Program: electronic library and information systems: Volume 19 Issue 2

Automation at the British Library Lending Division: present situation and future plans

Michael L. Wheatley

The main automation systems at the British Library Lending Division are based on three minicomputers. A Digital Equipment minicomputer is used for the Automated Request…

The online community resource files at the Pikes Peak Library District

Kenneth E. Dowlin, Barbara Conroy

The Pikes Peak Library District has served as a model for public libraries desiring to implement automated systems over the past ten years. This article discusses the creation and…

Bedfordshire County Library microcomputer project

Heidi Ebrahim

With a grant from the Department of Industry, Bedfordshire County Library has made microcomputers available for public use in ten of their larger libraries. Practical information…

The ALS online integrated library system at Rotterdam

P.J.T. Schoots

This paper covers the ALS (Automated Library Systems Ltd) system used at Rotterdam City Library in the Netherlands. The requirements for the circulation and cataloguing systems…

Establishing a Geac circulation database from manual and automated catalogue records at Lancashire Polytechnic

C.S. Hall, Frances Hendrix

Lancashire Polytechnic in Preston was the last designated polytechnic, and was established in 1974. The library became a member of BLCMP in 1976, and an automated catalogue…

Variable loan policy at University of Lancaster Library

I.S. Richardson, R.N. Bamber

Research at the University of Lancaster in 1967–69 led to the introduction of a variable loan policy which differentiates between those books in heavy and those in less frequent…

Multi‐site library networking at Liverpool Polytechnic

G.K.L. Chan

Libraries wishing to install a network of online terminals to serve a multi‐site library system may be interested in an alternative approach to that described previously by the…

Report on the 1984 Information Technology and Electronic Publishing Exhibition

Adrian Arthur

The 1984 Information Technology and Electronic Publishing Exhibition took place from 4–6 December, side by side with the 8th International Online Information Meeting at Novotel…