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Direct linkGeckle, Beverly J.; Pozzebon, Mary Ellen; Williams, Jo – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2008
This article recounts a project at the Middle Tennessee State University library to include records for electronic databases in the online catalog. Although electronic databases are accessible via the library's Databases A-Z list and related subject guides, cataloging these resources also provides access via the online catalog, allowing more of…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Online Catalogs, Databases, Cataloging
Peer reviewedGraham, Peter S. – Journal of Library Automation, 1977
Description of Cathode Ray (CRT) Terminals examined for selection by the Research Libraries group and how they appeared to meet research library needs and specified requirements. Similar discussion for hard-copy printers is presented. (Author/KP)
Descriptors: Equipment, Online Systems, Research Libraries, Selection
Schwarz, Stephan, Ed.; And Others – 1978
This collection of 15 essays, reports, and notes written by staff members of the Royal Institute of Technology Library (RITL) addresses various aspects of modern librarianship, and outlines some of the RITL contributions to the field. Designed to present a composite picture of the various activities of RITL since about mid-1973, these essays…
Descriptors: Anthologies, Essays, Foreign Countries, Information Services
Peer reviewedBator, Eileen F. – Special Libraries, 1980
Describes the implementation of a user-oriented online indexing system at the Boys Town Center's Library Services Division. (FM)
Descriptors: Automatic Indexing, Bibliographies, Information Retrieval, Library Automation
Linepensel, Kenneth C. – 1975
The experience of the research library of International Flavors and Fragrances using on-line data bases is described. On-line searches of Chemical Abstracts condensates and other data bases are compared with the library's previous experience with manual indexes. Two tables show the number of literature searches conducted and the time required.…
Descriptors: Databases, Information Retrieval, Information Systems, Online Systems
Peer reviewedLawrence, Barbara; And Others – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1974
On-line interactive searching of several information bases through several service operators was introduced in an industrial research environment. (Author)
Descriptors: Industrial Personnel, Industry, Information Retrieval, Online Systems
Heynen, Jeffrey, Comp. – 1984
This report describes the background of the Association of Research Libraries Microform Project and summarizes results of the survey from which the database of the project's clearinghouse on the bibliographic control of microforms has been constructed. The Microform Project was established in 1981 to assist libraries, microform publishers, and the…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Clearinghouses, Databases, Library Surveys
Kershner, Lois M. – Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science, 1979
Describes the goals and philosophy of the Research Libraries Group (RLG), and notes the services offered by the Research Libraries Information Network (RLIN), which uses Stanford University's BALLOTS program as the technological base of the bibliographic network. (CWM)
Descriptors: Databases, Information Networks, Information Systems, Library Networks
Aroeste, Jean; And Others – 1976
Though recent technological developments have promised solutions to the costly problems of expanding card catalogs and changing cataloging practices, at the University of California libraries the problems have been compounded by a desire to stay compatible with the changing conventions of the Library of Congress and by an increasingly stringent…
Descriptors: Book Catalogs, Cataloging, College Libraries, Costs
Tebbetts, Diane R.; Chen, Ching-Chih – Microcomputers for Information Management: An International Journal for Library and Information Services, 1985
Describes a study which investigated plans of Association of Research Libraries members in New England for total automated library systems, whether compatibility of microcomputers with existing or proposed equipment is a factor in microcomputer selection, plans for microcomputer use, and how appropriate microcomputer tasks are identified and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Case Studies, Higher Education, Library Automation
Dodd, Jane; And Others – 1985
This report summarizes research undertaken at the Sterling C. Evans Library, Texas A & M University to assess the impact that end user information retrieval systems may have on library staff and users. Two systems, BRS/After Dark and Search Helper, were made available in the library for end user searching at no cost. A total of 260 users…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Information Retrieval, Library Administration
Peer reviewedGraham, Peter S. – College & Research Libraries, 1998
Argues that special collections in an electronic environment will continue to be important because of the continuing value of artifactual documents and that special collections librarians may have new roles with respect to intellectual property and the merging of special and general digital collections. Discusses special collections on the…
Descriptors: Change, Documentation, Electronic Libraries, Intellectual Property
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1983
This collection of library documents which provide instructions for users of online public access catalogs in member libraries of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) contains: (1) a set of enhanced instructions for library users of Geac, a commercial online circulation system at the University of Arizona; (2) sets of materials of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Instructional Materials, Library Catalogs
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. – 1980
This report on the proceedings of the 1980 meeting of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) contains the following papers: "On the Need for a New Energy Consciousness," by James L. Clayton; "Video: Information Technology of the 80's," by Kenneth Winslow; "Linking Bibliographic Utilities," by Donald A. Smalley; "Preservation," by Pamela W.…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Energy, Information Systems, Library Associations
Download full textAssociation of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. – 1975
The focus of the January 1975 meeting of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) was the future of bibliographic records of library holdings. Speakers from the Library of Congress (LC) reported on historical problems associated with card catalogs and on plans for conversion to other forms. Speakers from large research libraries indicated a…
Descriptors: Book Catalogs, Cataloging, Conference Reports, Library Automation
