The Electronic Library: Volume 1 Issue 1

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The US Copyright Office has released the final report Libraries, Publishers and Photocopying, which describes in detail the volume and characteristics of photocopying and…

Software for microcomputers in libraries and information units

Lucy A. Tedd

Microcomputers are increasingly being used in libraries and information units and this paper provides an overview of the software available for these applications. A…

Problems related to interlinking online interactive library networks

Frederick G. Kilgour

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that electronic interlinking of two computerized library networks is an extremely difficult task requiring resolution of at…

A case for conversational cataloging

Caryl McAllister, A. Stratton McAllister

This paper discusses some of the characteristics of online cataloging systems. Two basic types of interaction with a cataloging system are distinguished:

Library Automation in Norway — some main projects

Ingeborg Sølvberg

Most librarians associate the phrase ‘library automation’ with a computerised system to be used as a tool in the daily work within a library. Because data processing and…