Serials Conversion at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Banach, Patricia; Spell, Cynthia

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ERIC Number: EJ376594

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Publication Date: 1988

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Serials Conversion at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Banach, Patricia; Spell, Cynthia

Information Technology and Libraries, v7 n2 p124-30 Jun 1988

Describes a project in which OCLC retrospectively converted more than 27,000 serial titles held by the University of Massachusetts Library at Amherst. Details of the reasons for choosing OCLC, the contract between the library and OCLC, and the effectiveness of the project in meeting the library's goals are discussed. (Author/CLB)

Descriptors: Card Catalogs, College Libraries, Contracts, Higher Education, Library Automation, Library Collections, Machine Readable Cataloging, Online Catalogs, Physical Sciences, Serials

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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