The LASER Union Catalogue and a National ISBN Interlending System

Abstract

The disadvantages of notifying libraries' holdings to Regional Library Bureaux by means of BNB numbers are described. Since mid‐1970 an ISBN‐based notification system has been used by LASER: member libraries notify holdings as lists of ISBNs which are key‐punched and used to update a master magnetic tape record. The LASER location index is output as COM film every two months. The technical and administrative features of the extension of this system to other Regional Bureaux are described.

Citation

Christophers, R.A. (1973), "The LASER Union Catalogue and a National ISBN Interlending System", Program: electronic library and information systems, Vol. 7 No. 2, pp. 89-95. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb046682