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Machine-Readable Data Bases In Australia: A State-Of-The-Art Report

Schmidmaier, Dagmar

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Title
Machine-Readable Data Bases In Australia: A State-Of-The-Art Report
Author(s)
Schmidmaier, Dagmar
Issue Date
1975
Keyword(s)
  • Reference services (Libraries) --Automation
  • Database searching
  • Online bibliographic searching
  • Information retrieval
  • Australia
Abstract
This paper aims to present an overview of the use of machine-readable data bases in Australia. (A summary of some commerically available services is given in the Appendix.) I will discuss the Australian scene in the light of some problems which are, if not unique to, certainly aggravated by the Australian environment. These include problems of geography and population distribution, formulation of national information policy, government support of research and development, and the Australian telecommunications network. Plans expounded during the last four years have aroused an unprecedented interest among librarians. Unfortunately, progress to date has been disappointing.
Publisher
Graduate School of Library Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Series/Report Name or Number
Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing (12th : 1975)
ISSN
0069-4789
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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1975: The use of computers in literature searching and related reference activities in libraries PRIMARY
12th Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing (1975). Edited by F. Wilfrid Lancaster