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Medeiros, Norm – Online, 1999
Describes the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative, an international standard for describing information resources being used to describe Internet resources. Discusses the changing nature of MARC, Dublin core versus MARC for cataloging records, Dublin Core in the library world, and the OCLC-sponsored CORC (Cooperative Online Resources Catalog) project.…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Internet, Library Catalogs, Library Cooperation
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1980
This Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) kit on retrospective conversion, which replaces a 1975 kit on reclassification, is based on interviews with and documents from Association of Research Libraries (ARL) members participating in retrospective conversion (recon). (Reclassification is almost always conducted as a sub-project of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Catalogs, Library Cooperation
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Little, Thompson M. – Cataloging and Classification Quarterly, 1988
Describes the background of OCLC's international interests and briefly surveys the collaborative activities being undertaken in Europe, the Far East, and Canada. Both the benefits to all involved parties and problems that must be resolved are discussed. (two references) (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Bibliographic Utilities, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
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Regueiro, Judith E.; And Others – Government Publications Review, 1992
Describes the procedures followed in inventorying, cataloging, and barcoding government documents records from Government Printing Office (GPO) tapes as part of an integrated online system with Bryn Mawr, Haverford, and Swarthmore College libraries. The use of a vendor to help with retrospective cataloging is also described. (nine references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Records, Cataloging, Databases
Chesbro, Melinda – School Library Journal, 1999
Discusses new developments in online library catalogs, including Web-based catalogs; interconnectivity within the library; interconnectivity between libraries; graphical user interfaces; pricing models; and a checklist of questions to ask when purchasing a new online catalog. (LRW)
Descriptors: Check Lists, Library Catalogs, Library Cooperation, Library Expenditures
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Smith, Neil – Information Services & Use, 1996
Discusses the use of the Z39.50 standard for information retrieval in the British Library's efforts toward networked information retrieval and online public access catalogs in cooperation with the European Union and other countries. OSI (open systems interconnection) and project ONE (a collaborative project in the European Union) are explained.…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Electronic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Information Networks
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Epler, Doris M.; Cassel, Richard E. – Library Hi Tech, 1987
Describes ACCESS PENNSYLVANIA, a statewide program structured around school libraries which has two objectives: (1) production of a union catalog to facilitate resource identification and retrieval, and (2) development of automated support capabilities within the libraries served by the project. The CD-ROM microcomputer technology used, Le Pac, is…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Library Automation, Library Cooperation, Online Catalogs
Sessions, Judith; And Others – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1992
This overview of OhioLINK, a library automation project that links 17 academic libraries and the state library in Ohio, describes the planning, governance, mandates, and structure of the network. Implementation of OhioLINK at Miami University is discussed, including selection of a library automation system, representation on OhioLINK committees,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Futures (of Society), Higher Education, Library Automation
Allen, Barbara McFadden, Ed.; And Others – Illinois Libraries, 1993
This theme issue discusses the Illinois Library and Information Network (ILLINET). Topics addressed include network components, the interlibrary loan code, the resource sharing union catalog, the OCLC users' group, OCLC's EPIC service, access to indexing services, SILO (Serials of Illinois Libraries Online) members, and excerpts from the…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Utilities, Information Retrieval, Interlibrary Loans, Library Cooperation
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Stackpole, Laurie E.; King, Richard James – Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship, 1999
Describes services of the Naval Research Laboratory Library that provide users in four geographical locations with digital library services, including over 500 electronic journals. Highlights include a Web-based information system, cooperative agreements, licensing, online catalogs, databases, hardware configuration, and future development.…
Descriptors: Databases, Electronic Journals, Electronic Libraries, Futures (of Society)
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Seadle, Michael – Library Hi Tech, 1996
Provides a history of the automation efforts at former East German libraries that have made their resources available for the first time. Highlights include World Wide Web home page addresses; library problems, including censorship; automation guidelines, funding, and cooperation; online catalogs; and specific examples of university libraries'…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Censorship, Foreign Countries
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Cabral, Maria Luisa – Electronic Library, 1992
The National Library of Portugal undertook a leadership role in the development of the Portuguese Bibliographic database (PORBASE). The National Library defined cataloging standards and circulated them to Portuguese libraries to create a national catalog. PORBASE is a work in progress with ongoing technical projects and collaboration in the…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Foreign Countries, Information Services, Information Technology
Prestebak, Jane – Book Report, 2001
Explains why school libraries need to share resources and describes a number of projects that share physical, intellectual, and digital resources. Highlights include district union catalogs and integrated systems; consortia and community catalogs with public libraries; statewide union catalogs; statewide integrated systems; gateways; and statewide…
Descriptors: Consortia, Databases, Gateway Systems, Integrated Library Systems
Kittel, Dorothy – 1987
Based on fiscal year 1986 annual reports from 48 states, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, this report describes interlibrary cooperation and resource sharing activities supported by the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA), Title III, funds. In response to the 1984 amendment to Title III (which required each state to include in…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Federal Aid, Library Administration, Library Automation
LaCroix, Michael J. – 1987
This paper discusses the current operations and future activities of the Minnesota Interlibrary Telecommunications Exchange (MINITEX) and the Illinois Library and Information Network (ILLINET), two state networks established in the 1960s with the common goal of cooperation to provide library resources to their citizens, but with independent…
Descriptors: Financial Support, Interlibrary Loans, Library Cooperation, Library Networks
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