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Olson, Kenneth D. – Special Libraries, 1975
At the University of New Mexico, a machine-readable work file was developed to aid the bibliographer in science collection building. (PF)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Cataloging, College Libraries, Librarians

Young, Barbara A. – Special Libraries, 1975
A small corporate library evolved a computer system that generates routing slips to send 180 periodicals to 310 persons according to their individual and changing requests. (Author)
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Corporate Libraries, Library Automation, Library Circulation

Smith, Virginia Carlson; Treese, William R. – Library Trends, 1975
The experience of the University of California Santa Barbara Arts Library with computerizing bibliographic control of art exhibition catalogsis described. (PF)
Descriptors: Art, Bibliographies, Catalogs, Computer Programs
Landrum, Hollis – 1986
This report of a conference convened by the Federal Library and Information Center Committee (FLICC) Subcommittee on Education provides brief summaries of four panel discussions conducted by 15 federal librarians who had assembled automation systems for their agencies' libraries and information centers. The first panel, consisting of Dean Hough,…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Government Libraries, Information Centers, Information Systems
Black, John B. – 1980
This outline of new technological developments and their applications in the library and information world considers innovations in three areas: automation, telecommunications, and the publishing industry. There is mention of the growth of online systems, minicomputers, microcomputers, and word processing; the falling costs of automation; the…
Descriptors: Information Networks, Information Services, Libraries, Library Automation

Horny, Karen – College and Research Libraries, 1974
Key decisions involved in automating Northwestern University Library's technical processes, the resulting on-line interactive system, and its impact are described. (Author/PF)
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computers, Librarians, Library Automation

Bookstein, Abraham – Journal of Library Automation, 1974
An access method for bibliographic records that combines features of the search key approach and the inverted file approach. Permits extension of search key technique to large files. (Author/LS)
Descriptors: Cataloging, Codification, Coordinate Indexes, Documentation

Bentley, Jane F.; Cooney, Leo J. – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1974
The design, implementation, and operation of an integrated on-line automated system in a scientific and technical library. The system handles book ordering and receiving, cataloging, circulation, language control, and bibliographic retrieval; serials ordering and renewal, receiving and routing, holding records and binding data; patron and…
Descriptors: Information Centers, Library Automation, Library Technical Processes, Online Systems

Katter, Robert V.; Pearson, Karl M. – Journal of Library Automation, 1975
Gives an overview of MEDLARS II as an example of a major bibliographic processing system that supports on-line access to a number of very large files, has efficient throughput, and is operated on a single large-scale computer. (Author/PF)
Descriptors: Databases, Information Retrieval, Information Storage, Library Automation
Wolfe, Mary Grantham – 1980
This paper describes how the applications of technology to library functions generally follow the three-phase pattern set by business. In phase one, technology is applied to the automation of manual procedures in order to save time and/or money. Phase two involves the use of technology for non-traditional, innovative approaches to traditional…
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Library Automation, Library Services, Library Technical Processes
Bova, Phyllis V. – 1977
This report covers functional specifications for the OCLC Interlibrary Loan (ILL) Subsystem, designed to permit participating libraries to increase the availability of library resources to patrons by enabling these libraries to form, transmit, and fulfill loan requests more rapidly and effectively. It will provide rapid access to a large on-line…
Descriptors: Information Systems, Interlibrary Loans, Libraries, Library Automation
Matthews, Fred W. – 1979
This paper describes an automated card catalog system, developed for the Dartmouth Regional Library in Nova Scotia, which uses records of selected fixed-length fields; it is proposed as a prototype for a system meeting the needs of a public library system with a collection size of about 100,000 items. The costs of operating a catalog system based…
Descriptors: Catalogs, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Costs
Twitchell, Anne; Sprehn, Mary – 1976
An evaluation of the Ohio College Library Center's (OCLC) proposed Serials Control Subsystem was undertaken to determine what effect the system would have on the operation of the Serials Department at the University of South Florida (USF) Library. The system would consist of three components: 1) claiming--identifying missing issues and generating…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Cost Effectiveness, Library Automation, Library Technical Processes
Duggan, Maryann; And Others – 1975
The Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) received a year's grant from the Council on Library Resources to design and develop a library network for the 17 western states. Major activities of the first quarter included: (1) hiring a systems analyst, cost study investigator, research assistant, and secretary, and selecting a…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Costs, Library Automation, Library Networks
Woods, R. G. – 1972
Too little is known generally about the cost of the various operations carried out in libraries. At present, new techniques are being devised using computers to store, sort, file and reproduce data formerly dealt with by traditional manual methods. Computer time, however, is expensive, and the computer programs to handle bibliographic data are…
Descriptors: Cataloging, College Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness