The Universal Standard Bibliographic Code (USBC): its use for cleaning, merging and controlling large databases
Program: electronic library and information systems
ISSN: 0033-0337
Article publication date: 1 February 1988
Abstract
The history of the Universal Standard Bibliographic Code (USBC) is traced from its original concept as a machine generated control number to its present status as a means of merging catalogues, eliminating duplication and providing quality control in machine‐based bibliographic databases. Details are given of the early research work, the feasibility study that was carried out in connection with the United Kingdom Library Database System (UKLDS), the DOCMATCH Project and the work on expert systems. A resumé is given of the present work and proposed areas for research.
Citation
Ayres, F.H., Huggill, J.A.W. and Yannakoudakis, E.J. (1988), "The Universal Standard Bibliographic Code (USBC): its use for cleaning, merging and controlling large databases", Program: electronic library and information systems, Vol. 22 No. 2, pp. 117-132. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb046992
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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