PROBLEMS OF THE MIGRANTS INCLUDE THEIR LACK OF DESIRE TO LEARN NEW SKILLS AND TO ADJUST TO NEW SITUATIONS, THEIR NEED TO MIGRATE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT DURING CERTAIN OFF-SEASONS, THEIR LACK OF TRAINING FOR MANY KINDS OF JOBS, THEIR PREJUDICED ATTITUDE TOWARD JOBS MAINLY PERFORMED BY FOREIGN OR COLORED WORKERS, THEIR TENDENCY TO LEAVE A JOB WHEN…

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS WORK IS TWOFOLD--(1) TO DEVELOP GENERALIZED PROGRAMS AND PROCEDURES FOR ACCEPTING LARGE VOLUME INFORMATION AND INCORPORATING IT AUTOMATICALLY INTO THE FILES OF THE MULTILIST SYSTEM. (2) TO DEMONSTRATE BY A SPECIFIC EXAMPLE THE SPECIAL ADVANTAGES OF USE OF THE QUERY LANGUAGE, FILE DIRECTORIES AND FILE MULTILIST STRUCTURE. THE…

The development and testing of the Browsing On-line With Selective Retrieval (BROWSER) text retrieval system allowing a natural language query statement and providing on-line browsing capabilities through an IBM 2260 display terminal is described. The prototype system contains data bases of 25,000 German language patent abstracts, 9,000 English…

A comprehensive, unannotated listing of important English language materials about, or related to, Machine Readable Cataloging (MARC), from the King report up to October 1969. Citations of a few materials published later have been added because of their considerable and primary interest. News notes which are repetitive and of little value when the…

The National Serials Pilot Project, Phase II of the National Serials Data Program, is described. Utilizing the MARC format for processing serials, the objectives were: (1) to create a machine-readable file containing live serials in the fields of science and technology, (2) to produce a number of preliminary listings, and (3) to produce one or…

Magnetic tape format specifications for authority records distributed by the Library of Congress through the MARC Distribution Service--Subject and Name Authorities are described in this outline. Information is provided on segments and length of logical records, blocks, volume and file organization, and character set. (KP)

These remarks are based on the Association's cooperative library study finding that two-thirds of the southeastern libraries are already participating in cooperative programs. Libraries must now exploit these avenues of cooperation, especially with the Library of Congress. Cooperative projects in automation such as CONSER, COMARC, and RLG are…

A description of the automated circulation system of Edinboro State College, Pennsylvania, includes the system requirements, flowchart, formats, and sample printouts. (PF)

Summarizes the formal presentations of an institute considering all aspects of the catalog--its use as a tool consulted by librarians and patrons, the impact of centralized cataloging on bibliographic control, and the impact of technological advances on the format of the catalog. (Author/PF)

Reports on an interview with Ron Diener, head of the Office for Systems Planning and Research at Harvard University Library. (PF)

Suggests that inexperienced buyers inform themselves and seek expert advice before making decisions to buy some of the more complex and costly computer-based library systems being offered. General guidelines are presented for selecting a system and for using consultants. Considered also are the mutual needs of librarians and vendors. (JPF)

This article describes the activities of the U.S. Library of Congress Network Development Office and the present operation and future plans of the U.S. Library of Congress National Bibliographic Service. Emphasis is placed on demonstrating how the networking activities related to each other and the importance of this relationship. (Author/JAB)

Summarizes proceedings of the Library and Information Technology Association's third five-year assessment of the state of the art of library automation. Highlights include both descriptions of presentations and comments from conference participants. (JPF)

A plea to the Library of Congress to adopt the British Preserved Content Index System (PRECIS), which is capable of enormous variations of output and precise analysis of subject content with no loss of clarity and simplicity for the user, and to reconsider the decision to overhaul the LC Subject Headings. (JPF)