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Download full textDrake, Paul B., Ed. – Online Submission, 2018
This publication follows the tradition of publishing selected papers from the Pacific Islands Association of Libraries, Archives and Museums (PIALA) annual conferences. This 27th annual conference was held in Kolonia, Pohnpei State, Federated States of Micronesia, November 13-17, 2017. This volume includes a listing PIALA Officers and Executive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Libraries, Sustainable Development, Innovation
Direct linkCullen, Kevin – Library Journal, 2005
Corporations employ data mining to analyze operations, find trends in recorded information, and look for new opportunities. Libraries are no different. Librarians manage large stores of data--about collections and usage, for example--and they also want to analyze this data to serve their users better. Analysts use data mining to query a data…
Descriptors: Libraries, Databases, Library Automation, Library Networks
Library of Congress, Washington, DC. – 1968
After the decision was made to continue the Library of Congress machine-readable cataloging (MARC) project as an operational system, a conference was held to permit discussion of the new MARC II format, problems concerning the character set used for bibliographic data, and the feasibility of sharing program specifications for bibliographic…
Descriptors: Automation, Cataloging, Computers, Conference Reports
Connaway, Lynn Silipigni – Library Administration & Management, 1996
Summarizes the literature explaining focus group interview techniques and provides ideas on how they can be used for needs assessment and program evaluation in libraries and information centers. Discussion includes focus group session objectives, the level of moderator involvement, various methodologies, data analysis, and reporting in qualitative…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods, Focus Groups
Library of Congress, Washington, DC. – 1965
Attended by representatives from different types of libraries and centered around a report entitled "A Proposed Format for a Standardized Machine-Readable Catalog Record," a conference was held to aid in the identification of a common core of catalog data which would serve libraries of all types as well as the data which is needed to…
Descriptors: Automation, Cataloging, Computers, Conference Reports
Library of Congress, Washington, DC. – 1966
A conference was held to permit a discussion between the libraries that will participate in the Library of Congress machine-readable cataloging (MARC) pilot project. The MARC pilot will provide an opportunity for the Library of Congress to assess the effect which data conversion places on the Library's normal processing procedures; the suitability…
Descriptors: Automation, Cataloging, Computers, Conference Reports
Avram, Henriette D. – 1968
The MARC Pilot Project was an experiment conducted by the Library of Congress, in cooperation with 16 participating libraries, to determine the feasibility of putting cataloging data into machine-readable from for distribution of magnetic tapes. MARC (Machine Readable Cataloging) records were distributed for some 16,000 titles in the pilot phase…
Descriptors: Automation, Cataloging, Computer Programs, Cost Effectiveness
