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A Proposed Model for the Development of an Integrated Set of Standards for Bibliographic and Related Data.
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Rush, James E. – Library Trends, 1982
Proposes model to American National Standards Committee (ANSC) Z39 to serve as basis for integrated set of standards for representation, storage, and communication of bibliographic and related data. Background of ANSC Z39, description of model, benefits, relationship of existing standards to model, and implementation are discussed. Six references…
Descriptors: Communications, Data, Information Science, Models
Lotka's Law Revisited.
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Potter, William Gray – Library Trends, 1981
Discusses the literature that has become associated with Lotka's Law of Scientific Productivity (a general theoretical estimate of author productivity in the sciences) and attempts to identify the important factors of Lotka's original methodology that should be considered when attempting to test applicability of Lotka's Law. Forty-seven references…
Descriptors: Authors, Models, Monographs, Productivity
Systems Analysis as a Decision-Making Tool for the Library Manager
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Mackenzie, A. Graham – Library Trends, 1973
Systems analysis, in this context, is not the process which is the necessary prelude to library automation; it is something more basic. It involves seeking out the fundamentals of a situation and applying scientific methods to their study, to find an optimal solution to the problems facing the manager. (20 references) (Author/TW)
Descriptors: Data Collection, Decision Making, Library Administration, Man Machine Systems
Communication Standards for Online Interchange of Library Information.
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Brown, Thomas P. – Library Trends, 1982
Presents new perspective on computerized information interchange within library community, and explains Open Systems Interconnection Model promoted by International Organization for Standardization, American National Standards Institute, and National Bureau of Standards. The Linked System Project undertaken by Library of Congress, Research…
Descriptors: Communications, Data Processing, Information Services, Information Systems
Models of Data Library Development and Information Systems Services: An Overview.
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Adams, Margaret O'Neill – Library Trends, 1982
Introduces four models of data library development for meeting information needs for machine-readable data files--University of Florida facility, University of British Columbia Data Library, Data and Program Library Service at University of Wisconsin, and online numeric Kentucky Economic Information System at University of Kentucky. Four…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Data, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Collection Evaluation--Theory and the Search for Structure.
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McGrath, William E. – Library Trends, 1985
Reviews meaning and theory of library collections and structure and enumerates ways that data on collections can be organized to reveal underlying global structure (links and connections between collections, parts of collections, and users of collections). Definitions of terms applying to eight models described in text are appended. (53…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Library Collection Development, Library Collections, Library Cooperation