Open AccessThe New York Public Library Automated Book Catalog Subsystem
Author(s) -
Carolyn M. Gray
Publication year - 1973
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.v6i1.5759
Subject(s) - computer science , library classification , punctuation , library of congress , control (management) , product (mathematics) , world wide web , information retrieval , library science , operating system , artificial intelligence , geometry , mathematics
A comprehensive automated bibliographic control system has been developed by the New York Public Library. This system is unique in its use of an automated authority system and highly sophisticated machine filing algorithms. The primary aim was the rigorous control of established forms and their cross-reference structure. The original impetus for creation of the system, and its most highly visible product, is a photocomposed book catalog. The book catalog subsystem supplies automatic punctuation of condensed entries and contains the ability to pmduce cumulation/ supplement book catalogs in installments without loss of control of the crossreferencing structure