to convert the present Qualitative Developments Requirements Information (QDRI) Program from a clerical operation into an automated information processing system. A description of the QDRI Program is presented whereby current operations, files, procedures, etc. are contrasted to planned…

In order to contribute to the success of several studies for automatic classification, indexing and extracting currently in progress, as well as to further the theoretical and practical understanding of textual item distributions, the development of a frequency program capable of supplying these types of information was undertaken. The program…

To expand the present inadequate range of controls, reprinting and microfilming of existing indexes, catalogs, and inventories are proposed. The role of automation for control of research resources, including retrospective as well as current materials, is described. (109 references) (Author/NH)

An experiment using a computer to assign content designators to unedited machine readable bibliographic data to create MARC records is described. (Author)