The papers presented at this one day symposium on the subject of computer book charging are: (1) A Specification for a Computer Bookcharging System, (2) A Suite of Programs for a Computer Bookcharging System, (3) The Implementations of a Computer Bookcharging System, (4) The Effect of Computer Bookcharging on Management and (5) The Extension of…

This report describes the Systematic Computerized Processing in Cataloguing system (SCOPE), an automated system for the catalog department of a university library. The system produces spine labels, pocket labels, book cards for the circulation system, catalog cards including shelf list, main entry, subject and added entry cards, statistics, an…

The Acquisitions System has been using the IBM 360/40 computer since April 1968. The order routine is described and pertinent order records and printouts discussed. (Author/NH)

A brief look at the background and progress of the Shared Cataloging Program is presented. (NH)

Based on a longer, more detailed paper prepared for the 1970 Midwinter Meeting of the Association of Research Libraries, this article discussion auutomation in the context of the management, facilities and system requirements for large research libraries. (Author/NH)

Presenting this cost analysis as a supplemental volume, separate from the main report, allows the chief activities in implementing the Processing Center Design to be correlated with costs as of a particular date and according to varying rates of production. In considering the total budget, three main areas are distinguished: (1) Systems…

The Library Information System Time-Sharing (LISTS) experiment was based on three innovations in data processing technology: (1) the advent of computer time-sharing on third-generation machines, (2) the development of general-purpose file-management software and (3) the introduction of large, library-oriented data bases. The main body of the…

The unprecedented growth of the information sources concerning science and technology makes it particularly urgent that the processes of information storage, information retrieval, information processing according to needs, representation of results and their storage in preparation for the subsequent processing stages be mechanized. With this end…

One of a series of communications formats for machine-readable cataloging records issued by the Library of Congress is described. It is an implementation of the "American National Standard for Bibliographic Information Interchange on Magnetic Tape," Z39.2-1971, which was adopted by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). The…

The Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) integrated computer programs for journal control have been extensively revised so that all journal ordering for ORNL, Y-12, and ORGDP is handled through this system. This series of programs provide: (1) management information in the form of cost, subscriber, and title statistics; (2) seven copy purchase…

Binding specifications are maintained on embossed plastic plates, one plate for each title bound. All binding instructions are imprinted from the plate to a set of forms. The system saves time, reduces errors, is flexible and inexpensive. A computer-assisted system produces claim letters and a claims status report. (Author/NH)

The basis for the discussions at the institute was an automated circulation system developed at Florida Atlantic University and subsequently adopted by the State University System of Florida as a standard program. Circulation systems in general, automated systems and the Florida system were discussed in the first session. Borrower identification…

The Ohio College Library Center's off-line catalog system is a limited technique for production of card catalogs. Unlike the on-line system, it cannotmake the resources of a region available to users in an individual institution, and it does not have the potential for significantly reducing rate of rise of library per-unit costs. In short, it is…