Duplicate Detection and Record Consolidation in Large Bibliographic Databases: The COPAC Database Experience.

Cousins, Shirley Anne

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Publication Date: 1998

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Duplicate Detection and Record Consolidation in Large Bibliographic Databases: The COPAC Database Experience.

Cousins, Shirley Anne

Journal of Information Science, v24 n4 p231-40 1998

COPAC is a union catalog giving access to the online catalog records of some of the largest academic research libraries in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Discussion includes ways in which duplicate detection and record consolidation procedures are carried out, along with problem areas encountered. (Author/AEF)

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Information Storage, Library Technical Processes, Online Catalogs, Online Systems, Records Management, Research Libraries, Union Catalogs

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Ireland; United Kingdom

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