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Silver, Barbara – 1987
Developed at the beginning of the decade to serve as a union catalog for identifying the holdings in all University of California (UC) libraries, the MELVYL online catalog as of October 1989 contained 10 million holdings for over 5 million monographic titles of print and nonprint materials, and more than 1.2 million periodicals holdings which…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Databases, Higher Education, Library Automation
Peer reviewedCabral, Maria Luisa – Electronic Library, 1992
The National Library of Portugal undertook a leadership role in the development of the Portuguese Bibliographic database (PORBASE). The National Library defined cataloging standards and circulated them to Portuguese libraries to create a national catalog. PORBASE is a work in progress with ongoing technical projects and collaboration in the…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Foreign Countries, Information Services, Information Technology
Peer reviewedMuir, Scott P. – Library Software Review, 1991
Describes problems encountered by the staff of the Georgia Power Company Library when they planned for the automation of their catalog. Topics discussed include developing software inhouse versus using commercial software packages; authority control and problems with standardization and subject access; changing from a mainframe to a microcomputer;…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Cataloging, Computer Software, Computer Software Development
Culmer, Carita M. – 1991
The library at Phoenix College developed the Controversial Issues Files (CIF), a "home made" card file containing references pertinent to specific ongoing assignments. Although the CIF had proven itself to be an excellent resource tool for beginning researchers, it was cumbersome to maintain in the card format, and was limited to very…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Bibliographic Databases, Card Catalogs
Intner, Sheila S.; Weihs, Jean – 1996
Introducing cataloging students, beginning catalogers, copy catalogers, and department administrators to the principles of cataloging, classification, and indexing, this revised text provides a simple, solid foundation for standard practices of cataloging and bibliographic control in the United States and Canada. The book reviews major…
Descriptors: Authority Control (Information), Bibliographic Databases, Bibliographic Records, Cataloging
Pattie, Ling-yuh W., Ed.; Cox, Bonnie Jean, Ed. – 1996
This book is a baseline guide for professionals and library school students on issues that concern the selection and bibliographic control of electronic resources, from both conceptual and pragmatic standpoints. The book includes the following articles: (1) "Foreward" (Lois Mai Chan); (2) "Introduction" (Ling-yuh W. (Miko)…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Authority Control (Information), Bibliographic Databases, Bibliographic Records
