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Some aspects of library automation in the Federal Republic of Germany

Walter Lingenberg (Director, Arbeitsstelle für Bibliothekstechnik, Berlin)

Program: electronic library and information systems

ISSN: 0033-0337

Article publication date: 1 January 1978

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Abstract

This paper gives a brief account of national, regional and some special activities in the field of library automation in the Federal Republic of Germany. Among others, the influence of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) (German Research Association) is discussed. A short description of the Arbeitsstelle für Bibliothekstechnik (ABT) (Institute for Library Technology) and the Zentralstelle für maschinelle Dokumentation (ZMD) (Centre for machine methods in Documentation) is given. Besides some regional plans and projects, the system of cooperative serials cataloguing and the central serials data bank are dealt with.

Citation

Lingenberg, W. (1978), "Some aspects of library automation in the Federal Republic of Germany", Program: electronic library and information systems, Vol. 12 No. 1, pp. 42-53. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb046770

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