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Peer reviewedMcCue, Janet; And Others – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1991
Describes a study conducted at Cornell University that compared high-quality member cataloging copy from a random sample of records on the Research Libraries Information Network (RLIN) with Library of Congress cataloging copy. Implications for training support staff to handle member copy are suggested, and the expansion of cooperative cataloging…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education
Peer reviewedLoup, Jean L.; Snoke, Helen Lloyd – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1991
Describes two surveys of libraries by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) that were conducted to compare approval plans and to determine alternative acquisitions methods for materials in philosophy and political science. Time spent by selectors is examined, collection evaluation activities are described, and implications for resource…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Library Collection Development
Peer reviewedSimpson, Charles W. – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1992
Reviews research published between 1988 and 1991 in technical services in the areas of acquisitions, including automation, costs, and vendor analysis; authority control; automation; cataloging, including costs and time analysis, rules and theory, expert systems, online catalogs, and shared cataloging; classification; preservation; serials; subject…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Classification, Costs, Expert Systems
Peer reviewedPaskoff, Beth M.; Perrault, Anna H. – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1990
Describes a project that examined a random sample of 5 percent of a shelflist to provide detailed information about the distribution of imprints according to age and language, percentage of duplication, and distribution of serial and monographic formats. It is concluded that the resulting collection profile provides a multidimensional, quantified…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Library Collection Development
Peer reviewedVan Orden, Phyllis J.; Wilkes, Adeline W. – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1993
Describes a study of building-level school library media centers belonging to at least one multistate, multitype library network that was designed to investigate the impact of networks on cataloging, classification, and processing practices; interlibrary loans; resource sharing; and teacher and student attitudes. Networking barriers are discussed,…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Classification, Elementary Secondary Education, Interlibrary Loans
Peer reviewedKaplan, Denise P.; And Others – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1990
These five articles offer a review of recent developments as reported in the literature in the areas of library technical services automation, serials, acquisitions and collection development, descriptive cataloging, and subject analysis. Highlights include shared resources, new technologies, cost factors, and trends for the future. (495…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Classification, Costs, Expert Systems
