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Peer reviewedCousins, Shirley – Electronic Library, 1999
Considers some of the major technical and organizational issues involved in virtual-catalog production, contrasting them with the traditional union catalog approach exemplified by COPAC, an online public-access catalog composed of academic libraries in the United Kingdom. Suggest a method of integrating these two models of the union catalog.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Electronic Libraries, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedClyde, Laurel A. – Electronic Library, 1996
Discusses ways in which libraries are using the World Wide Web to provide information via a home page, based on information from a survey in Iceland as well as a larger study that conducted content analyses of home pages of public and school libraries in 13 countries. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Foreign Countries, Information Dissemination, Library Automation
Peer reviewedAbdoulaye, Kaba – Electronic Library, 2002
Analyzes and describes bilingual authority files at the main library of the International Islamic University of Malaysia. Highlights include a review of multilingual research; perceptions of end users and catalogers; problems with bilingual files; and use of the OPAC (online public access catalog) by users. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Authority Control (Information), Cataloging, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedEphraim, Philip E. – Electronic Library, 1994
Argues that a mix of quantitative and qualitative measures is most efficacious in library collection analysis. Cases drawn from the literature in which a combination of these measures was profitably applied are considered, and the types of software packages for purposes of data manipulation are discussed. (Contains 15 references.) (KRN)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Software, Data Processing, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedBoyle, Frances; Davies, Mary – Electronic Library, 1999
Discussion of access versus holdings of academic library materials and the performance of document-delivery services focuses on work at the University of Liverpool (United Kingdom) that is investigating existing and future document supply services, including costs. Expresses concern regarding the low level of subject coverage by many of the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Cost Effectiveness, Document Delivery
Peer reviewedMiido, Helis – Electronic Library, 1992
Presents a geographic analysis of results of a survey of medical libraries in the United States, Canada, and Europe that examined the automation of book and serials processing. Levels of automation are investigated, geographic differences between the use of personal computers versus mainframe/minicomputers are discussed, and software systems are…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Software, Foreign Countries, Geographic Regions
Peer reviewedAdeniran, Olatunde R.; And Others – Electronic Library, 1994
Reports on a study of CD-ROM products in Nigerian libraries and information centers that gathered information about funding sources, users, hardware configurations, and training facilities through a survey of research, public, and academic libraries. Recommendations for future CD-ROM use are included, and a copy of the survey is appended.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
