Developing a Strategy for Retrospective Conversion of the Card Catalog to a Machine Readable Data Base in Three Academic Libraries (Small, Medium and Large): Two Alternatives Considered

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Main Author:	Port, Idelle
Format:	Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:	en
Published:	1973
Subjects:	Cataloging College Libraries Library Automation Library Catalogs
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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AACR2, OCLC, and the Card Catalog in the Medium-Sized Library.
by: Hostage, John
Published: (1982)

Design of Formats and Packs of Catalog Cards.
Published: (1973)

The Other Half of Cataloging
by: Ohmes, Frances, et al.
Published: (1973)

Retrospective Conversion of Three Library Collections.
by: Johnson, Carolyn A.
Published: (1982)

Card Catalog to COM
by: North, John
Published: (1977)

Retrospective Conversion at a Two-Year College.
by: Krieger, Michael T.
Published: (1982)

Research Possibilities in the Machine-Readable Catalog: Use of the Catalog to Study Itself
by: Richmond, Phyllis A.
Published: (1976)

Alternative Physical Forms for Library Catalogs: Card, Book, Microform, On-Line. A Working Paper Prepared for the Subcommittee on the Future of the Catalogs.
by: Nozik, Barbara A.
Published: (1974)

Off-Line Catalog Production.
Published: (1973)

Is the Card Catalogue's Unquestioned Sway in North America Ending?
by: Elrod, J. McRee
Published: (1976)

Bound Withs versus an Online Catalog: A Practical Solution.
by: Ballard, Patricia I., et al.
Published: (1992)

U.C.L.A. Working Group on Public Catalogs. Appendix II. Subgroup II; Interim Report: Long Term Goals, Alternatives.
Published: (1975)

Computers and Early Books. Report of the LOC Project Investigating Means of Compiling a Machine-Readable Union Catalogue of Pre-1801 Books in Oxford, Cambridge and the British Museum.
Published: (1974)

The U. C. L.A. Library Catalog Supplement
by: Nixon, Roberta, et al.
Published: (1973)

The Future of Card Catalogs. Report of a Program Sponsored by the Association of Research Libraries, January 18, 1975.
Published: (1975)

From Cutter to Computer: Technical Services in Academic and Research Libraries, 1876-1976
by: Tuttle, Helen W.
Published: (1976)

Automation of Cataloguing: Some Effects on Library Organization
by: Gavin, Pierre
Published: (1977)

Automated Alternatives to Card Catalogs: The Current State of Planning and Implementation
by: Bierman, Kenneth John
Published: (1975)

Cataloging Standards and Machine Translation: A Study of Reformatted ISBD Records in an Online Catalog.
by: Wool, Gregory J., et al.
Published: (1993)

UCLA Working Group on Public Catalogs. Final Report.
by: Aroeste, Jean, et al.
Published: (1976)

Toward Tomorrow: A Retrospective Conversion Project.
by: Hoadley, Irene B., et al.
Published: (1983)

Format, Content, Reationale of Public Catalogs at UCLA. Subgroup A; Interim Report.
by: Eckert, Bob, et al.
Published: (1974)

A Computer-Produced Catalog for Non-Print Materials: Its Application in a Health Sciences Library
by: Moulton, Bethe Lee, et al.
Published: (1975)

Book Catalog - to Have or Not to Have
by: Kieffer, Paula
Published: (1971)

On-Line Cataloging.
Published: (1973)

Sources of Machine-Readable Cataloging and Retrospective Conversion.
by: McQueen, Judy, et al.
Published: (1985)

Increasing Production in a Small University Catalog Department
by: Landram, Christina
Published: (1971)

Committee on the Future of the Card Catalog. Final Report.
by: Seal, Robert A., et al.
Published: (1979)

Australian Automated Cataloging Systems: The State of the Art
by: Jacob, M. E.
Published: (1976)

Listings of Uncataloged Collections
by: Bellomy, Fred L., et al.
Published: (1970)

A Report Regarding Investigations Prior to the Selection of a Format for Local Original Cataloging of Nonbook Materials.
by: Clarke, Virginia
Published: (1975)

Inventory of Monographs in a University Library
by: Cunliffe, Vera
Published: (1977)

The Card Catalog Mentality or We Have Always Done It This Way.
by: Leonard, W. Patrick
Published: (1980)

Automation of the Technical Services Department in the Community College Library.
by: Bial, Raymond, et al.
Published: (1987)

Special Report: The Total Library System.
by: Newman, Donald
Published: (1980)

Record Conversion at Oregon State.
by: Watkins, Deane
Published: (1985)

The Card Catalog and Other Digital Controversies.
by: Crawford, Walt
Published: (1999)

Automated Cataloging: More or Less Staff Needed?
Published: (1978)

Serials Conversion at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
by: Banach, Patricia, et al.
Published: (1988)

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