A survey of retrospective conversion of existing catalogues

Abstract

This paper reports a survey undertaken of libraries with operational machine readable catalogues, to examine treatment of existing manual catalogues and their retrospective conversion. Of the 98 libraries contacted 72 replied (74%), 58% returning usable replies. Of these, 49 (86%) had completed, were in the process of, or were planning retrospective conversion; 53% with the use of a bibliographic data‐base.

Citation

Willers, J.M. (1981), "A survey of retrospective conversion of existing catalogues", Program: electronic library and information systems, Vol. 15 No. 2, pp. 91-99. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb046824