This article describes the experimental system whereby BNB has produced the Brighton Public Libraries catalogue in microfilm since September 1972, making use of the BNB/MARC data base and production facilities. Cost, currency and other relevant factors are examined in evaluation of this prototype system. It is concluded that the prototype system is viable in cost/performance terms and that a developed version would have lower costs and increased performance. It is noted that provision of this service accords with the objectives of the British Library and with the recommendations of the National Libraries ADP Study. The link with the BNB/LASER retrospective conversion project and the potential of the service for new local authorities is also noted. British Library provision of a service in time to be of use to the new local authorities is recommended. Views expressed are the personal views of the authors and are not necessarily those of their employing organisations.
This report presents the results of a survey of UK university libraries carried out in October/November 1970 by the Aslib Computer Applications Group on behalf of Aslib, SCONUL, and the National Libraries ADP Study. Questionnaire response was obtained from 61 libraries, and the survey may be regarded as having effectively complete coverage of all UK university libraries with computer applications. The broad picture presented is of widespread mechanisation of the housekeeping rather than the information retrieval type. Over 60% of libraries had one or more applications; over 60% of all applications were in the cataloguing area, as distinct from the areas of acquisition, circulation and miscellaneous applications. Five libraries plan to have a fairly comprehensive range of applications by 1972. The amount of effort going into library automation is formidable, equivalent to the effort of (very approximately) 50 full‐time persons divided roughly equally between library staff and system analysts/programmers. This is only UK university library effort: a fraction of total UK library automation effort. This raises the question of the degree of communication, cooperation and coordination between projects, and it is noted that really significant cooperation tends to take place only with central encouragement and support. It is concluded that the speed of growth of the exchange and use of machine readable bibliographic records will be proportional to the amount of support and initiative provided by central organisations such as the British Library.
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This gives an account of work done since that reported in Program and up to the end of the feasibility study stage of the project. Activities are noted under the names of working groups responsible for initiating and implementing them.
Reference is made to an article in the July 1969 issue of Program and some statements in that article are amplified. The work plan of the project is then outlined, followed by a description of project work to August 1969. This description incorporates notes on work shortly to be undertaken by project working groups.
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