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The ABN Database: Sampling Strategies for Collection Overlap Studies.
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Rochester, Maxine K. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1987
Reports the methodology and results of a study which explored the potential of three approaches to sampling the Australian Bibliographic Network (ABN) database files for determining collection overlap among Australian libraries. (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Foreign Countries, Library Collections, Library Networks
Serials Conversion at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
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Banach, Patricia; Spell, Cynthia – Information Technology and Libraries, 1988
Describes a project in which OCLC retrospectively converted more than 27,000 serial titles held by the University of Massachusetts Library at Amherst. Details of the reasons for choosing OCLC, the contract between the library and OCLC, and the effectiveness of the project in meeting the library's goals are discussed. (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Card Catalogs, College Libraries, Contracts, Higher Education
From Cards to Online: The Asian Connection.
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Rogers, Gloria H. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1986
Description of the conversion of San Diego State University Library's Asian collection from catalog cards to online catalog through OCLC discusses technical problems involved in creating databases with Chinese, Japanese, and Korean vernacular characters. Ambiguities created by romanization and decision to convert the collection only in romanized…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Asian Studies, Higher Education, Information Retrieval
Retrospective Conversion of Three Library Collections.
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Johnson, Carolyn A. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1982
Reports on the retrospective conversion via OCLC of cataloging for three library collections at the University of South Carolina--the main, rare book, and historical collections. Backgrounds of the collections, conversion procedures, determinants of conversion rates, and cost factors are discussed. (Author/JL)
Descriptors: Cataloging, College Libraries, Costs, Editing
An Overview of Applications of Automation to Special Collections: Maps and Archives.
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Tusa, Bobs M. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1993
This second article on standardization in the application of computerized automation to materials in special collections libraries focuses on map collections and archives. Highlights include the use of bibliographic utilities; MARC formats; the use of microcomputers; databases; and examples from North America and Western Europe. (Contains 18…
Descriptors: Archives, Bibliographic Records, Bibliographic Utilities, Cataloging
Online Manuscript Search Service.
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Bland, Robert N.; Lloyd, James B. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1983
Describes MARC record-based online information retrieval system that provides full search and maintenance capabilities for manuscript records and indexes in the Special Collections Department, Hunter Library, Western Carolina University. Item versus group description of manuscripts, system architecture, searching, and record structure and file…
Descriptors: Archives, Cataloging, College Libraries, Databases
Government Publications in an Online Catalog: A Feasibility Study.
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Bowerman, Roseann; Cady, Susan A. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1984
This investigation of utilization of machine-readable bibliographic records for government publications in online public access catalogs consists of a literature search, identification of applications of Government Printing Office (GPO) MARC tapes by bibliographic services and libraries, sampling GPO MARC test tape and profiling depository…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Databases