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Clark, Jay B. – 1979
This examination of the problems and opportunities of system organization from the viewpoint of public libraries provides a perspective on the growth of library networks, their administration, and the pressures that opposed their development in the 1970's. It identifies the requirements for their further development, and looks at the need for new…
Descriptors: Consortia, Information Systems, Library Administration, Library Cooperation
MORCHAND, CHARLES A. – 1967
THIS PRELIMINARY STUDY OF A COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AMONG THE APPROXIMATELY FIFTY AFFILIATES OF THE NEW YORK METROPOLITAN REFERENCE AND RESEARCH LIBRARY AGENCY, INC. (METRO) PROVIDES AN OUTLINE FOR AN INITIAL INFORMATION TRANSFER NETWORK WITHIN A FIFTY MILE RADIUS OF TIMES SQUARE. THE TECHNIQUE OFFERED IS THE MORCHAND INFORMATION…
Descriptors: Decentralization, Facsimile Transmission, Information Centers, Information Dissemination
Willemsen, Arie W. – 1985
This paper describes the interlending system in the Netherlands and examines the country's union catalogs, the main instrument in the interlending procedure. An overview of the integrated interlending system is provided; the union catalogs of the Royal Library in The Hague, the Technical University Library at Delft, and the library of the…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Foreign Countries, Information Systems, Interlibrary Loans
Stein (Theodore) Co., New York, NY. – 1967
The logic of the system presented in this report is divided into six parts for computer processing and manipulation. They are: (1) processing of Library of Congress copy, (2) editing of input into standard format, (3) processing of information into and out from the authority files, (4) creation of the catalog records, (5) production of the…
Descriptors: Automation, Cataloging, Computer Programs, Computers
Stein (Theodore) Co., New York, NY. – 1967
The logic of the system presented in this report is divided into five parts for computer processing and manipulation. They are: (1) incorporating publication information and Library of Congress catalog copy into the system, (2) processing of authority files and assignment of supplier, (3) preparing data for cataloging and acquisitions, (4)…
Descriptors: Automation, Cataloging, Computer Programs, Computers
Stein (Theodore) Co., New York, NY. – 1967
A processing center which would meet both the cataloging and acquisitions needs of the public libraries of New York state has been proposed. Described in this report is the acquisition system, which provides for handling of both items received on standing order and items received separately. The state center obtains information as early as…
Descriptors: Automation, Cataloging, Computers, Cooperative Planning
Stein (Theodore) Co., New York, NY. – 1967
A processing center which would meet both the cataloging and acquisitions needs of the public libraries of New York state has been proposed. The part defined in this report is a computer-based catalog preparation system, capable of producing both book and card form catalogs. It was designed with the objective of providing sufficient flexibility…
Descriptors: Automation, Cataloging, Computers, Cooperative Planning