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Peer reviewedWilson, John – Information Services and Use, 1987
Describes the use of machine aided indexing as part of NASA's information systems. The discussion covers reasons for incorporating machine aided indexing, the lexical dictionary used, subject switching, natural language processing, benefits to the system, and possible future developments. (CLB)
Descriptors: Automatic Indexing, Dictionaries, Information Retrieval, Lexicography
Peer reviewedCaplan, Priscilla – Public-Access Computer Systems Review, 1992
Introduces and briefly describes modifications to the Library of Congress cataloging rules, to be implemented January 1, 1994, which will allow catalogers to describe multiple formats in a single bibliographic record using both fixed and variable field data. (NRP)
Descriptors: Bibliographic Records, Bibliographic Utilities, Cataloging, Data
Peer reviewedStover, Mark; Grassian, Esther – RQ, 1989
Describes the development of a machine readable reference information file at the University of California at Los Angeles. The discussion covers factors affecting the database structure, the use of a sophisticated text management system to enter data onto microcomputers, and possible future implementations of the reference information system. (16…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Database Design, Higher Education, Information Systems
Download full textSimmons, Peter, Ed.; Hopkinson, Alan, Ed. – 1988
This report provides the specifications for a bibliographic format which is a detailed and structured method for recording a number of mandatory and optional data elements in a computer-readable bibliographic record for exchange purposes between two or more computer-based systems. The specifications are designed to permit local designers to devise…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Bibliographic Records, Bibliographic Utilities, Computer Networks
Cotter, Gladys A. – 1983
As part of its mission to provide centralized services for the acquisition, storage, retrieval, and dissemination of scientific and technical information (STI) to support Department of Defense (DoD) research, development, and engineering studies programs, the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) sponsors the Shared Bibliographic Input…
Descriptors: Costs, Government Libraries, Library Automation, Library Networks
Peer reviewedBeckman, Margaret – Library Trends, 1987
Reviews the process through which the University of Guelph Library moved from offline to online catalog access; discusses the impact of information technology on the role of the academic library as an information resource center for an electronic educational network; and discusses the goals of this library, given that role. (CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Utilities, Cataloging, Foreign Countries
Cotter, Gladys A.; And Others – 1986
The Defense Department Scientific and Technical Information (STI) network is composed of over 200 technical libraries and information centers tied together by the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC), an organization which seeks to improve the flow of information throughout the STI network by promoting shared cataloging and integrated…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Utilities, Computer Software, Design Requirements
