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Abstracts in English
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Sigrún Klara Hannesdóttir:
School Libraries in South and West
In this article the author reports two inter-
national conferences, she visited in the
summer of 1984, i.e. the Conference of
the International Association of School
Librarians in Hawai and the IFLA-Meeting
in Kenya. (VG/ÞTÞ)
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Thórir Ragnarsson:
The activities of the Committee for
Automation in lcelandic Libraries
The article outlines the activities of the
Committee for Automation in lcelandic
Libraries. The Committee was establis-
hed in 1981 and served originally as an
advisory organ for research libraries.
Later on its function became broader and
it deals now with library automation in
general.
The main recommendations of the
Committee are the following:
- that a MARC format be prepared and
put into use in lcelandic libraries;
- that a database (union catalogue) be
set up comprising lcelandic and foreign
acquisitions;
- that further requirements of lcelandic
libraries for computerization should be
defined;
- that foreign library systems should be
investigated with the view of eventually
importing such a system to lceland.
At the time of writing an lcelandic
MARC format has been made, but a com-
puterized union catalogue remains to be
established.
Members of the Committee are seven.
Three of them come from the public library
sector, three from research libraries and
one is from a computer organization.
Chairman is Thórir Ragnarsson, the
University Library, and secretary Stefanía
Júlíusdóttir, the National Library. (ÞR)
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