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Adams, Scott – 1969
A hypothetical model is given for a National Serials Data System based on the best educated guesses of what the system should do and how, therefore, it should function. The model focuses attention on the ultimate goal rather than on the decision-making processes relating to choice of data elements, unique identification codes, etc. This conceptual…
Descriptors: Databases, Decentralization, Information Networks, Information Systems
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Butler, Brett – Journal of Library Automation, 1975
A description of existing U.S. library networks, the resources available from them, and some technical and policy issues. (LS)
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Databases, Information Networks, Library Automation
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Heaney, Michael – Information Technology and Libraries, 1995
Proposes major revisions of MARC in order to allow bibliographic records to maximize the benefits of computer databases and high-speed data networks, and suggests a strategic plan for libraries to enable an organic transformation to be made from current MARC-based cataloging to object-oriented cataloging. Numerous figures present cataloging…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Records, Cataloging, Computer Networks, Databases
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Hopkinson, Alan – Information Development, 1986
Outlines history of the development of the Unesco Common Communication Format, which is designed to enable exchange of records (monographs, serials, journal articles, contributions in proceedings) between different agencies throughout the world. Highlights include definition of "exchange format," major technical features, and examples of…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Databases, Global Approach, Information Networks
Rosen, Lynn M.; Owen, G. W. Brian – 1981
This design phase study concerning the proposed replication of the DOBIS system for the British Columbia Library Network (BCLN) was conducted to determine the preferred strategy for the transfer and loading of the British Columbia Union Catalogue (BCUC) database currently resident at the University of Toronto's UTLAS system. User and database…
Descriptors: Costs, Databases, Design, Foreign Countries
Boss, Richard – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1984
Report on developments in the retrospective conversion of manual library files to machine-readable form discusses planning and decision making; accommodating full records; conforming to standards; creating bibliographic records; sources of retrospective conversion support (bibliographic utilities, stand-alone systems); use of microcomputers;…
Descriptors: Cost Estimates, Databases, Information Networks, Library Automation
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Buckley, Joseph James – Special Libraries, 1983
Examines the capabilities, cost-effectiveness, and flexibility of the Stanford Public Information Retrieval System (SPIRES), an online information retrieval system producing a variety of printed products, and notes its use in the Title I Evaluation Clearinghouse, advantages of SPIRES, programing, and availability. Eleven references and a five-item…
Descriptors: Automation, Clearinghouses, Computer Programs, Cost Effectiveness
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Miller, Bruce Cummings – Library Software Review, 1984
Analyzes structure of, and data in, the OCLC-MARC record in the form delivered via OCLC's Tape Subscription Service, and outlines important processing functions involved: "unreadable tapes," duplicate records and deduping, match processing, choice processing, locations processing, "automatic" and "input" stamps,…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Computer Storage Devices, Data Processing, Databases
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Ireland, Jeanetta M. – Library Hi Tech, 1984
Provides evaluation of three components of Faxon's LINX On-Line Remote Access Serials Management System in use at Brandeis University: Datalinx, online component which provides display-only access to Faxon's files, plus electronic mail and computer-based instruction functions; SC-10, online component encompassing serials check-in and claiming; new…
Descriptors: Cataloging, College Libraries, Databases, Display Systems
Duchesne, R. M.; And Others – 1979
Conducted to review the present status of computerized bibliographic centers in Canada and to report on the most effective means of promoting computerized library network development in that country, this study summary of the findings of seven substudies (1) describes the salient features of 20 Canadian and United States centers; (2) reviews major…
Descriptors: Databases, Foreign Countries, Information Centers, Information Networks
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Long, Philip L. – 1978
Prepared for consideration by the Network Technical Architecture Group (NTAG), a subcommittee of the Library of Congress (LC) Network Advisory Group, this document describes the study and development of text formats for the message delivery system of a nationwide library bibliographic network. Following a discussion of network considerations of…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Computers, Databases, Indexes
Oklahoma State Dept. of Libraries, Oklahoma City. – 1991
This plan sets forth approaches for state-level assistance for Oklahoma libraries to exchange information and to share or acquire machine-readable information from public and private sources through telecommunications, as well as for access to these libraries for existing and future state informational databases. Objectives and requirements are…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Cost Estimates, Databases, Information Networks
Anderson, LeMoyne W., Ed. – 1974
Papers from an institute on the university's role in information networks are presented. Two introductory papers define networks in general and consider reasons for their existence in academic libraries. Five papers describe operational networks: Ohio College Library Center (OCLC), Stanford's BALLOTS system, the Minnesota Interlibrary Teletype…
Descriptors: Cataloging, College Libraries, Conference Reports, Databases
Cuadra, Carlos A., Ed.; And Others – 1974
Descriptions and appraisals of significant recent trends and developments in the field of information science are presented. The individual chapters deal with the following topics: (1) information needs and uses, (2) design and evaluation of information systems, (3) an economist's view of information, (4) document description and representation,…
Descriptors: Databases, Documentation, Economics, Education
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Naj, Lindy; Chantiny, Martha – Library Software Review, 1993
Three articles discuss the second online library system at the University of Hawaii at Manoa--the CARL (Colorado Alliance for Research Libraries) System. Topics addressed include an overview of the system; development of a Windows-based CARL cataloging workstation; and incorporating digitized images in the online public access catalog. (EA)
Descriptors: Cataloging, College Libraries, Computer Software, Computer System Design