Document (#12591)

Author

Lealand, C.

Title

Production of the CD-ROM version of the British Library Catalogue

Source

Opticalinfo 89. Proceedings of the International Meeting for Optical Publishing and Storage, Amsterdam, 18-20 April 1989

Imprint

Oxford and New Jersey : Learned Information (Europe) Ltd.

Year

1989

Pages

S.85-91

Abstract

Describes the various steps taken to produce a major bibliographic catalogue on CD-ROM: Describes the history of the development of the printed catalogue, its conversion to machine-readable form and the subsequent design and production of the CD-ROM version. The functional requirements of the software are discussed as are making plans and pricing decisions. Some features of the product, the British Library General Catalogue of Printed Books to 1975, are illustrated.

Theme

Bibliographie

Object

BLC-CD

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