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Wall, Celia – Information Technology and Libraries, 1987
Describes how Murray State University Library, a medium sized academic library in Kentucky, made use of an IBM mainframe and SCRIPT, a text formatting program to index two local newspapers. The entire procedure is described, including indexing, authority lists, input techniques, editing, and production and distribution of the index. (CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Computers, Indexes
Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, Boston. – 1983
In November 1982, questionnaires were sent to 1400 public, secondary school, academic, and special libraries in Massachusetts to determine their use of computers for various activities. Of the 778 respondents, 282 (36.2%) reported automation of some kind and an additional 105 (13.5%) indicated that they were planning some automation within a year.…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Computers, Indexing, Interlibrary Loans