BIRS/1900 - Bibliographic Information Retrieval System : a set of programs for SDI and Retrospective Search Services for an Information Service Network

A set of programs for use in SDI and Retrospective Search Is presented. The system consists of six programs for 1} creation of a bibliographic database, 2) correction and updating, 3) search the database for SDI using class numbers as search element, 4) print the retrieved answers, and 5) search and print the data- base using Boolean combination of keywords as search element. The set of programs are written in COBOL and are simple in their logic. Some of the modifications required to make the system more useful are suggested

Common Format for Machine Readable Bibliographic Record for India : a proposal

A proposal for a national standard for bibliographic information on magnetic tape both for information services and the library community in India is presented. The format is based on MARC and the UNISIST-RM. The structure of the format is as defined in ISO 2709 – 1973 and the content designators are formed using a three character numeric tag, a six character indicator and a two character subfield identifier. The third character position in the indicator is used as a repeat count the fourth, fifth and sixth character positions. are used to indicate the length of the field of that repetition. The format includes many coded information to cater to the requirements of the computer-based information system for Science and Technology, that is being developed in India. It is proposed to use ISBDs for choice and form of data items and use International standards for the character set for the representation of the data items. It is indicated that this format could be transformed into that of an international standard for exchange purpose by ormat transformation process. A complete set of tags, indicators and subfield identifiers and a table of UNISIST-RM data elements that correspond to the proposed format are given

Simplified procedures for the generation of POPSI entries using computer

In this paper, we are presenting two programs for generating POPSI entries, in which the first program is general in its application, in the sense that the input codes decide the formation of entries especially the context terms and the second, which does not take any extra codes at the input and formulates the entries accord- ing to a single rule

Online Construction of Alphabetic Classaurus

Classaurus is a faceted hierarchic scheme of terms with vocabulary control features