Program: electronic library and information systems: Volume 5 Issue 4
Table of contents
Automation in French Libraries
M. ChauveinThe story of automation in French libraries can be divided into two parts. One is the use of computers by documentation centres for information retrieval, the second is the use of…
Comparison of Computerised Loans Systems in the Federal Republic of Germany
W. LingenbergThis is a translation of a paper in the colloquium Automatisierung der Ausleihverbuchung: Erfahrungen und Perspektiven organised by the Arbeitsstelle für Bibliothekstechnik in…
University of East Anglia Computer Produced Short‐Title Catalogue
C.J. AslinDuring 1970 the University of East Anglia started on the installation of a computerised circulation system based on that developed at the University of Southampton library, and…
A KWIC‐KWOC Double Index with Manual Keyword Selection
G. Thomas, T. WhitehallThe production of a keyword in context (KWIC) index by H. Luhn of IBM was a great step forward in the technique of automatic information handling. Although Luhn proposed the KWIC…
Serials Mechanisation: the Current Position in the U.K.
A.J. Evans, R.A. WallWith this subject, it is probably even more desirable than usual to start with a definition, for the word ‘serial’ is often used rather loosely. Many attempts at a definition have…
Bulletin Signalétique Mechanisation—The PASCAL System
J.H. d'Olier, N. DusoulerThe Documentation Centre of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) is developing PASCAL, a documentation system whose aim is to meet the traditional needs of…
MARC and Local Systems
R.E. CowardThis afternoon I want to look at three major problems which must be faced by any library attempting to design an automation system that utilises MARC records. The problems are: