The criticisms levelled at MARC are examined and attempts are made to evaluate these criticisms in the light of some possible ways of using MARC at the local level. (11 references) (Author)

Talents of personnel needed in the design team, their qualifications and organization, attitudes, and communication and documentation, important for effective teamwork are discussed. (AB)

Four speakers presented their points of view on library networks and automated systems at the April 1, 1970 meeting of the Catholic Library Association's College and University Libraries section. Carlos Cuadra gave the keynote address "Library Automation and Networks" which stresses the potential application of automated information systems to…

If general librarians conclude that computer-oriented research has no practical application for them, and that they have nothing to contribute to the dialog with the information specialists, they may find that they have lost control of this area of the profession to outsiders." (11 references) (Author)

A synopsis of the third progress report provides an overview of RECON production, format recognition, research titles, microfilming and investigation of input devices. (AB)

The history of library computerization from its initiation in 1954 to 1970 is described. Approximately the first half of the period was devoted to computerization of user-oriented subject information retrieval and the second half to library-oriented programs. (Author)

An inexpensive computer-based system for group-routing periodicals within a technical organization is described. (Author)

The system, designed as a result of this study provides for a separate collection of government publications, with a single country-based notation scheme which makes it possible to display the publications on the shelves in a manner conducive to browsing. The document code number not only establishes the shelf position of each publication but…

Librarians and their concerned colleagues met to give, hear and discuss papers on library automation, primarily by computers. Noted at this second meeting on library automation were: (1) considerably more sophistication and casualness about the techniques involved, (2) considerably more assurance of what and where things can be applied and (3)…

This issue of "Library Lectures" contains lectures nineteen, twenty and twenty-one. Lecture nineteen, "Librarianship Today - Crisis or Change," presented by Dr. Jerrold Orne considers change a natural result of growth which should not be feared as a critical disruption. The twentieth lecture, "Twentieth Century Scholarship and the Research…

The ratio of titles selected to titles read from the cumulative file is the most significant determinant of cost and an effective formula for limiting the growth of the file must be developed for an economical system. (AB)

An operational computerized system used by the University of California, Santa Barbara Libraries produces listings of bibliographic data about items in collections where full cataloging treatment is not considered justified. (Author)

The year's activities of the Cataloging and Classification Section of the American Library Association are reviewed and articles of special interest to the catalog librarian are given. (NH)