The proceedings of an October 1974 institute on automated serials control are summarized. (Author/PF)

Summarizes the formal presentations of an institute considering all aspects of the catalog--its use as a tool consulted by librarians and patrons, the impact of centralized cataloging on bibliographic control, and the impact of technological advances on the format of the catalog. (Author/PF)

Summarizes proceedings of the Library and Information Technology Association's third five-year assessment of the state of the art of library automation. Highlights include both descriptions of presentations and comments from conference participants. (JPF)

Review of papers presented by Peter Spyers-Duran and Sanford Berman at the Associated Colleges of the Midwest Conference on Management Issues in Automated Cataloging. (KP)

In 1968 the National Science Foundation awarded a grant to support a project called Collaborative Library Systems Development (CLSD). Participants in the project were the libraries of the University of Chicago, Columbia University, and Stanford University. Two of the more important objectives of the CLSD Project were: 1) to test certain technical…

Three major presentations from the 1973 Library Automation Research and Consulting Institute are included here. The first outlines the course of library automation in the preceding 10 years. The second is a discussion of the Los Angeles Unified School District's Automated Instructional Materials Handling System (AIMS), which includes materials…

The May, 1976, Association of Research Libraries (ARL) meeting included a variety of presentations on library networks. Susan Martin defined various categories of automated library networks, reviewed potential functions of such networks, and discussed the implications for individual library operations. LeMoyne Anderson listed forces which are…

Topics of discussion during the program portion of this meeting are: "Research Library Security Problems,""Security Measures at the University of Washington Libraries,""Research Libraries and Machine-Readable Information,""Opportunities for Minority Groups in Research Libraries," and "The Berkeley…

The two major topics of the program portion of the meeting are automation and management. Allen B. Veaner's "Major Decision Points in Library Automation" is followed by notes from a brief discussion. Stanley E. Seashore presented main themes from "Staff Participation in Management," which is also followed by discussion remarks…

The focus of the January 1975 meeting of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) was the future of bibliographic records of library holdings. Speakers from the Library of Congress (LC) reported on historical problems associated with card catalogs and on plans for conversion to other forms. Speakers from large research libraries indicated a…

New technologies used by libraries include computers, minicomputers, photocopiers, audiovisual equipment, videocable, and satellite. Cataloging is a major area of computer application, with the MARC (MAchine Readable Cataloging) format developed by the Library of Congress providing batch mode services, and the more sophisticated OCLC (Ohio College…

The Ohio State Libraries hosted an institute to involve participants in a discussion of the Library Circulation System (LCS). Five papers were presented which were devoted to: (1) the historical background and philosophy surrounding the decision of The Ohio State University Libraries to involve themselves in the field of automation; (2) the…

The January, 1974, meeting of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) focused on "Changing Objectives in Research Libraries." Two speakers--Hugh Atkinson, Director of Libraries at the Ohio State University, and Richard Boxx, Director of Libraries at the University of Tennessee--discussed client definitions of library objectives,…

This collection of 39 papers represents the majority of presentations made at the ASIS Mid-Year Meeting at Syracuse University, May 19-21, 1977. Contents are arranged in alphabetical order by first author. The number preceding the author's name coincides with the numbered sequence of presentations in the program bulletin for the meeting. This…

Drawn from the 15th Annual Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing, held at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the nine papers presented in this volume deal with problems--or, in some cases, downright failures--in the automation of various facets of library service. They range from a general survey of failures or limitations…