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The Use of Automatic Indexing for Authority Control
Get PDFThesaurus-based automatic indexing and automatic authority control share common ground as word-matching processes. To demonstrate the resemblance, an experimental system utilizing automatic indexing as its core process was implemented to perform authority control on a collection of bibliographic records. Details of the system are given and results discussed. The benefits of exploiting the resemblance between the two systems are examine
MARC Format Simplification
Get PDFThis is a summary of a paper written on the consideration of the feasibility as well as the benefits, disadvantages, and consequences of simplification of the MARC formats for bibliographic records
Computer-to-Computer Communication in the Acquisition Process
Get PDFComputer-to-Computer Communication in the Acquisition Proces
A Lesson in Interactive Television Programming: The Home Book Club on QUBE
Get PDFOn December 1, 1977, Warner Communications christened what has become the most publicized and talked about technological development in the field of cable television: QUBE, its two-way interactive cable system
OCLC's Database Conversion: A User's Perspective
Get PDFThis article describes the experience of a large academic library with headings in the OCLC database that have been converted to AACR2 form. It also considers the use of LC authority records in the database. Specific problems are discussed, including some resulting from LC practices. Nevertheless, the presence of the authority records, and especially the conversionof about 40 percent of the headings in the bibliographic file, has been of great benefit to the library, significantly speeding up the cataloging operation. An appendix contains guidelines for the cataloging staff of theUniversity of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in the interpretation and use of LC authority records and converted headings
How Long the Wait until We Can Call It Television
Get PDFHow Long the Wait until We Can Call It Televisio