‘MASSIVE, impressive but human, interesting and worthwhile’. This is the description of the Special Libraries of America annual conference this summer, given by Johan van Halm…
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‘MASSIVE, impressive but human, interesting and worthwhile’. This is the description of the Special Libraries of America annual conference this summer, given by Johan van Halm, Manager of Documentary Information Services, of Verenigde Machinefabrieken NV of Amsterdam. He had been asked to lecture in Toronto on ‘special libraries in the international scene’.
Outlines the challenge to libraries when incorporating the new and sophisticated means of access to local and global information resources. Gateways and portals are seen as…
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Outlines the challenge to libraries when incorporating the new and sophisticated means of access to local and global information resources. Gateways and portals are seen as possible solutions. Describes the features of quality access via metadata and resource sharing within this framework, and how publishers and aggregators are assisting in the transformation to digital libraries. Identifies and discusses the features of a digital library and offers a definition. Recommends an integrated approach towards the provision of library automation, document management and digitizing/imaging expertise to provide a one‐stop shop for library managers and to facilitate the establishment of digital libraries.
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Criteria to evaluate and select software for online text information storage and retrieval software are presented in the form of a checklist. The list has a hierarchical…
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Criteria to evaluate and select software for online text information storage and retrieval software are presented in the form of a checklist. The list has a hierarchical structure; the headings are Input of information, Indexing, Interactive searching for information, and Output features, with, additionally, a few remarks about Current awareness, Security/Privacy/Authorisation, Read‐only version, and Integration with other programs.
The 25th annual seminar of the European Library Automation Group (ELAG) was held in Prague in June 2001. This report provides an overview of the papers presented, including those…
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The 25th annual seminar of the European Library Automation Group (ELAG) was held in Prague in June 2001. This report provides an overview of the papers presented, including those describing relevant developments in the Czech Republic, those covering the theme of the seminar (the integration and linking of electronic resources), as well as papers on the functional requirements for bibliographic records (FRBR). Workshops are a key feature of ELAG seminars and the paper also reports on those held during the 2001 meeting.
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The computer software package CDS/ISIS is suitable for the storage and retrieval of structured, text‐oriented information, such as bibliographic descriptions. Versions exist for…
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The computer software package CDS/ISIS is suitable for the storage and retrieval of structured, text‐oriented information, such as bibliographic descriptions. Versions exist for various hardware including IBM microcomputers and compatibles. The software is very attractive, mainly because it is powerful and because the producer, Unesco, normally fulfils requests to use it for free. Micro CDS/ISIS is reviewed in this paper which includes recent experience with Version 2.3.
Lockheed announces Newsearch, first database to be updated daily. Departing from the traditional monthly or bi‐monthly updating procedure, Lockheed announced that a new database…
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Lockheed announces Newsearch, first database to be updated daily. Departing from the traditional monthly or bi‐monthly updating procedure, Lockheed announced that a new database called New‐search would be updated daily. The database, which is produced by Information Access Corporation (Los Altos, California), provides the same coverage as that company's two other databases, National Newspaper Index and Magazine Index, but in this case new material is added every day. It is specifically geared toward current awareness applications.
The 26th annual seminar of the European Library Automation Group (ELAG) was held in Rome in April 2002. This report provides an overview of the papers presented, including those…
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The 26th annual seminar of the European Library Automation Group (ELAG) was held in Rome in April 2002. This report provides an overview of the papers presented, including those describing relevant developments in Italy (such as the Italian Digital Library), those covering the theme of the seminar (semantic Web and libraries), as well as papers on functional requirements for bibliographic records and others. Workshops are a key feature of the ELAG seminars and a brief mention is made of these.
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The British National Bibliography (BNB) is now available on CD‐ROM. This paper describes the development of this database including the production and evaluation of a pilot CD‐ROM…
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The British National Bibliography (BNB) is now available on CD‐ROM. This paper describes the development of this database including the production and evaluation of a pilot CD‐ROM disc prepared by the British Library in conjunction with Bibliothèque Nationale in France. Examples of searching the CD‐ROM are included.
Provides a summary of the main topics of the European Library Automation Group (ELAG) conference in Trondheim, Norway, June 2004. Notes that the title of the conference was…
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Provides a summary of the main topics of the European Library Automation Group (ELAG) conference in Trondheim, Norway, June 2004. Notes that the title of the conference was "Interoperability: New Challenges and Solutions", but it was clear that both for organizers and participants many of the current challenges of interoperability lie in library portals. States that many of the papers presented dealt with some aspect of portal design or implementation, and others touched on issues that were clearly relevant to portal applications. Several other papers focused on different aspects of information processing in the host country
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The desirability of electronic document delivery systems has been argued for years and the reasons for the slow progress of the idea are discussed. An explanation of the technical…
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The desirability of electronic document delivery systems has been argued for years and the reasons for the slow progress of the idea are discussed. An explanation of the technical background is provided followed by some examples of electronic means of information distribution such as facsimile and disc‐based systems. Some experimental projects are described and the article concludes with a description of document image processing systems used for business purposes which have a number of features in common with delivery systems.