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Grant Project Information via a Shared Data Base
Get PDFA quarterly keyword index to campus grant projects is provided by the Health Science Library at the University of California, San Francisco, using a data base created and maintained by the campus' Contracts & Grants Office. The index is printed in KWOC format, using the chief investigator's name as the key to a section of project summaries. A third section is also included, listing the summaries under the name of the sponsoring department
The Minnesota Union List of Serials
Get PDFThis paper describes development of a MARC serials format union catalog of serials called the Minnesota Union List of Serials (MULS). The Preliminary Edition, published August 1972, contains over 37,000 main entries in 1,566 text pages produced through photocomposition in News Gothic typefont using the full MARC character set. The total number of entries is over 59,000, including cross-references. Conceptualization and scope of the system as well as its design, data conversion, computer and programming support, photocomposition, costs, and problems are discussed
Cataloging Geometry
Get PDFA scheme is suggested for the physical arrangement of the contents of a library, in which the library as well as the books are considered as three-dimensional entities, and classifaction is revised to reflect this concept
Multipurpose Cataloging and Indexing System (CAIN) at the National Agricultural Library
Get PDFA description of the Cataloging and Indexing System (CAIN) which the National Agricultural Library has been using since January 1970 to build a broad data base of agricultural and associated sciences information. With a single keyboarding, bibliographic data is inputed, edited, manipulated, and merged into a permanent base which is used to produce many types of printed or print-ready end-products. Presently consisting of five subsystems, CAIN utilizes the concept of controlled authority files to facilitate both information input and its retrieval. The system was designed to provide maximum computer services with the minimum of effort by users
Circulation Control: Off-line, On-line, of Hybrid
Get PDFThe requirements of a computer-aided circulation system are described. The characteristics of off-line systems are reviewed in the light of these requirements. On-line systems are then reviewed and their economic viability queried. A "hybrid" system (involving a dedicated mini-computer in the library, used in conjunction with a larger machine), appears to be more cost-effective than conventional on-line working
BIBLIOS Revisited
Get PDFIn the following, Orange County Public Library's earlier reports on its BIBLIOS system are updated. Book catalog and circulation control modules are detailed, development and operation costs documented, and a cost comparison for acquisitions cited
Scientific Serial Lists
Get PDFThis article describes the need for user-oriented serial lists and the development of such a list in the California Institute of Technology library. The results of conversion from EAM to EDP equipment and subsequent utilization of COM (Computer-Output-Microfilm) is reported
Computer Assisted Circulation Control at Health Sciences Library SUNYAB
Get PDFA description of the circulation system which the Health Sciences Library at the State University of New York at Buffalo has been using since October 1970. Features of the system include automatic production of overdue, fine, and billing notices; notices for call-in of requested books; and book availability notices. Remote operation and processing on the IBM 360/40 and CDC 6400 computer are accomplished via the Administrative Terminal System (ATS) and Terminal job Entry (T]E). The system provides information for management of the collection and improved service to the user
A Truncated Search Key Title Index
Get PDFAn experiment showing that 3, 1, 1, 1, search keys derived from titles are sufficiently specific to be an efficient computerized, interactive index to a file of 135,938 MARC II records