Program: electronic library and information systems: Volume 29 Issue 4

The European Libraries Programme: an overview

Ariane Iljon

The European Commission's Libraries programme (as it is popularly known) is set in the context of the European Union's Research and Technological Development (RTD) Framework…

The Victoria and Albert Museum and electronic imagebanks: Image conversion and user reactions

Alan Seal

This paper describes the main objectives of the ELISE project and the methods by which a prototype imagebank of 3,000 items was created, with particular emphasis on the processing…

Electronic Libraries SGML Applications: background to project ELSA

ROY J. Adams

Project ELSA is examining the use of documents encoded in SGML (Standard Generalised Markup Language) for the delivery of information to library end users and to librarians acting…

European Initiative in Library and Information in Aerospace — EURILIA

John J. O'Flaherty

EURILIA, which is part of the Commission of the European Communities (CEC) Libraries Programme, aims to enhance the libraries' research, development and education process which…

Project Jukebox: music across Europe

Chris Clark

The aim of Jukebox is to set up and test a pilot system for a new library service whereby library users at remote distances can have online access to sound recordings held in…

ONE — OPAC Network in Europe: taking a further step towards a Europe‐wide information network

Neil A. Smith

OPAC Network in Europe — ONE — is a project which aims to provide users with better ways to access library OPACs and national catalogues and which will stimulate and facilitate…

Public Libraries and Adult Independent Learners (PLAIL) — new technology to meet a new and old customer need

Alan Watkin

PLAIL as a project arises out of the rapidly growing demand for access to and support for adults seeking new learning and training opportunities. This area of demand is one of…

MARC formats and their use: An overview

Fernanda M. Campos, M. Inês Lopes, Rosa M. Galvão

As a preliminary part of the feasibility study of UseMARCON this paper introduces the history of MARC formats, identifying subsets or families among them, and provides information…