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Download full textLakhanpal, S. K. – 1971
Recording of serials is among the very important functions of a serials department. It helps in controlling the in-coming serials, claiming the not-received and missing issues, and answering inquiries regarding the current holdings of the library. This manual briefly describes the 3x5 file card system of recording serials, defines the various…
Descriptors: Filing, Foreign Countries, Guides, Information Processing
Peer reviewedMacNamara, Shane; Cunningham, Padraig; Byrne, John – Information Processing & Management, 1998
Analyzes a neural network for its ability to perform a task involving identification of the language entries in a 19th-century library catalog containing entries in 14 different languages. Compares the neural network's performance with that of trigrams and a suffix/morphology analysis; the trigrams prove to be superior. (AEF)
Descriptors: Classification, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Information Networks
EUDISED: European Documentation and Information System for Education. Volume III, Technical Studies.
Council of Europe, Strasbourg (France). Documentation Center for Education in Europe. – 1969
An information system, either manual or computerized, is a system for collecting, selecting, validating and augmenting data to form a collection of information (the data base) which will form the basis from which various types of information services can be provided. These services may be individual (retrospective searching or current awareness)…
Descriptors: Automation, Computer Oriented Programs, Documentation, Education
Peer reviewedGroom, Linda – Library Resources & Technical Services, 1997
In 1996, the National Library of Australia processed over 500,000 Chinese, Japanese, and Korean USMARC records through a program that identified data in the Wade-Giles romanization scheme and converted it to the more user-friendly Pinyin scheme. Describes the program development, its use in Australia, and the feasibility of an alternate…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Records, Cataloging, Chinese, Data Conversion
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1983
Six papers on the theme, "Administrative Libraries in a Technological World: Past, Present, and Future--A General Stocktaking and a State of the Art Report" focus on West German telecommunications and information technology and the use of data processing and other technological aids in West German administrative libraries. These papers,…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Computer Programs, Computers, Foreign Countries
Gilchrist, Alan, Ed. – 1997
This set of papers offers insights into some of the major developments in the field of classification and knowledge organization, and highlights many of the fundamental changes in views and theories which have taken place during the last 40 years. This document begins with a series of reminiscences from former delegates of the first International…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Access to Information, Cataloging, Classification
