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Peer reviewedTusa, Bobs M. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1993
Examines the issue of standardization in the application of computerized automation to rare book and art collections in libraries and describes recent examples of applications in North America and in Western Europe. Topics addressed include bibliographic control, the development of national and international databases, and the use of videodisks.…
Descriptors: Art Products, Cataloging, Foreign Countries, International Programs
Download full textCouncil on Library Resources, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1981
This publication specifies a set of general and technical requirements that must be met by the proposed Name Authority File Service in order to create an integrated, consistent name authority file for a nationwide library and information services network. Contributions from selected institutions operating online to a single computer-based system…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Information Networks, Information Systems, Library Networks
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, Washington, DC. – 1976
In its annual report, the Commission reviews its activites and summarizes its official program document: "Toward a National Program for Library and Information Services: Goals for Action." The development of the Continuing Library Education Network and Exchange and progress toward the White House Conference on Library and Information…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Copyrights, Information Science, Information Services
Peer reviewedBuckland, Michael K.; Lynch, Clifford A. – Cataloging and Classification Quarterly, 1988
Reviews the concept, context, status, and potential of the Linked Systems Protocol. The discussion covers the functions of the protocol; its implications for scholarship, bibliographic access, and the notion of a national database; and problems that would affect the effective implementation of international use. (21 references) (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Databases, Bibliographic Utilities, Computer Networks
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, Washington, DC. – 1975
In its annual report, the Commission recounts the activities, hearings, and studies related to the future establishment of a National Program for Library and Information Services. A brief synopsis cites the needs, objectives, and standards for the suggested program. The act establishing the Commission (Public Law 91-345), lists of Commission…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Copyrights, Information Science, Information Services
Roberts, Kenneth H. – 1988
This booklet covers the development of Unesco's General Information Program (PGI), which was created in 1977 to insure a coherent development of Unesco's work in the areas of scientific and technological information, documentation, libraries, and archives. A description of the history of the organization and its predecessors, the structure of the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Databases, Foreign Countries, Global Approach
Council on Library Resources, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1976
An annual report for 1974-75 is presented by the Council on Library Resources (CLR) which was established in 1956, with funds from the Ford Foundation, to help provide solutions to significant library problems through directly administered programs, grants, and contracts with organizations and individuals. Described are CLR-supported activities in…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Books, Foundation Programs, Librarians
National Council on Libraries, Archives and Documentation Services, Kingston (Jamaica). – 1978
This document presents the proposals of ten working parties, each dealing with a particular type of library or a major topic of current concern, which were set up in 1977 to aid the Jamaica National Council on Libraries, Archives, and Documentation Services in the formulation of a plan for a national documentation, information, and library system.…
Descriptors: Databases, Financial Support, Government Libraries, Information Systems
