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Download full textClement, Hope E. A. – 1974
Library automation in Canada is complicated by the large size, dispersed population, and cultural diversity of the country. The National Library of Canada is actively planning a Canadian library network based on national bibliographic services for which the library is now developing automated systems. Canadian libraries are involved in the…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Databases, Information Retrieval, Information Systems
Shank, Russell; And Others – 1971
The recommendations of this study are: (1) The western provinces of Canada should move toward making available to the university libraries of the region, the prospective benefits of a magasystem organization during the next ten years. (2) There is no present need or justification for mounting an immediate crash program to create the computer-based…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Computers, Information Services, Information Systems
Direct linkDuffy, Michael – Montessori Life: A Publication of the American Montessori Society, 2005
This article examines the advantages of using automated media library systems and how to incorporate them in Montessori schools learning environment. Before even addressing the issue of Montessori philosophy and practice, Here, the author first address two principles: availability and accessibility. Availability is the first principle of a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Libraries, Montessori Schools, Library Automation
Peer reviewedNewman, William L.; And Others – Canadian Library Journal, 1979
Presents background information on DOBIS (an online library system) evaluation, software acquisition, and development, and describes the status and plans for DOBIS in the Canadian government. Appendices provide an overview of the Canadian government version of the system from a librarian's and a systems analyst's perspective. (CWM)
Descriptors: Automatic Indexing, Computer Storage Devices, Government Libraries, Information Systems
Shoffner, Ralph M.; Madden, Mary A. – 1980
This study compares the three versions of DOBIS (Dartmunder Bibliothekssystem) that are currently running in Canada and the Washington Library Network (WLN) systems in order to determine which one is the most appropriate to replicate in support of the British Columbia Library Network (BCLN). Comparisons of systems costs and operating features, the…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Cost Effectiveness, Cost Estimates, Feasibility Studies
Baldwin, Paul E.; Swain, Leigh – 1980
This feasibility study was conducted to (1) estimate the alternative costs in 1980 Canadian dollars of using four bibliographic utilities to accomplish the retrospective conversion (RECON) of eight British Columbia public libraries' manual card catalog files, (2) make recommendations as to which alternative should be selected and how it should be…
Descriptors: Card Catalogs, Cost Estimates, Feasibility Studies, Information Systems
Shoffner, Ralph M.; Madden, Mary A. – 1980
This feasibility study was conducted to collect financial, operational, and other data concerning the alternatives of continuing with the University of Toronto Library Automation System (UTLAS), the present supplier of catalog support to the British Columbia Union Catalogue (BCUC) participating libraries, or of replicating the Washington Library…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Computer Oriented Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Feasibility Studies
Peer reviewedHorrocks, Jane; And Others – Canadian Library Journal, 1986
Describes automated library network developed when five municipal library systems entered into an equal partnership to create single database and to jointly own a computerized circulation and MARC records system. Highlights include use of microcomputers, the shared circulation system, costs, benefits, governance, equality, stability and financial…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Cost Effectiveness, Costs, Databases
Nikkel, Terry; Kutty, Ashwin – Computers in Libraries, 2004
Dalhousie is a medium-sized university, with about 15,000 FTE students, located in Halifax, Nova Scotia. It is one of Canada's oldest and most prestigious universities, yet, like many other public institutions, it frequently suffers from a lack of adequate funding to fulfill all the conflicting needs of the various faculties and departments. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research Libraries, Internet, Library Services
Duchesne, R. M.; And Others – 1979
Conducted to review the present status of computerized bibliographic centers in Canada and to report on the most effective means of promoting computerized library network development in that country, this study summary of the findings of seven substudies (1) describes the salient features of 20 Canadian and United States centers; (2) reviews major…
Descriptors: Databases, Foreign Countries, Information Centers, Information Networks
Peer reviewedTurner, Fay – Library Hi Tech, 1990
Discusses the interlibrary loan (ILL) protocol, a standard based on the principles of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Reference Model. Benefits derived from protocol use are described, the status of the protocol as an international standard is reviewed, and steps taken by the National Library of Canada to facilitate migration to an ILL…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer System Design, Foreign Countries, Information Networks
Duchesne, Roddy; Sonnemann, Sabine S. – 1985
This report is intended to assist Canadian libraries in assessing potential library applications of optical disk technology. Part 1 provides a general outline of the technology and describes a number of library applications and projects. Descriptions are purposely general and illustrative in nature since the technology and its applications are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Retrieval, Information Storage, Information Systems
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1985
Papers on interlibrary loans and document delivery which were presented at the 1985 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference include: (1) "The Activities of the IFLA Office for International Lending" (Richard J. Bennett, British Library Lending Division, United Kingdom); (2) "Electronic Networking for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Systems, Interlibrary Loans, International Organizations
Tennant, Roy, Ed. – 2002
This book presents examples of how libraries are using XML (eXtensible Markup Language) to solve problems, expand services, and improve systems. Part I contains papers on using XML in library catalog records: "Updating MARC Records with XMLMARC" (Kevin S. Clarke, Stanford University) and "Searching and Retrieving XML Records via the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Records, Databases, Electronic Libraries
Interuniversity Communications Council (EDUCOM), Princeton, NJ. – 1974
Further developing a theme that has characterized several recent EDUCOM conferences, the 1974 EDUCOM Fall Conference focused on "Computing and Networks in Higher Education." Included in the conference program were papers and discussions on approaches to solving the organizational and financial problems of networking used in both the…
Descriptors: Cable Television, Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computers
