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Zeeman, J.; Turner, F. – 1997
A distributed union catalog is a network of bibliographic systems that cooperate to enable their users to discover sites that hold copies of known items. Some participating systems will be traditional union catalogs, others will be single sites with comprehensive collections, and others will be local or regional resource sharing systems. A…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Databases, Bibliographic Records, Cataloging
Lunau, Carrol; Turner, Fay – 1997
The virtual Canadian union catalog (vCuc) project is a project among Canadian libraries to use Z39.50 (an information protocol standard) for searching distributed individual library catalogs and union catalogs. This paper summarizes the major technical, vendor, bibliographic data, and administrative issues that must be resolved before the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Databases, Bibliographic Records, Cataloging
Draper, L. A. – 1972
The idea of the transit of academic materials among Ontario's fourteen provincially-supported universities was conceived of and then operated since 1967 by the Ontario Council of University Libraries. Contained herein are the four annual reports of the Interuniversity Transit System (IUTS) when it was a part of York University. The system is to…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, College Libraries, Foreign Countries, Interlibrary Loans

Iskanderani, A. I.; Anwar, M. A. – Information Services and Use, 1992
Describes a personal computer and LAN-based automated circulation system capable of handling both Arabic and Latin characters that was developed for use at King Abdullaziz University (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia). Outlines system requirements, system structure, hardware needs, and individual functional modules of the system. Numerous examples and flow…
Descriptors: Arabic, Bilingualism, Database Management Systems, Foreign Countries
Crocker, Christine; And Others – 1987
Based upon the 211 usable responses received to a survey of the libraries of 68 colleges of advanced education, 19 universities, and 226 technical and further education (TAFE) colleges in Australia, this report considers the establishment of a system that would permit distance education students to borrow materials from a local academic library.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Distance Education, Fees, Foreign Countries

Bossers, Anton; Van Muyen, Martin – Electronic Library, 1984
Describes the Pica Library Automation Network (originally the Project for Integrated Catalogue Automation), which is based on a centralized bibliographic database. Highlights include the Pica conception of library automation, online shared cataloging system, circulation control system, acquisition system, and online Dutch union catalog with…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Databases, Foreign Countries, Library Acquisition
North, John; Bishop, Elizabeth – Library Journal, 1983
Describes the process of implementing an online circulation control system in a multidisciplinary Canadian university. Included are origins of the system, agreement with the area library network, ordering equipment, planning and preparing the physical site, the use of barcode labels, student identification cards, activation of the system, and…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Fines (Penalties), Foreign Countries, Higher Education
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1982
Papers on research in library science and the exhibition of library materials which were presented at the 1982 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference include: (1) "Terminological Problems of Networks," a discussion by Helena Kolarova Palkova of the meaning of "library networks" and…
Descriptors: Definitions, Exhibits, Foreign Countries, Information Dissemination

Solvberg, Ingeborg – Electronic Library, 1983
Description of how aspects of library automation are dealt with in Norway highlights main centers for library automation (Norsk Senter for Informatik, two universities); Bibsys--integrated library automation system (bibliographic subsystem, circulation subsystem); and Bibnett project (project studying system-to-system communication between…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Oriented Programs, Databases, Foreign Countries

Horrocks, Jane; And Others – Canadian Library Journal, 1986
Describes automated library network developed when five municipal library systems entered into an equal partnership to create single database and to jointly own a computerized circulation and MARC records system. Highlights include use of microcomputers, the shared circulation system, costs, benefits, governance, equality, stability and financial…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Cost Effectiveness, Costs, Databases
Barnholdt, B.; Hojer-Pedersen, N. – 1983
This report on the Automated Library Information Control System (ALIS) of the National Technological Library of Denmark focuses on the circulation control functions of the integrated, distributed processing system, which also functions as an online catalog for a bibliographic database of approximately 120,000 records with library location codes.…
Descriptors: Databases, Foreign Countries, Information Retrieval, Library Automation
Steele, Colin – Vestes, 1982
Inadequate funding for Australian university libraries is criticized. Issues considered include interlibrary loans, staffing needs, the state of cataloging, networks, acquisitions, building and space problems, new technologies, mergers, and governmental priorities. Statistics for individual library holdings and expenditures, and trends in 1976-79…
Descriptors: Budgets, Cataloging, College Libraries, Financial Support
Iskanderani, A. I.; Anwar, M. A. – Microcomputers for Information Management, 1992
Describes a local automated bilingual circulation system using personal computers in a local area network that was developed at King Abdulaziz University (Saudi Arabia) for Arabic and English materials. Topics addressed include the system structure, hardware, major features, storage requirements, and costs. (nine references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Arabic, College Libraries, Computer System Design, Costs