Retrospective catalogue conversion at Lancaster University Library
Program: electronic library and information systems
ISSN: 0033-0337
Article publication date: 1 February 1995
Abstract
Lancaster University began a programme of retrospective catalogue conversion in 1990, initially using data from BNB on CD‐ROM, and more recently Library of Congress CDMARC Bibliographic. Records are downloaded in custom format (rather than MARC), and inhouse programs convert the data to the Lancaster catalogue format, and update the catalogue and related indexes. The proportion of library stock in full machine‐readable form has increased from 30 per cent in December 1990 to 72 per cent in July 1994. This article reports on technical details of the procedure, and implications in terms of staffing arrangements, work patterns, success rates, costs, and quality considerations.
Citation
Harrison, K. and Summers, D. (1995), "Retrospective catalogue conversion at Lancaster University Library", Program: electronic library and information systems, Vol. 29 No. 2, pp. 107-122. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb047189
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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