State of the art of the application of new information technologies in libraries and their impact on library functions : a reassessment. Volume X : Ireland.

ISSN 1018-5593 Commission of the European Communities information management STATE OF THE ART OF THE APPLICATION OF NEW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN LIBRARIES AND THEIR IMPACT ON LIBRARY FUNCTIONS: A REASSESSMENT Report EUR 14085 EN Blow-up from microfiche original COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES information management Libraries programme State of the art of the application of new informatio [...] The purpose of the update study was to provide factual information on the following key areas in the Republic of Irei and : * Machine-readable Record Resources - availability of computerised library catalogues - cooperatives and suppliers of catalogue records - network access to catalogue records * Computerised Library Housekeeping Systems * IT-based User Services in Libraries The Irish study was [...] The Resolution requested the Commission to take swift action to assist libraries to facilitate the interconnection, across Europe, of computerised catalogues on the basis of existing systems, and to prepare a Work Programme to speed up the development of library activities, thereby contributing to the promotion of cooperation between libraries at Community level. [...] The administration of the National Library of Ireland has been transferred from the Department of Education to the Department of An Taoiseach (Prime Minister). [...] Following a major reorganisation of the public sector from 1987 onwards, the following changes have been implemented at semi- state level : The National Board for Science and Technology (NBST) and the Institute for Industrial Research and Standards (URS) were merged in 1987 and reconstituted as EOLAS, the Irish Science and Technology Agency.