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Orne, Jerrold – Library Trends, 1972
Background information, the present status, and future needs for standards in library technology are discussed. (9 references) (SJ)
Descriptors: Library Automation, Library Standards, Technology

Carter, Ruth C. – Library Hi Tech, 1984
Efforts of the Technical Standards for Library Automation Committee (TESLA), a division-wide committee of the Library Information and Technology Association (LITA) of the American Library Association, are described. The current status of suggested technical standards and recommended action are detailed. Five sources are given. (Author/EJS)
Descriptors: Library Associations, Library Automation, Library Standards

Leonard, W. Patrick – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1980
Cautions that the new "Anglo-American Cataloging Rules" do little to enhance the effectiveness of bibliographic control and retrieval. The revision in rules remains too tied to the card catalog and does not capitlize on the potential of library automation systems. (RAA)
Descriptors: Card Catalogs, Cataloging, Information Retrieval, Library Automation
Far West Lab. for Educational Research and Development, Berkeley, CA. – 1972
The member libraries of the Ohio College Library Center (OCLC) adopted standards for input cataloging in order to improve the technical processes while still keeping costs at a minimum. Increased compatibility of records input by different libraries so that records input by one could be more readily used by others was the final goal. It was…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Information Processing, Input Output, Library Automation

Rush, James E. – Journal of Library Automation, 1980
Examines the contributions of the MARC formats to library automation from the perspectives of users, intermediaries, and standards-making bodies. (RAA)
Descriptors: Library Automation, Library Personnel, Library Standards, Library Technical Processes

Zeeman, Joe – Canadian Library Journal, 1992
Describes Z39.50, a standard prepared by the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) for information retrieval that allows two computer systems connected to a network to exchange messages for the purpose of searching databases and receiving records. Canada's involvement is discussed, and possible library applications are described. (LRW)
Descriptors: Cataloging, Computer Networks, Foreign Countries, Information Retrieval

Cooke, Michael – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1977
Suggestions are made for solving problems in current computerized cooperative library networks. (KP)
Descriptors: Cataloging, Futures (of Society), Libraries, Library Automation
Rather, Lucia J.; Wiggins, Beacher – American Libraries, 1989
This discussion of the contributions of Henriette D. Avram to the field of librarianship covers her role in establishing MARC formats as the international standard for library automation and her work in the retrospective conversion of catalogs, establishment of library standards, and creation of information networks. An interview with Dr. Avram is…
Descriptors: Information Networks, Library Automation, Library Standards, Library Technical Processes

Stark, Ted – Public Libraries, 1992
Describes Microlif (Microcomputer Library Interchange Format), a standard data interchange format for bibliographic information on microcomputers. Discussion includes reasons for Microlif development, differences from full MARC format, and development of the new USMARC (Microlif protocol). Members of the Microlif community are listed, and the…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Records, Integrated Library Systems, Library Automation, Library Standards

Chan, Lois Mai; Golden, Susan U. – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1974
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Cataloging, Classification, Library Automation

Journal of Library Automation, 1974
Describes a process by which ALA may react to or initiate proposals for standards in the library automation area. Lists sources of information related to standards. (LS)
Descriptors: Criteria, Equipment Standards, Information Sources, Library Automation
Herman, Elizabeth, Ed.; Byrun, John, Ed. – 1976
A committee on rules fur cataloging machine readable data files (MRDF) recommends areas for revision of the Anglo American Cataloging Rules to integrate collections of MRDF into the mainstream of bibliographic control. The 12 working papers which support and detail these recommendations are appended to this report. They include rationales for…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Citations (References), Data Processing, Databases
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. – 2000
This document is designed to help Wisconsin libraries plan for and achieve service levels that meet the ever-changing needs of local residents. The "Wisconsin Public Library Standards" has evolved gradually over the years, and this edition addresses the changes and challenges libraries have experienced since publication of the 1994…
Descriptors: Library Automation, Library Development, Library Policy, Library Services
Spaulding, C. Sumner – Library Journal, 1973
The imperatives of the opening age of computer assisted library service requires the adoption of this standard. Much of the international bibliographical and cataloging world has already seen the light. Shall we lag far behind? (Author/NH)
Descriptors: Cataloging, Citations (References), Evaluation, International Programs
Swanson, Gerald – Library Journal, 1973
The author, a working librarian-programmer, wonders how such a far-reaching recommended standard could have reached this advanced stage of development with so little public notice. (38 references) (Author/NH)
Descriptors: Cataloging, Citations (References), Evaluation, International Programs