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Building a Faculty Publications Database: A Case Study
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Tabaei, Sara; Schaffer, Yitzchak; McMurray, Gregory; Simon, Bashe – Public Services Quarterly, 2013
This case study shares the experience of building an in-house faculty publications database that was spearheaded by the Touro College and University System library in 2010. The project began with the intention of contributing to the college by collecting the research accomplishments of our faculty and staff, thereby also increasing library…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Librarian Teacher Cooperation, Library Role, Database Management Systems
A Conceptual Schema for the Control of Bibliographic Works.
Leazer, Gregory H. – Proceedings of the ASIS Mid-Year Meeting, 1994
Describes a conceptual design of a bibliographic retrieval system that enables more thorough control of bibliographic entities. The conceptual schema describes a database comprising two separate files of bibliographic description, one of intellectual works and the other of physical items. This model provides information about a work's association…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Bibliographic Records, Cataloging, Database Design
The Utility of Bibliographic Databases as Indicators of International Research: Factors Influencing the Development of an International Database.
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Whitney, Gretchen – Information Processing and Management, 1991
The records in "Population Bibliography," a database developed by the Library of the Carolina Population Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, were analyzed to determine the degree to which library policies and practices affected its international development, and to assess the degree to which the database…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Database Design, Financial Support, International Studies
Design for a Bibliographic Database for Non-Professional Users.
Brown, Mary E. – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1991
Addresses foundations of designing a bibliographic database for casual end-users, including the representation of knowledge, hierarchical schemata, cognitive processing of search problems, basic level categories of knowledge, and Boolean strategy in online searching. A hierarchical-based query model, data-item model, and idealized data model for…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Cognitive Processes, Database Design, Literature Reviews
Nonbibliographic Applications of Z39.50.
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Kunze, John A. – Public-Access Computer Systems Review, 1992
Describes the use of the Z39.50 information retrieval protocol as the basis for Infocal, a read-only, client/server-based campus information system. Technical considerations in adapting the protocol to nonbibliographic data, including semantic modules, dynamic attribute sets, and dynamic record syntax, are described in detail. (Contains 11…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Computer Software, Computer System Design, Database Design
Derivative Bibliographic Relationships: Linkages in the Bibliographic Universe.
Smiraglia, Richard P. – Proceedings of the ASIS Mid-Year Meeting, 1994
Reports on a project to provide contextual information about the derivative bibliographic relationship by studying a sample of works from a research library catalog. The research design, the proportion of works that were part of bibliographic families, the constitution of bibliographic families, and directions for further research are presented.…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Bibliographic Records, Database Design, Higher Education
Current Offerings in Automated Authority Control: A Survey of Vendors.
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Johnston, Sarah Hager – Information Technology and Libraries, 1989
Describes a survey of library systems and software vendors that examined the sources, management, and use of authority records in their systems and the functions of an authority control module within an integrated system. Several tables and graphs offer summaries and comparisons of vendors' offerings and capabilities. The questionnaire used is…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Comparative Analysis, Computer Software, Database Design