The British Library automated information service

Abstract

The British Library Automated Information Service (BLAISE) is a new name in the library and information world. It is in essence an on‐line library‐housekeeping and information service which is being created by the British Library based on established information retrieval software. The Library will use the ELHILL IHC software package which is run by the National Library of Medicine in the USA. BLAISE will provide on‐line access to the MEDLARS and the MARC files with access to the former in the spring of 1977 on an IBM 370 computer at a bureau in Harlow, Essex.

Citation

Holmes, P.L. (1977), "The British Library automated information service", Aslib Proceedings, Vol. 29 No. 6, pp. 214-220. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb050594