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Whitehall, T. – Unesco Bulletin for Libraries, 1972
Described is an operating system for scanning, bulletin production and indexing which is very economical in the use of time. One typing onto offset masters is used to produce bulletins, slips for customers' personal files and for the library index. Indexing is done during scanning, not as a separate activity. (3 references) (Author/SJ)
Descriptors: Bulletins, Indexes, Indexing, Libraries
Peer reviewedLeibtag, Susan – Special Libraries, 1982
Outlines the processes involved in improving the subject catalog at a medical library. Policy decisions concerning heading sources and revision methodology and plans for analyzing, weeding, and increasing the relevance of subject terms is discussed. The making of catalog changes and the results of catalog revision are also described. (JL)
Descriptors: Indexing, Libraries, Library Catalogs, Medical Libraries
Library Association, London (England). – 1969
The report contains five papers dealing with some problems of a general classification scheme covering the whole field of knowledge which were presented at a conference held in London, June 1963. Topics covered included retrieval schemes, classification problems, inadequacies of existing classification schemes and the proposal of the…
Descriptors: Classification, Codification, Conferences, Indexes
Peer reviewedWelch, Thomas L. – Hispania, 1978
Presents card catalog approaches to bilingualism and biculturalism, with the intent of assisting the reader, specialist or not, in developing competence in using the standardized subject headings employed in the majority of research library card catalogs. (EJS)
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingualism, Cataloging, Classification
Peer reviewedWilliams, Dianne T. McAffee – Language Arts, 1976
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Classification, Indexing
Peer reviewedSimmons, Robert M. – RQ, 1972
No one source for locating government documents on a given subject exists. Librarians responding to a questionnaire indicated dissatisfaction with even the most used source, the Monthly Catalog''. Subject retrieval, other sources, and suggestions from librarians are discussed. (5 references) (DH)
Descriptors: Catalogs, Depository Libraries, Government Publications, Indexing
Cochrane, Pauline A.; And Others – Cataloguing Australia, 1981
Contains nine papers read at the National Cataloguing Conference for 1981 of the section entitled, "Subject Retrieval in the 1980s." Topics include cost of subject access, research problems, options for automated subject access, and authority control. (Library Association of Australia, The Science Center, 35 Clarence St., Sydney, NSW…
Descriptors: Automatic Indexing, Cataloging, Classification, Costs
Defense Documentation Center, Alexandria, VA. – 1972
The bibliography is a compilation of annotated references on information sciences; conferences, symposia, reviews, supporting research, and STINFO (Scientific and Technical Information Project) activities and is volume IV in a four-volume set on information sciences. It is a revision to the unlimited references in the earlier bibliographies,…
Descriptors: Automatic Indexing, Automation, Bibliographies, Cataloging
Download full textMandel, Carol A. – 1986
This paper presents a synthesis of the ideas and issues developed at a conference convened to review the results of the Dewey Decimal Classification Online Project and explore the potential for future use of the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) and Library of Congress Classification (LCC) schedules in online library catalogs. Conference…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Classification, Dewey Decimal Classification, Indexing
Bake, Blaine R. – 1974
The effectiveness of current subject cataloging practices for assigning geographical headings to local historical records in meeting the requirements of an escalating number of genealogist-patrons was examined. The findings indicated that catalogers use two general approaches in determining subject headings for local historical collections in the…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Classification, Geographic Location, Indexes
