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Convey, John – 1979
This paper describes the experimental implementation of BIROS (Bibliographical Information Retrieval Online Service) in the Lancashire Public Library. The project is designed to provide information on the potential use of an online service for the general public, with particular regard to professional and technical users; the implications for…
Descriptors: Databases, Foreign Countries, Information Retrieval, Library Research
Peer reviewedCousins, Shirley – Electronic Library, 1999
Considers some of the major technical and organizational issues involved in virtual-catalog production, contrasting them with the traditional union catalog approach exemplified by COPAC, an online public-access catalog composed of academic libraries in the United Kingdom. Suggest a method of integrating these two models of the union catalog.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Electronic Libraries, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedEnser, P. G. B. – Education for Information, 1987
This discussion of experimental information retrieval focuses on the mathematical and statistical skills needed by students in librarianship and information studies. Theoretical approaches to document representation, query representation, database searching, and evaluation are reviewed, and changes in library schools' curriculum are suggested.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Database Management Systems, Databases, Developed Nations
Direct linkHogan, John; West, Andrew – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2007
This paper arises from presentations given at a colloquium involving members of the Association of University Administrators (AUA) and staff from the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) of the UK Funding Councils held in November 2005. It discusses the increasing reliance on IT in modern higher education administration, and the role of the…
Descriptors: Leadership, College Administration, Information Systems, Research Libraries
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1983
Papers on audiovisual information resources, the history of technical libraries, online legal information, and information technology for schoolchildren, which were presented at the 1983 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference, include: (1) "Continuing Issues in the Provision of Audiovisual Information Resources -…
Descriptors: Databases, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, History
Peer reviewedOsei-Bonsu, M. – Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery & Information Supply, 1998
Highlights problems facing academic and research libraries in Ghana in providing scientific and technical information. Challenges include poor collections and inadequate funding. Topics include library cooperation, training in interlibrary lending and document delivery in the United Kingdom and in Denmark, and the need for CD-ROM databases and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Databases, Developing Nations
