Program: electronic library and information systems: Volume 24 Issue 1

Evolution of automation in a national library: the experience of the National Library of Scotland from 1978–1989

Robin Frederick Guy

This paper describes the three main phases of automation at the National Library of Scotland. During Phase I (1978–85) NLS was a member of the British Library's Local Cataloguing…

retriev: an information retrieval system implemented on top of a relational database

Alan F. Smeaton

Database management systems (DBMS) and information retrieval (IR) systems can both be used as online information systems but they differ in the type of data and the types of…

Database creation and management at Glasgow College

John C. Crawford, John A. Powles, Jacqueline GilMartin

This paper provides an overview of automation at Glasgow College Library since the 1970s when a subject index was prepared using punched cards. The Dynix library system was…

The development of IWS — an integrated workstation for librarians

Kisten Black

This paper describes a research project to develop a personal workstation for use by information professionals and researchers. The aim of the project was to provide a complete…

A UK market study of large library automation system vendors (to January 1989)

John Blunden‐Ellis

This paper updates a previous paper on the large systems marketplace in the UK, and aims to complement, as far as possible, an equivalent regular survey undertaken in the United…

A brief look at automation activities in Turkish university libraries

Yasar Tonta

Turkey, one of the cradles of civilisation, is a republic founded by Kemal Ataturk in 1923 after the collapse of the 600‐year‐old Ottoman Empire. Its location in two continents…

Report on the First International Conference on Bibliographic Access in Europe

S.A. Cousins, R.J. Hartley

The First International Conference on Bibliographic Access in Europe attracted delegates from twenty‐seven countries to the University of Bath in September 1989. The conference is…