http://hdl.handle.net/2142/817 6th Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing (1968). Edited by Dewey E. Carroll http://hdl.handle.net/2142/830 The computer-based book order system at the University of Michigan Library: A review and evaluation Thomson, James W. Muller, Robert H. In 1963, Connie Dunlap, then Head of the Acquisition Department of the University of Michigan Library, began thinking about pursuing an alternative approach to the existing manual book-ordering system. This interest was prompted by a concern that the prospect of a rapidly increasing book budget would create many more orders than the present system had accommodated up to that time. It was anticipated that the additional orders would necessitate an increase in personnel and in the floor space to house them, and would also require more floor space for an expanded outstanding order file on 3-by 5-inch cards. As it was not anticipated that additional space would be readily available, Mrs. Dunlap's interest in the possibility of computer applications to library problems led her to request that a feasibility study be undertaken to determine if an automated system could be designed that would not require an ever-increasing number of people and space to handle the increased order load. The Director of the Library agreed that acquisitions was a logical starting point for the library's automation effort and that the problem warranted attention. Libraries --Automation Acquisitions (Libraries) http://hdl.handle.net/2142/829 Indiana University Regional Campus Libraries: Toward a system of academic libraries Reynolds, Michael M. On the basis of visits to the regional campuses and discussions with regional campus faculty and administration, as well as a growing awareness of the political realities within the state and the University, the assistant director began almost immediately to centralize technical processing. However, it was patent that library materials for research needs were urgent and that even with substantially greater resources than were available, this need could not be met. It was imperative that a public service operation be developed locally which would provide, from the University Library at Bloomington or through interlibrary loan from other institutions, library materials not locally available. The promotion and implementation of this system was given a priority equal to technical processing. Libraries --Automation Centralized technical processing in libraries http://hdl.handle.net/2142/828 Genesis of a serials list Kozlow, Robert D. The Current Serials Holdings List of the University of Illinois contains records of periodicals and continuations received by the University's Urbana campus Libraries. At Illinois, periodicals are defined as publications issued three or more times per year; continuations include publications issued less than three times per year. Documents and monographic series are subcategories of the two major types of serials live or dead serials. Titles which have ceased publication between issues of the Current Serials Holdings List are noted in a manner typical of closed holdings and are, in addition, supplied with a special code in the machine file of the record, making it possible to purge dead titles from future issues. Documents and monographic series are flagged in the List with the letters D and S respectively and are the only serials in the printed list distinguished by codes. The code letters appear ahead of the holdings notations of the entries. Libraries --Automation Serials holdings http://hdl.handle.net/2142/827 Initial system design for the Ohio College Library Center: A case history Kilgour, Frederick G. Incorporation of the Ohio College Library Center (OCLC) as a not for- profit corporation occurred on July 6, 1967. As expressed in the Article of Incorporation, the purpose of the corporation is "to establish, maintain and operate a computerized, regional library center to serve the academic libraries of Ohio (both state and private) and designed so as to become a part of any national electronic network for bibliographical communication."/The director of the Center took up his duties in Columbus in early September and spent most of the next two months consummating legal organization. System design was initiated, however, during this period, and following OCLC formal organization meetings at the end of October, system design became the main order of business. This article narrates the development of the design of a computerized regional library system in the early months of the Center's existence. As a case history, the paper contains early efforts and diagnosis; at this writing it is too early for prognosis. Ohio College Library Center OCLC http://hdl.handle.net/2142/826 A local MARC project: The Georgia Tech Library Kennedy, John P. A description of a pilot project at Georgia Tech to test the feasibility of distributing Library of Congress cataloging in machine readable format. Libraries --Automation MARC formats http://hdl.handle.net/2142/825 The Illinois State Library on-line circulation control system Hamilton, Robert E. "On-Line" circulation control has been a reality at the Illinois State Library since late in 1966. It would be incorrect, of course, to think that this was accomplished overnight or instantaneously. Such was decidedly not the case. Beginning as early as 1959, many hours of discussion and planning were required by the office of Secretary of State and its collaborating Drivers License Division and Illinois State Library staff members. Libraries --Automation Libraries --Circulation State Libraries http://hdl.handle.net/2142/824 The University Library and Information Center: A new dimension Forget, Guy Because there has been particular interest in a report on the documentary work done in the Centre de Documentation at Laval University, and especially in its use of the Miracode machine, I will give a general account of our experience at Laval in setting up this documentation center which operates under the auspices of the University Library. The documentation center is designed to assist both teachers and those engaged in research. Its function is not, as some may imagine, primarily to collate documents not in the possession of the library, but rather to extract from books, periodicals, and other documents information which may be needed for purposes of teaching and research by the various faculties and institutes of the University. Libraries --Automation Documentation Center http://hdl.handle.net/2142/823 The development and operation of an education resources information clearinghouse (ERIC) Carss, Brian W. In 1959, the Office of Education became particularly interested in developing an information retrieval and dissemination system for research that was carried on under Federal sponsorship. A pilot study was authorized to demonstrate the feasibility of such a system within the field of education. It was not until the years 1965-66, however, that the first of the twelve Education Resources Information Clearinghouses (ERIC) was established, and not until later, in March 1967, was the ERIC Clearinghouse on Early Childhood Education established as a part of a new program to be sponsored, again by the Office of Education. Education Resources Information Clearinghouse (ERIC) http://hdl.handle.net/2142/822 Library information system time-sharing on a large, general-purpose computer Black, Donald V. In the spring of 1967, several of us at System Development Corporation (SDC) undertook the development of LISTS (Library Information System Time-Sharing) a system that would allow library processing tasks to be performed on-line, utilizing general-purpose computer equipment. We believed that three developments in the field of computer technology had converged to the extent that it had become technically feasible to design such a system. These three developments included the development at SDC of sophisticated time-sharing and data-management systems, the advances being made by the Library of Congress and others in formatting large data bases for storage on magnetic tape, and the advent of third-generation computer equipment, which we believed could accommodate the large files that would be required. We believed that, together, these developments would make it possible for all types and sizes of libraries to use a large computer for their processing and housekeeping functions without changing their traditional patterns of operation or giving up the autonomy they now enjoy. More importantly, we believed that they could use such a computer without having to undertake their own system design and development efforts, procure programmers, or either acquire a computer for their own use or rent computer time from a service bureau. Libraries --Automation http://hdl.handle.net/2142/821 Generation and encoding of the Project Intrex augmented catalog data base Benenfeld, Alan R. Project Intrex is a series of long-range experiments in information transfer which is meant to have particular application to university library services in the next decade. The experimental work currently under active investigation incorporates several of the ideas generated during the summer of 1965 at the Intrex planning conference. 1 Essentially, this research falls into two major areas: 1) an augmented catalog, which stores and retrieves information about documents, and 2) text access, which stores and retrieves documents Library catalogs Full text access