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Application of a personal/business computer in library automation. Updating a main‐frame resident authority file

M.C. Steensland (Information Scientist at Chemical Abstracts Service, P.O. Box 3012, Columbus, Ohio, USA.)
T.G. Spaith (Associate Librarian at the University of Akron School of Law, 302 E. Buchtel Ave., Akron, Ohio 44325, USA.)

The Electronic Library

ISSN: 0264-0473

Article publication date: 1 April 1984

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Abstract

Keeping a library authority file up‐to‐date and therefore authoritative can be a cumbersome task even when the file is maintained in computer‐readable form. When, in addition, it becomes necessary to do massive updating to bring the entire file into conformity with a changed or newly‐adopted standard, the task becomes even more difficult. This paper describes an example of accomplishing such an update on the Chemical Abstracts Service Source Index (CASSI) using a relatively low level of human resources, and computer resources which had been placed in the library mainly for word‐processing. The same strategy was re‐used in a similar update of a related authority file. Perhaps this example will encourage others to undertake similar projects.

Citation

Steensland, M.C. and Spaith, T.G. (1984), "Application of a personal/business computer in library automation. Updating a main‐frame resident authority file", The Electronic Library, Vol. 2 No. 4, pp. 279-284. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb044636

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