Open AccessA MARC II-Based Program for Retrieval and Dissemination
Author(s) -
Georg R. Mauerhoff,
Richard G. Smith
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
information technology and libraries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.502
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 2163-5226
pISSN - 0730-9295
DOI - 10.6017/ital.v4i3.5591
Subject(s) - computer science , subject (documents) , information retrieval , library science , world wide web , library of congress classification , work (physics) , library classification , dissemination , national library , information dissemination , telecommunications , engineering , mechanical engineering
Subscriptions to the Library of Congress' MARC tapes number approximately sixty. The uses to which the weekly tapes have been put have been minimal in the area of Selective Dissemination of lnformation (SDI) and current awareness. This paper reviews work that has been performed on hatched retrieval/dissemination and provides a description of a highly flexible cooperative SDI system developed by the Library, University of Saskatchewan, and the National Science Library. The system will permit searching over all subject areas represented by the English language monographic literature on MARC