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Download full textButler, Brett – 1978
This working paper provides an initial discussion point for the construction of a national location service as a component of a national library and information service network. The study described had a dual purpose: (1) expansion of the Register of Additional Locations (RAL) data base by cooperative means, which involved identifying…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Geographic Location, Information Networks, Library Networks
Stanford Univ., CA. BALLOTS Center. – 1978
This narrative report relates the activities of the Bibliographic Automation of Large Library Operations using a Time-sharing System (BALLOTS) program at Stanford University for the original contract period and extensions, during which time the original single-user system was transformed into an automated network of libraries across the country.…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Information Services, Information Systems, Library Acquisition
Stanford Univ., CA. BALLOTS Center. – 1978
This report reviews the goals, operating system, and development plans as of spring 1978 for the Bibliographic Automation of Large Library Operations using a Time-sharing System (BALLOTS) program, an online interactive library automation system developed by Stanford University in 1967. Five primary goals that will guide the operations and…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Information Services, Information Systems, Library Acquisition
Greenberg, Esther – 1974
Visits were conducted to 20 libraries, networks, or services in the United States, Great Britain, and Scandinavia to study the facilities and management techniques involved in the automation of cataloging and/or acquisitions departments. Of the total number of visits, 3 were made to public library situations, 3 to commercial services, and 16 to…
Descriptors: Administration, Cataloging, College Libraries, Library Acquisition
Buchinski, Edwin J. – 1978
This network planning paper discusses creation and maintenance of authority files as one of the essential components of bibliographic control, which is a prerequisite to the access of information. Authority files impose consistency on the organization of information and thereby greatly facilitate information retrieval. In the creation of a union…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Data Collection, Design, Flow Charts
Council on Library Resources, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1989
This annual report provides a review of Council on Library Resources (CLR) activities for 1988-1989. Status reports on long-term projects and/or lists of relevant activities funded during the year are provided for the CLR Program on Library Management and Operations, including: operating support for the Commission on Preservation and Access;…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Annual Reports, Cataloging, Grants
Schoenung, James G. – 1974
The Ohio College Library Center (OCLC) is a nonprofit computerized library processing center operating out of Columbus, Ohio. Six years after its incorporation, OCLC is now mainly in the business of operating a shared cataloging system and producing catalog cards designed to meet the needs of each of its member libraries. OCLC also maintains a…
Descriptors: Cataloging, College Libraries, Costs, Databases
Carlson, David; And Others – 1985
At the University of Rhode Island, the goal of the Library is to meet the informational needs of a diverse clientele: students, both graduate and undergraduate; faculty; other university staff; and, as a land-grant institution serving the state of Rhode Island, the general public. This report results from 8 months of committee work that involved…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Flow Charts, Higher Education
Westat Research, Inc., Rockville, MD. – 1975
The operation of the Ohio College Library Center (OCLC) on-line bibliographic system in Texas and New Mexico Libraries was evaluated. The economic aspects of automated cataloging and card production were compared with previous methods; the effectiveness of the system as a tool for pre-order searching was evaluated; and the impact of the system's…
Descriptors: Cataloging, College Libraries, Cost Effectiveness, Databases
Stanford Univ., CA. BALLOTS Center. – 1975
BALLOTS is a computerized system to support acquisitions and cataloging in the Stanford University Libraries. The system is divided into ten computerized functions, each supporting a specific type of library processing. The library staff communicates on-line with the system using four on-line files for searching: the MARC file, the In Process…
Descriptors: Cataloging, College Libraries, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Programs
Library of Congress, Washington, DC. National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. – 1994
The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS), an arm of the Library of Congress, leads a highly successful national program to produce and distribute books and magazines for blind, visually impaired, and physically handicapped individuals. A fostering relationship exists between NLS and a network of 143 regional and…
Descriptors: Audio Equipment, Audiotape Cassettes, Blindness, Books
Gotanda, Masae; And Others – 1982
An online circulation system--ULISYS (the Universal Library System Ltd.) manufactured by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)--is being installed in the Hawaii State Library, Kaneohe Regional Library, Kailua Community Library and Waimanalo Community/School Library. These libraries are the first users of a statewide online circulation system…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Check Lists, Flow Charts, Library Administration
Illinois State Library, Springfield. – 1974
Brief summaries are provided of 17 library projects being conducted in Illinois during 1974. These deal with the following matters: 1) the development of the Illinois State Library; 2) library manpower training; 3) library research; 4) the Illinois State Library Materials Processing Center; 5) the professional development of library personnel; 6)…
Descriptors: Blindness, Cataloging, Disabilities, Institutionalized Persons
