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Journal of Library Automation

ISSN 0022-2240

Volume 14, Number 3, September 1981

Guest Editorial

Who Rules the Rules?
JAMES R. DWYER

Feature Articles

The British Library's Approach to AACR2
LYNNE BRINDLEY

AACR2: OCLC's Implementation and Database
GEORGIA L. BROWN

OCLC's Database Conversion: A User's Perspective
ARNOLD WAJENBERG AND MICHAEL GORMAN

Communications

Automation and the Service Attitudes of ARL Circulation Managers
JAMES R. MARTIN

Statistics on Headings in the MARC File
SALLY H. MCCALLUM AND JAMES L. GODWIN

RLIN and OCLC as Reference Tools
DOUGLAS JONES

Replicating the Washington Library Network Computer System Software
THOMAS P. BROWN AND RAYMOND DEBUSE

A General Planning Methodology for Automation
RICHARD W. MEYER, BETH ANN REULAND, FRANCISCO M. DIAZ, AND FRANCES COLBURN

Reports and Working Papers

Inclusion of Nonroman Character Sets
LC NETWORK DEVELOPMENT OFFICE

A Comparison of OCLC, RLG/RLIN, and WLN
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON LIBRARY

Checklist for Cassette Recorders Connected to CRTs
LITA ISAS TESLA COMMITTEE

LITA Award, 1980: Maurice J. Freedman
S. MICHAEL MALINCONICO

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Guest Editorial

Who Rules the Rules? (p.147-149)
JAMES R. DWYER

Feature Articles

The British Library's Approach to AACR2 (p.150-160)
LYNNE BRINDLEY

The formal commitment of the British Library to AACR2 and Dewey 19 entailed substantial changes to the U. K. MARC format, the BLAISE Filing Rules, and a variety of products produced for the British Library itself and for other libraries, including the British National Bibliography. The British Library file conversion involved not only headings but also algorithmic conversion of the descriptive cataloguing.

AACR2: OCLC's Implementation and Database (p.161-173)
GEORGIA L. BROWN

OCLC's Online Union Catalog (OLUC) contains bibliographic records created under various cataloging guidelines. Until December 1980, no system-wide attempt had been made to resolve record conflicts caused by use of the different guidelines. The introduction of the new guidelines, the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, Second Edition (AACR2), exacerbated these record conflicts. To reduce library costs, which might increase dramatically as users attempted to resolve these conflicts, OCLC converted name headings and uniform titles in its database to AACR2 form. The purpose of the conversion was to resolve record conflicts that resulted from rule changes and to conform to LC preferred forms of heading if possible.

OCLC's Database Conversion: A User's Perspective (p.174-189)
ARNOLD WAJENBERG AND MICHAEL GORMAN

This article describes the experience of a large academic library with headings in the OCLC database that have been converted to AACR2 form. It also considers the use of LC authority records in the database. Specific problems are discussed, including some results from LC practices. Nevertheless, the presence of the authority records, and especially the conversion of about 40 percent of the headings in the bibliographic file, has been of great benefit to the library, significantly speeding up the cataloging operation. An appendix contains guidelines for the cataloging staff of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in the interpretation and use of LC authority records and converted headings.

Communications

Automation and the Service Attitudes of ARL Circulation Managers (p.190-194)
JAMES R. MARTIN

(no abstract available)

Statistics on Headings in the MARC File (p.194-201)
SALLY H. MCCALLUM AND JAMES L. GODWIN

(no abstract available)

RLIN and OCLC as Reference Tools (p.201-202)
DOUGLAS JONES

(no abstract available)

Replicating the Washington Library Network Computer System Software (p.202-205)
THOMAS P. BROWN AND RAYMOND DEBUSE

(no abstract available)

A General Planning Methodology for Automation (p.205-209)
RICHARD W. MEYER, BETH ANN REULAND, FRANCISCO M. DIAZ, AND FRANCES COLBURN

(no abstract available)

Reports and Working Papers

Inclusion of Nonroman Character Sets (p.210-215)
LC NETWORK DEVELOPMENT OFFICE

(no abstract available)

A Comparison of OCLC, RLG/RLIN, and WLN (p.215-230)
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON LIBRARY

(no abstract available)

Checklist for Cassette Recorders Connected to CRTs (p.230-232)
LITA ISAS TESLA COMMITTEE

(no abstract available)

LITA Award, 1980: Maurice J. Freedman (p.233-235)
S. MICHAEL MALINCONICO

(no abstract available)

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