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Utilization of Personnel and Bibliographic Resources for Cataloging by OCLC Participating Libraries.
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Braden, Sally; And Others – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1980
Presents the results of a survey conducted to determine how the introduction of computerized cataloging using OCLC has affected the organization of cataloging departments and the cataloging policies and practices of 147 member academic libraries. (FM)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Library Networks, Online Systems
An Archive Tape Processing System for the Triangle Research Libraries Network.
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Sawyer, Jeanne – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1982
Describes an archive tape processing system which processes tapes received through OCLC-MARC subscription services to construct and maintain a master database of bibliographic records for libraries of each participating institution of the Triangle Research Libraries Network: Duke University; North Carolina State University, Raleigh; and University…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Databases, Higher Education
An In-Depth Collection Evaluation at the University of Manitoba Library: A Test of the Lopez Method.
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Nisonger, Thomas E. – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1980
Examines the statistical results derived from a test of the Lopez method, a technique that offers a means to empirically evaluate the depth of a library collection in specific subject areas. (FM)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographies, College Libraries, Evaluation Methods
Shared Authority Control at the Western Library Network.
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Coyne, Fumiko H.; Mifflin, Ingrid – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1990
Examines the cooperative efforts of the Western Library Network (WLN) and its members to maintain authority control over its central bibliographic database. The first section describes authority maintenance activities performed by WLN centrally, and the second describes the contribution of an individual member library--the Washington State…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Databases, Bibliographic Records, Higher Education
NOTIS-3 (Northwestern On-Line Total Integrated System): Technical Services Applications.
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Horny, Karen L. – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1978
Northwestern University Library's locally developed automated support system, NOTIS, operational since 1970-71, is described in terms of its technical services aspects. Internal applications and relevance to projected national networking developments are considered. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Background, Books, Equipment
Finding a Way Out of the Serials Maze.
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Cipolla, Wilma Reid – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1988
Suggests ways of using computers to access the periodical literature including integrated public access catalogs; natural language display; network access to area union lists; links between indexing and location tools; access to journal content through the online catalog; broadened search capabilities; and remote user access with document…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Databases, Higher Education, Information Seeking
Editing the RLG Conspectus to Analyze the OCLC Archival Tapes of Seventeen Texas Libraries.
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Nisonger, Thomas E. – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1985
In 1984, 17 academic libraries in Association for Higher Education of North Texas consortium used the Research Libraries Group Conspectus to gather data concerning current collecting patterns. Results of study suggest that Conspectus subject breakdown may be too specific for libraries smaller than Association of Research Libraries institutions.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Classification, Consortia, Library Administration