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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
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| Language: | en |
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1968
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED022505 |
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- Centralized Processing for the State of Florida; Report to the Florida State Library. Automation Centralization College Libraries Library Cooperation Library Surveys Library Technical Processes Public Libraries School Libraries State Libraries Union Catalogs A study was conducted to examine the basic concepts of the Orlando Processing Center and its state-wide goals, followed by recommendations for a future course of action. The report is divided into three parts--a survey of public libraries in the area, a study of the Orlando Processing Center, and an examination of processing needs in Florida, with several alternatives offered for meeting these needs. Recommendations include: (1) administration of the processing center by the State Library or incorporating it as an agency separate from the Orlando Public Library, with reorganization to begin during 1968, (2) need for a much larger centralized processing effort in Florida, with processing offered to all public libraries and eventually to school and community college libraries, (3) development of a Union Catalog by the State, (4) categories of services offered by the Center to include full processing, cataloging only, and ordering but no processing, (5) a computerized operation involving two separate computer systems--an administrative system for ordering and a card catalog system utilizing MARC tape, and (6) development of a price structure varying with the amount of service. Appendixes include the questionnaires used for the study. (JB)