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Peer reviewedMcGrath, William E. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1986
Discusses the issue of centralization or decentralization of academic library collections, and describes a statistical analysis of book circulation at the University of Southwestern Louisiana that yielded subject area clusters as a compromise solution to the problem. Applications of the cluster model for all types of library catalogs are…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Centralization, Cluster Analysis, Cluster Grouping
Rosenberg, Jason B.; Borgman, Christine L. – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1992
Discusses the Science Library Catalog, an online catalog intended for use by children at the Los Angeles Public Library, and describes the process of reorganizing the MARC-based database by using clustering algorithms to extend the Dewey Decimal Classification. Examples of screen displays are included. (18 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Bibliographic Databases, Children, Childrens Libraries
