Some aspects of library automation in the Federal Republic of Germany
Program: electronic library and information systems
ISSN: 0033-0337
Article publication date: 1 January 1978
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
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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