id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crl-13080 Salmon, Stephen R. An Introduction to Computer-Based Library Systems (Book Review) 1977-11-01 2 .pdf application/pdf 1427 74 54 The essays raise a number of interesting issues: the contrast in purpose and point of view between subject bibliography, as con- ceived by the academic community, and li- brary cataloging (essay 1); the scholarly contribution of book reviews and distortion of their scientific function by evaluative perspectives imported from literary and art criticism (essay 4); ways in which conven- tional bibliographic styles and standards suppress scientifically valuable data about books (essay 7) ; the potential of biblio- graphic organization for shaping the char- acter of a field of study (essay 8) and for illuminating trends in a subject's develop- ment (essays 9, 10, 13). These editorials, some of which have been reprinted previously in journals, are here collected in book form under the editorship of two of the principal collab- orators on MHBRI. cache/crl-13080.pdf txt/crl-13080.txt