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Download full textCole, John Y., Ed. – 1981
This document contains the principal papers from a 1981 symposium held to celebrate the completion of the 754-volume National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints. Papers by both those who use the National Union Catalog (NUC) and those who developed it are included. A brief preface describes the mission of the Center for the Book and the purpose of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Higher Education, Library Automation
Peer reviewedBonk, Sharon – RQ, 1990
Describes the structure of the interlibrary loan system in the United Kingdom and suggests implications for American libraries. The British Library Document Supply Centre (DSC) is explained; costs to borrowers and lenders are discussed; and strategic planning involving changing technology, politics, and economics is considered. (24 references)…
Descriptors: Costs, Economic Factors, Foreign Countries, Interlibrary Loans
Fenly, Charles; Harris, Howard – 1988
The Processing Services department of the Library of Congress initiated a project to learn about expert systems technology and to examine potential applications of expert systems to functions in their department, e.g., acquisitions, cataloging, and serials control. (An expert system is defined as an artificial intelligence computer program which…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer System Design, Expert Systems, Feasibility Studies
Peer reviewedElectronic Library, 1997
Presents an overview of the European Union's activities in the area of technological development in libraries. Highlights include digital libraries of the future, including two current projects; initiatives for public libraries; cooperation between European national libraries; and access to music via networks and interactive multimedia. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Electronic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society)
Blamberg, Donald L., Ed.; And Others – 1989
Planned and organized by the National Agricultural Library (NAL), the conference was designed to bring together people involved in scanning projects and to evaluate the feasibility of using hand-held scanning devices for transcribing bibliographic information during the cataloging and indexing processes. Ten previously unpublished papers and a…
Descriptors: Character Recognition, Digital Computers, Information Systems, Library Automation
Peer reviewedSchmidt, Karen A.; And Others – Information Technology and Libraries, 1986
Summaries of presentations made at the Technology at the Library of Congress conference held in May 1986 describe new technologies that the library is applying to its programs and services, including advances in bibliographic control; automated acquisitions systems; computer-to-computer communications; linking of national bibliographic utilities;…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Utilities, Cataloging, Computer Networks, Copyrights
Peer reviewedSun, Beixin – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1985
Reviews activities of Automation Development Department established in 1975 at National Library of China. Education of staff members, introduction of Library of Congress MARC tapes and Japanese computer system (Hitachi M-150H), development of application systems, the National Bibliographic Center Computer System, and long-term targets for the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society), Information Systems, Library Automation
Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Network Development Office. – 1985
The May 1985 program session of the Library of Congress Network Advisory Committee focused on the identification of key issues in the networking field. Presentations included discussions of major network developments in the last two decades, the changing network players, the impact of technology on networks, and library networks and the law. The…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Information Science, Library Automation, Library Cooperation
Peer reviewedTurner, Fay – Library Hi Tech, 1990
Discusses the interlibrary loan (ILL) protocol, a standard based on the principles of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Reference Model. Benefits derived from protocol use are described, the status of the protocol as an international standard is reviewed, and steps taken by the National Library of Canada to facilitate migration to an ILL…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer System Design, Foreign Countries, Information Networks
Library of Congress, Washington, DC. – 1985
This booklet summarizes fiscal year 1984 activities of the Library of Congress (LC) in six areas: (1) collection development, housing, preservation, and access; (2) services to Congress performed by the Congressional Research Service and the Law Library; (3) library automation activities coordinated by the Automated Systems Office (ASO); (4)…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Library Acquisition, Library Administration, Library Automation
Duchesne, Roddy; Sonnemann, Sabine S. – 1985
This report is intended to assist Canadian libraries in assessing potential library applications of optical disk technology. Part 1 provides a general outline of the technology and describes a number of library applications and projects. Descriptions are purposely general and illustrative in nature since the technology and its applications are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Retrieval, Information Storage, Information Systems
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1984
Six papers on information technology, the development of information systems for Third World countries, handling of sound recordings, and library automation were presented at the 1984 IFLA conference. They include: (1) "Handling, Storage and Preservation of Sound Recordings under Tropical and Subtropical Climatic Conditions" (Dietrich…
Descriptors: Audiodisc Recordings, Audiotape Recordings, Climate, Developing Nations
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1988
The nine papers in this compilation focus on cataloging, classification, and indexing: (1) "Living Together in the Australian Bibliographic Network: A Member's View" (Tom Cochrane, Australia); (2) "PICA (Project for Integrated Catalogue Automation), from Project to Institution: A Participant's View" (Jacques van Gent & Cees…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Cataloging, Classification, Cultural Influences
Roberts, Kenneth H. – 1987
Intended to reflect the international library community's expectations for the next 10 to 15 years and the place of the library in tomorrow's world, this extensive selective review focuses on the professional literature published between 1982 and 1986 which treats the probable evolution of different types of libraries in both developed and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Futures (of Society)
