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Wheeler, William J., Ed. – 2000
This book contains the following papers in honor of Pauline Atherton Cochrane on subject access issues in library and information science: (1) "Obstacles in Progress in Mechanized Subject Access and the Necessity of a Paradigm Change" (Robert Fugmann); (2) "On MARC and the Nature of Text Searching: A Review of Pauline Cochrane's…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Indexing, Information Retrieval, Information Science
Evans, Max J.; And Others – 1982
This document comprises four reports related to the Midwest State Archives Guide Project. The first report, "Producing In-House Finding Aids and Administrative Reports: An Expanded Data Base Design," details an expanded SPINDEX database design that could be used to produce a variety of administrative reports. Specific examples are given…
Descriptors: Archives, Computers, Data Processing, Databases
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
Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. – 1988
This report summarizes a collection of nine essays addressing the future of libraries that were an outgrowth of a study conducted by the Office of Library Programs to develop a research agenda. The study is described in the first of three sections of this report, and abstracts of the essays are presented in the second section. Areas of concern…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Archives, Educational Policy, Essays
Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. – 1988
This collection of nine essays is an outgrowth of a study which was conducted by the Office of Library Programs to identify researchable issues that could help librarians fill a position of leadership in the information society. An introduction to the collection describes the study and includes a list of the 10 major issues identified by…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Archives, Educational Policy, Essays
Gilchrist, Alan, Ed. – 1997
This set of papers offers insights into some of the major developments in the field of classification and knowledge organization, and highlights many of the fundamental changes in views and theories which have taken place during the last 40 years. This document begins with a series of reminiscences from former delegates of the first International…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Access to Information, Cataloging, Classification