A computer-based system to produce listings of topical subject terms and geographically subdivided terms is described. Conversion, operation, problems, and costs of the system are presented. Program and data characteristics are illustrated with record layouts and sample listings. (5 references) (Author)

Discusses current trends in catalog formats and describes the computer output microform catalog planned by the University of British Columbia Library. (PF)

The State and Urban Publications Collection at Mankato State College contains materials from state and local agencies on urban planning. By 1971, when the collection had grown to the point that its haphazard organization was decreasing its usefulness as a resource tool, the library and the Urban Studies Institute formulated an information…

This handbook provides information about the origin, organization, and projects of the Ontario (Canada) Universities' Library Cooperative System (OULCS). A history of the system's development covers definition of responsibilities, guidelines for operation, and establishment of staff and committees. An organization chart delineates the interaction…

Changes made at Library of Congress (LC) are considered and analyzed for their impact on the library at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). The four LC changes analyzed are (1) the adoption of the International Standard Bibliographic Description for monographs (ISBD(M) ); (2) desuperimposition (the return to use of the smallest,…

A full explanation of the unit-entry system of cataloging phonograph records and suggestions for its use are given. The basic essentials of identification and analysis of elements of individual works in a collection are described and examples provided. Various descriptor fields are defined for use in computerized cataloging access. Library of…

Faced with an old and increasingly complex card catalog and with proposed changes in the Library of Congress (LC) cataloging system, the Subcommittee on the Future of the Catalogs at the University of California, Berkeley (UCB) Library considered methods for dealing with these joint problems of catalog renovation and…

The Institute of Library Research (ILR) is a statewide organized research unit of the University of California (UC) whose activities during the period July 1973 through July 1974 have been directed toward the objectives of education, research, and public services. The research projects and services undertaken by the ILR staff are affiliated with…