The computer design of the system serving the 53 library systems of the Washington Library Network provides nine online files through its integrated bibliographic and acquisitions subsystems. The bibliographic subsystem provides an authority file of author, title, series, and subject headings; a bibliographic file of MARC records on books, films,…

This report addresses the critical importance of measuring and evaluating information systems functioning within computer network environments. The focus is on the significant benefits associated with using automated monitoring as the primary information system measurement mechanism within such computing architectures. The large scale,…

This report on an IBM-assisted Application Transfer Team study by Clemson University Library to develop planning for and design of an integrated library automation system concentrates on the design of a serials subsystem. Data gathered from students, faculty, and library staff members through the structured interview technique focused on…

This report contains the conduct, methodology, and major findings of a survey of all the libraries in Missouri to assess their needs for a statewide database. The survey addresses the current state of automation, the functions that libraries would like to see a database perform, the materials to be included in the database, and the means of…

This document describes a proposed computer to computer protocol for electronic communication of digital information over a nationwide library bibliographic network. The protocol allows application tasks at one site on the network to converse with application tasks at any other site, regardless of differences in computer architecture or operating…

This report reviews the goals, operating system, and development plans as of spring 1978 for the Bibliographic Automation of Large Library Operations using a Time-sharing System (BALLOTS) program, an online interactive library automation system developed by Stanford University in 1967. Five primary goals that will guide the operations and…

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…

The "Purchase Order and Original Cataloging" (PO/OC) module is one of 11 units that make up the Bibliographic Automation of Large Library Operations Using a Time-sharing System (BALLOTS) used in the Stanford University Libraries. As part of this on-line, interactive system, the PO/OC module provides for the computerized production of…

The Institute of Library Research (ILR) is a statewide organizaed research unit of the University of California (UC), affiliated with the School of Librarianship and UC Berkeley and the School of Library Service at UCLA. ILR engages in studies of operations for the entire UC library system and conducts varied research and development projects in…

The literature on automated serials control systems and related subjects is reviewed and conclusions are drawn on the issues raised. As much as possible the data reported in the literature are verified. A selected bibliography of documents published prior to the data of this report is prepared. In addition to descriptions of the major serials…

The Institute of Library Research is a statewide organized research unit of the University of California whose activities have been directed toward the objectives of education, research, and public service. During the period from July 1972 to July 1973, the Institute underwent structural reorganization in which all of its operations were…

One of the specific recommendations in the Retrospective Conversion (RECON) feasibility report (ED 032 895) was that a pilot project be established to test various conversion techniques, ideally covering the highest priority material (English-language monograph records from 1960-68). A two-year pilot project was initiated in August 1969. This…

A library-oriented, concentrated course in the use of computers in libraries is a definite need in the profession. Librarians can learn the use of computers even though they have no background in data processing. The profession is also in need of a course syllabus which can be used either in a formal college course or in an in-service training…

In planning this ninth annual clinic an attempt was made to include papers on a wide range of library applications of on-line computers, as well as to include libraries of various types and various sizes. Two papers deal with on-line circulation control (the Ohio State University system, described by Hugh C. Atkinson, and the Northwestern…

The primary purposes of this bibliography are to present an overview of published works which relate to the use of new technologies in library operations, to call attention to a number of valuable reference works published on the subject, and to assist librarians and library systems scientists who are engaged in the planning and/or implementation…