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Eckert, Bob; And Others – 1974
To study the format, content, and rationale of public catalogs used at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) libraries, a questionnaire was sent to each of the campus libraries. The data collected included information on: 1) number of volumes in the library's collection; 2) number of drawers in its catalog; 3) physical arrangement of…
Descriptors: Book Catalogs, Cataloging, College Libraries, Indexing
Bourne, Charles P. – 1976
The Institute of Library Research converted to machine-readable form over one million catalog cards representing about 750,000 Roman-language titles catalogued by the University of California (UC) libraries from 1963 to 1967. From this data base they printed the UC Union Catalog Supplement (UCUCS-1). From 1968 to 1972, an additional set of card…
Descriptors: Cataloging, College Libraries, Databases, Libraries
Aroeste, Jean; And Others – 1976
Though recent technological developments have promised solutions to the costly problems of expanding card catalogs and changing cataloging practices, at the University of California libraries the problems have been compounded by a desire to stay compatible with the changing conventions of the Library of Congress and by an increasingly stringent…
Descriptors: Book Catalogs, Cataloging, College Libraries, Costs

Simpson, Charles W. – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1992
Reviews research published between 1988 and 1991 in technical services in the areas of acquisitions, including automation, costs, and vendor analysis; authority control; automation; cataloging, including costs and time analysis, rules and theory, expert systems, online catalogs, and shared cataloging; classification; preservation; serials; subject…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Classification, Costs, Expert Systems
Nozik, Barbara A. – 1974
This is a general descriptive and comparative report on alternative forms of library catalogs. The specific problems and factors associated with library catalogs are introduced briefly and then treated with respect to the following physical forms: card catalogs, book catalogs, microforms, and on-line catalogs. Whenever possible, examples of…
Descriptors: Book Catalogs, Cataloging, College Libraries, Costs
Chervenie, Paul – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1971
This paper examines the structure of traditional" library catalogs and the research concerning them. (Author)
Descriptors: Cataloging, Classification, Library Catalogs, Library Research
Bullock, Connie; And Others – 1974
Considering alternative physical formats for the public card catalogs currently used in the University of California at Los Angeles libraries, a study group at began by investigating six possibilities: 1) cards; 2) photographically-produced catalogs; 3) typeset-printed catalogs; 4) computer-produced catalogs; 5) microform or video catalogs; and 6)…
Descriptors: Book Catalogs, Cataloging, College Libraries, Costs

Walker, Geraldene; Hudson, Judith – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1988
Review of the 1987 literature on library technical services covers research on: (1) cataloging; (2) subject analysis; (3) authority control; (4) use of the online catalog; (5) acquisitions; and (6) library preservation. The review is limited to studies with a clearly defined research methodology, primarily field studies or survey research. (38…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Indexing, Library Research, Library Technical Processes
Benaud, Claire-Lise; Bordeianu, Sever – 1998
This publication provides librarians with a broader understanding of outsourcing issues in academic libraries. The book investigates the literature, then presents a survey of more than 200 academic research libraries involved with outsourcing projects. This book synthesizes prevailing theories and practice, details pros and cons, an outlines steps…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Authority Control (Information), Cataloging, Higher Education
Kilgour, Frederick G. – J Libr Automat, 1970
A concept of a catalog that is hospitable to mechanized descriptive cataloging is presented, together with four areas of research programs that will yield findings useful in the development of such a catalog. (Author/JB)
Descriptors: Automation, Cataloging, Citations (References), Information Retrieval

Taylor, Arlene G.; Paff, Barbara – Library Quarterly, 1986
This study examines data reflecting the actual impact during the first 3 years of use of the second edition of the Anglo American Cataloging Rules (AACR2) in one library, and compares them with a 5-year projection done in 1980. Findings showed the impact was close to the projection. (Author/EM)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Followup Studies, Higher Education
Hyman, Richard J. – 1980
This paper is a review and analysis of published research in the field of shelf classification in libraries, as well as an assessment of future prospects. Past, present, and proposed rationales for shelving books are described; results of investigations, surveys, and user studies are summarized; and suggestions for further research are presented.…
Descriptors: Classification, Information Seeking, Library Catalogs, Library Collections
Potter, William Gray – Library Research, 1982
Reviews studies of the duplication of holdings and acquisitions among libraries, concentrating on four types of research: (1) studies undertaken in connection with union catalogs, (2) studies of centralized processing, (3) studies of cooperative collection development, and (4) research studies on the phenomenon of collection overlap. A…
Descriptors: Libraries, Library Acquisition, Library Collections, Library Cooperation
Williams, Martha E.; MacLaury, Keith D. – 1977
The objective of the project was to develop an inexpensive and effective technique for matching records in multiple fields in order to build a union catalog containing only one representation of a given book. The Information Retrieval Research Lab (IRRL) developed a prototype system called IUCS (IRRL Union Catalog System) by testing various…
Descriptors: Cataloging, College Libraries, Computer Storage Devices, Feasibility Studies
Friedman, Joan; Jeffreys, Alan – 1967
This comparative survey of current practices in classification and cataloging of printed materials was concerned with six questions: (1) What procedures are involved in cataloging and classification? (2) Could some of this work be done by a centralized cataloging service? (3) Who is doing the work of cataloging now and what are his qualifications?…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Classification, College Libraries, Comparative Analysis
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