Abstract
An IBM 360/50 computer and magnetic tape are used in a new univer- sity library to produce a map catalogue by area and up to six subiects for each map. Cataloguing is by non-professional staff using the Library of Congress "G, schedule. Author, title, and publisher are in variable length fields, and codes are seldom used for input or interpretation. Ma- chine searches by area, subjects, author, publisher, scale, pro-;ection, date and language can be carried out.
Highlights
An IBM 360/50 computer and magnetic tape are used in a new university library to produce a map catalogue by area and up to six subiects for each map
When graduate work was offered in geography the map collection had to be expanded rapidly
A small staff was available and it was essential that any map catalogue be largely maintained by trained nonprofessional assistants
Summary
An IBM 360/50 computer and magnetic tape are used in a new university library to produce a map catalogue by area and up to six subiects for each map. At the time of investigation, this system was not fully automated, making use only of electric accounting machines rather than a computer. Other automated catalogues, such as those for the San Juan project ( 2 ) and for McMaster University [3], restricted the amount of information possible by using only one punched card. These systems required codes and tables for both input and interpretation
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