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Peer reviewedBiswas, Subal C.; Smith, Fred – Library and Information Science Research, 1989
Reviews the research that led to the development of a hierarchic scheme of terms with vocabulary control features, called Classaurus, and describes a project aimed at writing software that could be used for the automatic generation of an online alphabetic Classaurus. The problems encountered are discussed and suggestions for further research are…
Descriptors: Automation, Classification, Computational Linguistics, Literature Reviews
Chen, Ching-chih; Hu, Chengren – Microcomputers for Information Management: An International Journal for Library and Information Services, 1984
Presents results of a statistical analysis of information on the approximately 1,500 software packages currently contained in MicroUse, a database directory for software with library applications. These results include information on software types and their availability, costs, vendors/producers of microcomputer-based software, and…
Descriptors: Classification, Comparative Analysis, Computer Software, Costs
Peer reviewedGilbert, J. D. – Information Services and Use, 1993
Discusses virtual libraries, i.e., library services available to users via personal computers; considers the issues of technological development, user demands, and organizational response; and describes progress toward virtual libraries in the Netherlands, including networks, online systems, navigation tools, subject classification, coordination…
Descriptors: Classification, Computer Networks, Costs, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedShubert, Steven Blake – Special Libraries, 1991
A survey of five major bank libraries revealed three distinct levels of subject access to serial publications: manually based systems with no formal subject access; computer-aided systems in which the sorting capabilities of computerized serials management are utilized to generate printed lists arranged by subject; and online catalogs with subject…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Cataloging, Classification, Computer Software
Peer reviewedFuruta, Kenneth; And Others – Information Technology and Libraries, 1990
These three articles address issues in library cataloging that are affected by automation: (1) the impact of automation and bibliographic utilities on professional catalogers; (2) the effect of the LASS microcomputer software on the cost of authority work in cataloging at the University of Arizona; and (3) online subject heading and classification…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Utilities, Cataloging, Classification, Comparative Analysis
