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Ready, William – Libr Resour Tech Serv, 1970
An evaluation of the Information Dynamics Corporation Retrieval System in an academic library, describing the specification of the machine and the various reader printers tested at Mills Memorial Library, McMaster University. (Author)
Descriptors: Cataloging, College Libraries, Cost Effectiveness, Information Retrieval
Central Lane Planning Council, Eugene, OR. – 1968
The report serves as a guide and manual to the Central Lane Planning Council's (CLPC) planning library and describes representative planning library material retrieval systems which are adaptable for use by public and private planning agencies. CLPC library policy and administrative procedure are outlined in the report. Material storage and…
Descriptors: Automation, Cataloging, Classification, Information Retrieval
Arnold, Jane; And Others – 1982
Prepared for users of OCLC terminals at the Michigan State University library, this manual provides a brief description of the contents of the OCLC database, instructions for constructing search requests in OCLC, guidelines for interpreting OCLC search results, a key to "reading" the OCLC screen, an overview of typical terminal responses…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Definitions, Information Retrieval, Input Output Devices
Licklider, J. C. R. – 1965
This book is the final report of a two year research project. It offers a thorough discussion of the potentialities and limitations of computers for library application. A general treatment is presented of the whole library as it may be in the future. Emphasis is given to the usefulness of the computer as a device for ease of transmission of…
Descriptors: Automation, Cataloging, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Storage Devices
Download full textDIAMOND, ROBERT M.; LEE, BERTA GRATTAN – 1965
IN ORDER TO IMPROVE INSTRUCTION WITHIN TWO-YEAR LOWER DIVISION COURSES, A COMPREHENSIVE RESOURCE LIBRARY WAS DEVELOPED AND A SIMPLIFIED CATALOGING AND INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEM WAS APPLIED TO IT. THE ROYAL MCBEE "KEYDEX" SYSTEM, CONTAINING THREE MAJOR COMPONENTS--A PUNCH MACHINE, FILE CARDS, AND A LIGHT BOX--WAS USED. CARDS WERE HEADED WITH KEY…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Catalogs, Educational Resources, Indexes
Malcolm, Adam H., Ed. – 1976
Assembled to aid educators and administrators in Scotland in selecting and applying appropriate information retrieval systems in learning resources centers, this collection contains an introductory essay and four articles on the characteristics and features of some basic information retrieval systems. The articles include (1) a discussion of the…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Cataloging, Classification, Coordinate Indexes
Musana, A., Ed.; And Others – 1988
These reports and papers from a training course which brought together information services professionals from Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, the Sudan, Ethiopia, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Botswana, and Swaziland address the following topics: (1) information systems analysis; (2) the state of the art in bibliographic control in Eastern and…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Administration, Budgeting, Cataloging
Sullivan, Peggy – 1971
The administrative problems encountered by librarians and other school media personnel are discussed in this book. Thirty case studies, each representative of a common problem, are presented. The problems range from a librarian's conflict with direct-wide book policy to students caught stealing library materials. The book is based on a nation-wide…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Case Studies, Cataloging, Communication Problems
Spigai, Frances G., Ed.; And Others – 1975
Sixteen papers are presented which focus on microforms and data processing in library and information centers. Articles include discussions of cost analysis, decision making and program planning, library automation, information retrieval, indexing, cataloging, and computer services for libraries. (CH)
Descriptors: Automation, Cataloging, Computer Oriented Programs, Computers
