Program: electronic library and information systems: Volume 22 Issue 3

Moving from locally written systems to turnkey systems: The story of automation at Brunel University Library

David Thomas

Computers have been used at Brunel University Library for acquisitions and circulation since the early 1970s. Over the years there has been a move away from locally written…

‘Fisching fore werds’: phonetic retrieval of written text in information systems

T.N. Gadd

The article discusses phonetic retrieval of written names or words in computer systems. It deals briefly with the two established coding techniques of Davidson and Soundex, and an…

Co‐operative cataloguing on the Pacific Rim

Bruce Royan

The Singapore Integrated Library Automation Service (SILAS) has rapidly established itself in the 30 months since its selection of the WLN Bibliographic Subsystem. This paper…

Desktop publishing on the Macintosh: six questions answered for librarians

Peter Stubley

This paper discusses the reasons for using desktop publishing in libraries before giving brief background details and an explanation of two software packages that operate on the…

Developing a microcomputer database for local company information

Alec Gallimore

Manchester Commercial Library has one of the largest collections of business information available to the public in the UK. It is especially well provided with British and foreign…

The use of computers in libraries and information centres in Jordan: a survey

Abdul Razeq Younis

Practically speaking, it could be said that it was not until the 1950s that the modern library movement started in Jordan when professionally trained staff did not exceed a…

Use of database management systems at the University of Basrah Library

Safe M. Alak, Sabah A. Ali

The University of Basrah has nine colleges situated in five campuses, each with its own library besides a central library. The traditional paper work approach becomes incapable of…

Bibliographic records in the book world: needs and capabilities. Report of a seminar organised by the BNB Research Fund, 27–28 November 1987

Chris Batt

From time to time the BNB Research Fund arranges seminars to consider topics of significance to all sides of the book world. Attendance is carefully orchestrated to ensure that a…