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Peer reviewedSatalkar, Vasudha; Kunte, Pravin – Electronic Library, 1988
Describes the use of dBase II at the Centre of Studies in Resources Engineering of India to develop a microcomputer based database. The effectiveness of the system in bibliographic data storage and management, data selection and retrieval, and report preparation is discussed. (7 references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Database Management Systems, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Information Retrieval
Peer reviewedCampos, E. M. – International Library Review, 1982
Describes LIBRUNAM, a complete system for the handling, processing, and retrieval of bibliographic information (mainly books), developed by the Direccion General de Bibliotecas of the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Developing Nations, Higher Education
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1986
Four papers on administrative libraries were presented at the 1986 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference. "Special Libraries and Their Activities in Japan" (Masaya Takayama, Japan) discusses statistical investigation into the conditions of Japanese special libraries, information needs and uses, the present…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Information Retrieval
Alabi, G. A. – Microcomputers for Information Management: An International Journal for Library and Information Services, 1985
This overview of an experimental automated circulation system at Ibadan University (Nigeria) includes a discussion of system hardware, software, program structure, file structure, and system functions (charges, discharges, renews, overdues, fines, reservations, recalls, and assisted query). Statistics on manual and automated systems related to…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Design, Developing Nations, Information Retrieval
Peer reviewedJacso, Peter; Razzaq, Faik Abdul S. – Information Development, 1986
Review of background and justification of computerization project initiated to automate information work covers design concepts; implementation; and major characteristics of databases (local versions of BIOSIS and INSPEC, union catalog of monographs from Library of Congress/MARC records, union catalog of serials from International Serials Data…
Descriptors: Databases, Developing Nations, Information Retrieval, Information Services
Peer reviewedTuncer, Nilufer – International Library Review, 1987
Describes the establishment of an online retrieval system in a Turkish documentation center and the problems encountered, including lack of training for personnel; incompatible telecommunications channels; the need to execute searches using English; and unrealistic user expectations. (CLB)
Descriptors: Databases, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Information Centers
Huttemann, Lutz, Ed.; Inganji, Francis K., Ed. – 1986
This workshop attended by 21 participants from 13 countries was designed to promote the use of computerized information and documentation services in the eastern and southern African subregion, and increase the exchange of experiences of the personnel involved in the field. The full text is provided for the following papers presented at the…
Descriptors: Databases, Developing Nations, Documentation, Foreign Countries
Download full textNeelameghan, A. – 1987
This paper provides information workers with some practical approaches to the design, development, and use of local databases that form components of information storage and retrieval systems (ISR) and of automated library operations. Topics discussed include: (1) course objectives for the design and development of local databases for library and…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer System Design, Database Management Systems, Databases
Peer reviewedCampbell, Harry C. – Information Development, 1993
Describes recent progress in China in the publication of scientific and technical journals and the computerization of information services; assesses the output of scientific and technical papers and the extent to which they are indexed by foreign bibliographical sources; and describes plans for computer-based library and information systems.…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society), Indexing
Lin, Sharon Chien – Microcomputers for Information Management, 1994
Describes two phases of the automation of library and information services in mainland China. From 1974-86, much effort was concentrated on developing computer systems, databases, online retrieval, and networking. From 1986 to the present, practical progress became possible largely because of CD-ROM technology; and large scale networking for…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Databases, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
Helal, Ahmed H., Ed.; Weiss, Joachim W., Ed. – 1989
This festschrift contains 17 papers on the impact of CD-ROM technology: (1) "CD-ROM and Access to Information in the South" (Abdelaziz Abid); (2) "CD-ROM and Bridging of Cultural and Technological Gaps in Developing Countries" (Shmuel Sever); (3) "Electronic Publishing Developments and Opportunities from OCLC" (Janet…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Databases, Developing Nations, Electronic Libraries
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1988
The 23 papers in this collection include papers on special libraries and miscellaneous contributed papers: (1) "Networking Potentialities and Limitations--Special Library Networks in Socialist Countries--An Overview, and the Main Ways of Perestroika in the Work of Scientific and Technical Libraries at the Present Stage" (D. Schmidmaier…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Agriculture, Cataloging
Attaullah; Johnson, Jane S. – Microcomputers for Information Management, 1991
Outlines the various steps involved in the process of modernizing the information storage and retrieval systems within the library of the Northwest Frontier Province Agricultural University (NWFP AU) in Peshawar, Pakistan. Implementation of services for faculty, students, and provincial agricultural scientists is discussed, and staff training is…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Bibliographic Databases, College Libraries, Database Management Systems
