Relevant References and links
Background
- Beadiquez, M. and Bryant, P. IFLA Journal. Special issue on retrospective
conversion. Vol. 16(1) 1990
- Bryant, P., Bloomfield, B. and Naylor, B. Sour grapes and cherry picking. Library
Association Record Vol. 99(7) 1997 pp378, 380
- Cambell, T. Possibilities for the international sharing of retroconverted map files. IFLA
Journal Vol. 20(1) 1994 pp46-52
- Chapman, Ann. Retrospective catalogue conversion: a national study and a discussion of
selected literature. Libri Vol. 46(1) March 1996 pp16-24
- Inman, R.A. Are Title II-C grants worth it? The effects of the Associated Music Library
Group's retrospective conversion project. Library Resources and Technical Services
Vol. 39(2) 1995 pp167-176
- International Cataloguing and Bibliographic Control. Issue on retrospective
cataloguing and conversion Vol. 26(4) 1997
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Surveys
- Bryant, Philip: Making the Most of Our Libraries: The report of two studies on the
retrospective conversion of library catalogues in the United Kingdom, and the need for a
national strategy, British Library Research and Innovation Centre, 1997, British Library
Research and Innovation Report 53
http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/services/papers/bl/blri053
- Curl feasibility study on a national retrospective catalogue conversion programme
http://www.curl.ac.uk/projects/db4.htm
- LASER Needs Assessment Survey of Heritage Material and Collections for the Heritage
Lottery Fund and the Library Association
- Newsplan: Although this was principally a preservation project, a survey carried out for
it provides a comprehensive listing of the main files of UK and Irish local newspapers,
with information on their extent, gaps, condition and location
http://www.newsplan2000.org/
- Project EARL: Special Collections Initiative: This 1996 initiative surveyed EARL
members' special collections.
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Projects
- Fabian, C. The hand Press Book Database of CERL. International Cataloguing and
Bibliographic Control Vol. 27(4) 1998 pp80-84
- Harrison, K. and Summers, D. Retrospective catalogue conversion at Lancaster University
Library. Program Vol. 29(2) 1995 pp107-122
- McDonald, B. The Stella project: retrospective conversion at Trinity College Dublin. Catalogue
and Index No. 127 1998 pp1-5
- Retrospective cataloguing project at the Queen's University, Belfast. An
Leabharlann: The Irish Library Vol. 11(2) 1994 p103
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