Overviews the development of corpus linguistics, reviews the use of corpora in modern lexicography, and presents central issues in ongoing work aimed at broadening the scope of lexicographical use of corpus data. Focuses on how the field has developed in relation to the production of new monolingual English dictionaries by major British…

Provides an overview of the microfilm collection at the Helsinki University Library (Finland). Highlights include preservation microfilming; newspapers and periodicals; and monographs, including early historical collections 1488-1827, national literature 1810-1944, and the Slavonic Collection. A list of catalogs and ordering information are…

Presents a technique for storing compound keywords with information about short and long component (SC and LC) keywords by extending Aho and Corasick (AC) string-pattern matching-machine for a finite number of keywords. Results for 38 Japanese text files reveal the extended AC machine is three to six times faster than the original AC machine in SC…

This publication reviews means of access to information contained in the public archives (current administrative documents and archival records) and private archives (manuscripts of personal or family origin) of many countries and makes recommendations for improving access to archival information. Sections describe: (1) the origin and development…

A resource center is an agency for stimulating the active creation and use of a resource collection, including these six elements: production of home-made resources; selection and acquisition of other resources; classification and indexing for retrieval; storage; use, including guidance, lending, etc.; and evaluation and weeding. It was the charge…

Outlines the problems of the National Museums of Canada libraries that led to the decision to implement a preservation program and describes the program and its impact. Areas discussed include policy formation, disaster contingency planning, storage monitoring, collection cleaning, binding and restoration, rare book identification and…

Discussion of accessing visual resources focuses on possibilities for subject access. Projects in North America and Europe that represent current trends in accessing visual resources are described; computer-aided retrieval strategies are reviewed, including key words, comprehensive descriptors, and optical scanning; and user needs are considered.…

Discusses the digital-image storage system at the Archivo General de Indias (Seville) that was developed to conserve original documents and to provide optimal access by researchers. Highlights include image quality, storage medium, computer equipment, remote access, security problems, problems of intellectual property and document ownership,…

"Web services" enable partners to exploit applications via the Internet. Individual services can be composed to build new and more complex ones with additional and more comprehensive functionality. In this paper, we apply the Web service paradigm to electronic learning, and show how to exchange and maintain learning objects is a…

An analysis of computer literacy curricula around the middle of the 1980s shows a remarkable overall shift away from teaching computing to teaching applications, information handling, and problem-solving. Computer use is no longer viewed as a goal in itself, but is introduced as a powerful means of fulfilling information needs and of facilitating…

By means of close examination of the records created and accumulated by individual architects and architectural firms in France, this Records and Archives Management Programme (RAMP) study is intended to call attention to the basic documentary values of these architectural records and to provide practical guidance to help ensure their preservation…

This report describes the development and operations of FORMAT, a Canadian database system designed to achieve comprehensive national bibliographic control of Canadian-produced audiovisual materials. FORMAT's developmental criteria are outlined, including its emphasis on Canadian-produced audiovisual documents, French/English bilingualism,…

This report deals with problems of keeping the documents in the Russian state library tied up with their storage condition. Cited are results of the observation of temperature, humidity, sanitary, hygienic, and light conditions of storage in depositories with unregulated climate. The report shows the stabilization and research of documents carried…

A guide to personal name customs in foreign countries is presented in order to help in U.S. college recordkeeping. It is recommended that foreign student's names be clarified at the beginning of their enrollment and that consistency be maintained throughout their records. (MSE)

Relates the history of the destruction of China's Hanlin academy library during the Boxer Uprising. Topics include a historical background; Western interests at the time; efforts to replace some missing volumes; contents of the library; and the meaning of the loss of cultural treasures and written heritage. (LRW)