scholarly journals The Library of Congress View on Its Relation to the ALA MARC Advisory Committee

1974 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 119
Author(s):  
Henriette D. Avram
Keyword(s):  
Advisory Committee ◽  
Library Of Congress ◽  
Bibliographic Information ◽  
Present Structure ◽  
Readable Form ◽  
Machine Readable ◽  
Machine Readable Form

<p class="p1">This paper is a statement of the Library of Congress' recommendation that a MARC advisory committee be appointed within the present structure of the RTSD/ISAD/RASD Committee on Representation in Machine-Readable Form of Bibliographic Information (MARBI) and describes the Library's proposed relation to such a committee. The proposals and recommendations suggested were adopted by the MARBI Committee during its deliberations at ALA Midwinter, January <span class="s1">1974, </span>and are now in effect.</p>

scholarly journals Conversion of Bibliographic Information to Machine Readable Form Using On-Line Computer Terminals

1968 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 217
Author(s):  
Frederick M. Balfour
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
State University ◽  
Disk Storage ◽  
Bibliographic Information ◽  
Computer Service ◽  
Lower Case ◽  
Readable Form ◽  
On Line ◽  
Machine Readable ◽  
Machine Readable Form

A description of the first six months of a project to convert to machine readable form the entire shelf list of the Libraries of the State University of New York at Buffalo. IBM DATATEXT, the on-line computer service which was used for the conversion, provided an upper- and lower-case typewriter which transmitted data to disk storage of a digital computer. Output was a magnetic tape containing bibliographic information tagged in a modified MARC I format. Typists performed all tagging at the console. All information except diacriticals and non-Roman alphabets was converted. Direct costs for the first six months were $.55 per title.

scholarly journals Subject Access to a Data Base of Library Holdings

1974 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 267
Author(s):  
Alice S. Clark
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Ohio State University ◽  
State University ◽  
Complete Collection ◽  
Remote Locations ◽  
Readable Form ◽  
The Ohio State University ◽  
Machine Readable ◽  
Machine Readable Form

As more academic and public libraries have some form of bibliographic description of their complete collection available in machine-readable form, public service librarians are devising ways to use the information for better retrieval. Research at the Ohio State University tested user response to paper and COM output from selected areas of the shelflist. Results indicated users at remote locations found such lists helpful, with some indication that paper printout was more popular than microfiche.

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