Retrospective conversion of library catalogues in UK institutions of higher education A quantitative analysis

Emerald - 1996
RussellSweeney1
1Independent Information and Library Consultant

Tóm tắt

As part of an investigation as to whether a national retrospective catalogue conversion programme is justified, presents a summary of the results of a survey of retrospective conversion programmes in UK higher education libraries. The survey was conducted by the author in association with Philip Bryant of the University of Bath. Questionnaires were sent to 266 higher education libraries in the UK.

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Tài liệu tham khảo

1.Higher Educationa Funding Council (HEFC), “Libraries review: non‐formula funding of specialised research collections in the humanities: 1994‐95 non‐recurring allocations”, HEFC Circular 5/95, HEFC, Bristol, February 1995.

2.Bryant, P., Chapman, A. and Naylor, B., Retrospective Conversion of Library Catalogues in Institutions of Higher Education in the United Kingdom : A Study of the Justification for a National Programme, report submitted to the Follett Implementation Group on IT (FIGIT), University of Bath, Bath, June 1995 (at the time of writing this has still to be considered by FIGIT before it can be published more widely)..