Showing papers on "Resource Description and Access published in 1970"

Concept of an On-Line Computerized Library Catalog

Abstract: A concept for mechanized descriptive cataloging is presented, together with four areas of research programs to be undertaken

State Legislation Relating to Library Systems.

Abstract: IN ORDER TO COMMENT on state legislation relating to library systems, one &st must attempt to define the term “library system,” an intellectual exercise of infinite possibilities. A query of the most promising source of assistance, the fifty state librarians or heads of state library agencies, about library system development-planned or existent-in their states, reveals “57 varieties” of interpretations of ‘library system,”# In this variety, the state librarians are typical of their fellow members of the profession. A few librarians exhibit a catholic view, applying “library system” to activities of all types of libraries, but most librarians tend to limit their use of the phrase to public library activities. Although numerous, public library systems (as “systems” are defined below) may not be the most common type of system. School library systems probably far outnumber their public library counterparts. Additionally, there are systems in the academic and special library areas. In the historical perspective, this predominant identification of systems with public libraries is understandable, The public library’s goal of the larger library unit as the means of ultimately bringing library

Legislation Relating to State Library Agencies

Abstract: LEGISLATION state libraries is usually RELATING TO an after-the-function development, It is the result of a function or action desired or expected to be performed by the state library agency rather than the creator of the function, A report on such legislation is in reality a discussion of agency functions; to determine the trend of legislation, or even to predict it, one needs only to note the existing and emerging functions of the states’ library agencies. What is a “state library”? What is the role of library service at the state level? Has anything new been added? There is near unanimous agreement among library practitioners, government officials, and students of government, both in practice and in theory, as to what library services the states should provide. However, in determining what agencies of the state should be responsible for these functions, considerable differences of practice and opinion exist. Where is the “state library” in the structure of state government? Where should it be? In previous writings on state libraries,l we noted that most of the older agencies came into being primarily to meet the needs of their state governments by providing information service to the governor, legislators, and other state officials-one of the few library functions common to all of the states today, Until late in the nineteenth century state governments had little concern for the development of library service other than for their own housekeeping needs. I t is only in the past thirty some years that other major functions which now comprise the role of a state library agency attained acceptance. In 1950 the National Association of State Libraries enumerated the library activities of the states and the agencies which performed thema2 This report listed five library functions provided by the states with few exceptions. These functions were general library service to public and state officials, extension service, historical and archival service, legislative reference and law library service. In 1956,using the above findings

Thoughts on cataloging and classification in a small medical library.

Abstract: This article is based on experience with small library collections. It is an effort to point out some of the problems in cataloging and classification, to arouse an interest in self-analysis on the part of the small library, and to offer some suggestions as to how the small institution can streamline techniques and economize on meager resources with no loss of value to the card catalog. It is recognized that the catalogs in many small libraries are unsuited for their tasks as a result of adhering to philosophies of larger institutions. The small institution has neither the need nor resources for such completeness in cataloging and classification. Deviation from standard rules is not advocated. However, consistency in treatment is advised and adherence in depth to standard rules is questioned.

Modern Manuscripts: A Functional Approach.

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