Advocates the use of machine readable codes to accomplish romanization and promote the exchange of bibliographic data. Proposals are presented for transliteration standards, design of machine readable conversion codes, and the establishment of databases. (RAA)

As part of the report on the California State Library Processing Center design and specifications, this volume is a coding manual for the conversion of catalog card data to a machine-readable form. The form is compatible with the national MARC system, while at the same time it contains provisions for problems peculiar to the local situation. This…

VARIOUS COUNTY, PUBLIC, AND SCHOOL LIBRARIES HAVE UTILIZED THE SERVICES OF CENTRALIZED CATALOGING AND PROCESSING CENTERS. TO DETERMINE WHETHER PRACTICAL AND FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS MIGHT ENABLE PUBLIC JUNIOR COLLEGES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TO ESTABLISH SUCH A SYSTEM, 35 JUNIOR COLLEGES WERE SENT A CHECKLIST OF 100 TITLES, A QUESTIONNAIRE…

UNESCO, in cooperation with several other organizations, has produced a manual, the scope and purpose of which has been to define, for most types of scientific and technical literature, a set of data elements which will constitute an adequate bibliographic citation, and to define the representation of these data elements as they should appear in a…

The Museum Computer Network (MCN) was formed to convert all the systematic information in museum files and archives from written to machine-readable form. The principles, practice, membership, computer programs, history, and organization of MCN are described in an introductory article. Following this is a bibliography of reference to MCN and to…

The Library Information System Time-Sharing (LISTS) experiment was based on three innovations in data processing technology: (1) the advent of computer time-sharing on third-generation machines, (2) the development of general-purpose file-management software and (3) the introduction of large, library-oriented data bases. The main body of the…

Discusses the 1995 OCLC/NCSA Metadata Workshop that met to define a standard set of data elements for describing network-accessible information resources. These document data elements had to be simple enough for authors and publishers to use, to facilitate discovery and retrieval, and to be useful as a basis for descriptive cataloging. (JKP)

An executive summary (chapter 1) provides an overview of this study to assess the needs and requirements of Educational Radio and Television of Iran (ERTI), and to analyze alternative information systems and services that could be used to facilitate the storage and retrieval of reports, books, films, and tapes in that organization. Chapter 2…

Beginning in December, 1967, the New England Library Information Network (NELINET) was demonstrated in actual operation using Machine-Readable Cataloging (MARC I) bibliographic data. Section 1 of this report is an introduction and summary of the project. Section 2 described the library processing function demonstrated which included catalog card…

This final report covers January, 1967 through September 15, 1967, the period of Task One of the New England Library Information Network (NELINET). The primary objective of Task One was to set up procedures and programs to build a catalog data file for the center. The secondary task was to set up procedures to selectively extract bibliographic…

THE CATALOGING SYSTEM, DEVELOPED FOR A COLLECTION OF 45,000 REPORTS, IS BASED UPON SIMULTANEOUS PRODUCTION OF MACHINE-READABLE INPUT AND THREE BY FIVE CARDS TO BE USED IN A MANUAL FILE. A FLEXOWRITER WITH AN AUXILIARY PUNCH AND READER IS USED TO PRODUCE THE THREE TO SIXTY CARDS PER DOCUMENT WHICH DESCRIBE IT. PAPER TAPES OF THE UNIT RECORDS, ADDED…

The main problem considered in this project is whether it will be possible for civilization to cope with the increasing quantities of archival information that must be stored in libraries, and if so, whether traditional methods of identification and access will prove adequate to the task. It is concluded that unless the storage, transmission, and…

The MARC (Machine-Readable Cataloging) format allows the capability of accessing library catalog records by any piece of information found in the catalog record. A library's MARC database is its most expensive investment in library automation, and the most crucial factor in the success of the library's automation. Intended for librarians or…

This is the second in a series of manuals prepared by the Museum Computer Network explaining the use of General Retrieval and Information Processor for Humanities Oriented Studies (GRIPHOS). The user with little or no background in electronic data processing is introduced to the use of the various computer programs of the GRIPHOS system and the…

A project designed to permit people from different disciplines to locate and retrieve rapidly, and as specifically as possible, all items in a slide collection that fill their specific needs, is the subject of this paper. A field-test of the system for 35mm slides used within the fields of Art, History, Literature and Drama yielded the following…