Showing papers in "International cataloguing and bibliographic control in 1998"

The key role of classification and indexing in view-based searching

Abstract: The application of classification schemes and thesauri to improve online information retrieval can be traced back to the beginnings of online searching itself, but the true potential for using knowledge structures in the user interface has yet to be realized. View-based searching seeks to exploit the classified arrangements in thesauri and existing classification schemes to improve the performance of such systems. HIBROWE for EMBASE is a system which demonstrates the power of applying an approach to information retrieval which is strongly related to faceted classification. It does this by employing a point and click user interface with mutually constraining views utilising knowledge structure hierarchies for both query specification and the presentation of results. The relevance of this approach to library OPACs is discussed in the context of the digital library, concluding that our legacy of research in classification and indexing is more relevant than ever in the design of systems to cope with the problems of information access

The future of cataloguing and cataloguers

Abstract: Are our cataloguing standards and codes appropriate for electronic documents? The author has looked at a large number of records for electronic documents that have been created in recent years. In general, it is evident that the current practices and standards are being used to accommodate such records with only minor additions or modifications

The order of catalogues : Towards democratic classification and indexing in public libraries

Abstract: The A. discusses how classifications have developed from invisible work in central agencies, towards articulation work in modern electronic libraries - as found in projects involving cooperative design of classificatory structures and democratic classification and indexing

The Anglo-American authority file : Implementation of phase 2

Abstract: It has long been acknowledged that the simultaneous creation and maintenance of separate name authority files by the Library od Congress and the British Library is wasteful. The idea of a common authority file replacing USNAF and BLNAL has frequently been mooted but until now the idea has never progressed beyond the stage of wishful thinking.

Feasibility of exploiting bibliometric data in European National Bibliographic databases

Abstract: Presentation du projet permettant des analyses bibliometriques a partir des bases de donnees bibliographiques des bibliotheques nationales europeennes dans le cadre de la premiere phase de CoBRA (Computerized Bibliographic Record Actions)

Bibliographic control in the Netherlands

Abstract: Aux Pays-Bas, le depot legal volontaire n'existe que depuis 1974. La bibliographie nationale apres avoir ete une affaire privee est devenue une cooperation entre la Bibliotheque royale et l'editeur du catalogue Brinkman. Un centre pour la bibliographie a ete cree, des institutitions sont responsables de l'enregistrement des ISSN et ISBN. Il existe une bibligraphie retrospective. La bibliographie nationale est produite grâce au systeme du catalogage partage de PICA

The hand press book database of CERL

Abstract: This paper emphasizes a special aspect of the development of the Hand Press Book Database : the application of the UNIMARC format. The database comprises records describing titles till about 1830 coming form different sources and is truly multinational database