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Peer reviewedYan, Jinwei; Lin, Sharon Chien – Reference Services Review, 1990
Describes problems encountered during early attempts at library automation in China, including the slow development of telecommunications systems and the high cost of international online retrieval. The successful use of imported databases on CD-ROM to overcome these problems is discussed, focusing on applications in library technical services and…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Imports, Information Retrieval
Mitchell, Joan S. – Cataloguing Australia, 1997
Discusses knowledge organization tools in the context of seven challenges facing library classification systems. Highlights include revisions to the Dewey Decimal Classification, the Windows-based CD-ROM version of Dewey, support for machine-assisted classification, multilingual use of Dewey, use of Dewey as a general knowledge organization and…
Descriptors: Automation, Cataloging, Computer Oriented Programs, Dewey Decimal Classification
Siegel, Elliot R. – Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science, 1987
Traces the history of the National Library of Medicine with emphasis on research and development activities in biomedical communications and information science. Highlights include the areas of bibliographic control, library automation, information retrieval, knowledge management systems, and educational technologies. (CLB)
Descriptors: Cataloging, Computer Assisted Instruction, Databases, Expert Systems
Buchholz, James L. – 1987
This document summarizes the selection, configuration, implementation, and evaluation of BiblioFile, a CD-ROM based bibliographic retrieval system used to catalog and process library materials for 103 school centers in the Palm Beach County Schools (Florida). Technical processing included the production of spine labels, check-out cards and…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Cataloging, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education
