Whither Cataloguing?—Scotland: Report on a Workshop held at the University of Stirling, 22 & 23 January 1975
Program: electronic library and information systems
ISSN: 0033-0337
Article publication date: 1 February 1975
Abstract
The Workshop, promoted by the Aslib Computer Applications Group and held within the overall framework of SCOLCAP (Scottish Libraries Cooperative Automation Project), gave invited Scottish librarians an opportunity to discuss the exploitation of computer‐based cataloguing services. Descriptions of the services available from the British Library, Birmingham Libraries Cooperative Mechanisation Project, Oriel Computer Services, Blackwell Bibliographical Services, ICL DILS, and Telecomputing's TeleMARC, were followed by general open discussion and then the discussion of specific topics (input techniques; output techniques; integrated systems; problems of local classification schemes when using MARC records; pre‐publication cataloguing). The report concludes that automation is accepted as beneficial; collaboration can help to cut costs; automation provides an opportunity to define requirements afresh, but new systems should be as flexible as possible.
Citation
Bramall, P.J.D. and Corbett, L. (1975), "Whither Cataloguing?—Scotland: Report on a Workshop held at the University of Stirling, 22 & 23 January 1975", Program: electronic library and information systems, Vol. 9 No. 2, pp. 84-91. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb046719
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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