Publications


Articles

In chronological order


MERLIN for the cataloguer. Aslib Proceedings 29(8) 284-285

MERLIN : a revolutionary computer system for cataloguers. Catalogue and Index 46 (Autumn 1977) 1,8

The use made of the UNISIST Reference Manual : a brief history in Towards a common bibliographic exchange format? 49- 51 (see below)

New technology and exchange formats. Journal of Information Science 7 (1983) 137-147

A nemzetkozileg hozzaferheto adatbazisok rekordjainak szerkesztese intelligens terminalokon. TMT 30(10) (1983) 396-404

International access to bibliographic data : MARC and MARC- related activities. Journal of Documentation 40(1) (March 1984) 13-24

The UNESCO Common Communicati on Format. Annals of library science and documentation 32(1-2) (1985) 1-6

O "Common Communication Format" desenvolvido pela UNESCO. Ci. Inf. Brasilia 14(1) (1985) 51-54

Standardising data exchange : the UNESCO Common Communication Format in Proceedings of the International On-Line Meeting, London, December 1985 295-304

Developing the Common Communication Format. Information Development 2(2) (April 1986) 99-104

CDS-ISIS microcomputer version: an evaluation. In Databases and networking in development seminar, Brighton, 4-6 Sept. 1986: proceedings. Bergen: DERAP publications, 1986. 124-128. (with Alice Watson)

UNESCO's efforts to promote the exchange of bibliographic data : the Common Communication Format. State librarian (November 1986) 35-38

Library software packages for free. ITS News 12 (May 1987) 20-23

Standardiziranje izmenjave podatkov. Unescov Skupni Komunikacijski Format. Knjiznica 31(1) 1987 75-88

Selecting a software package for a bibliographic database in development studies in Proceedings of the International On- Line Information Meeting. London. December 1987 105-110

MINISIS at the Institute of Development Studies in MINISIS Users' Group Meeting, 1987. Proceedings of the 9th Annual Meeting, Mexico City, 1987. Ottawa, IDRC, 1988

The UNESCO Common Communication Format : progress to date. International Cataloguing and Bibliographic Control 3(1) (1988) 27-29

UNIMARC on MINISIS at the Institute of Development Studies in UNIMARC in theory and practice : papers from the UNIMARC workshop, Sydney, Australia. London, IFLA UBCIM, 1989

Open systems interconnection and its relevance to IMIN in Congress of Muslim Librarians and Information Scientists, 3rd, 1989, Istanbul. Papers. Istanbul, Ministry of Culture, 1989 (Librarianship series, 15) 218-229

A question of formats. in International Symposium on Information Technology. Standards for bibliographic control. Bangkok, Thammasat Univ ersity Libraries, 1989 109-122; also published in Library Herald 28(3/4) (Oct 1989/Jan 1990) 73-91

CDS/ISIS information [regular column]. Information development 5(3)- (1989- )

Using the CCF with MINISIS and mini-micro CDS/ISIS in Proceedings of the First CCF Users' Meeting. Paris, UNESCO, 1990 (PGI-90/WS/4) 125-137

Integrated Micro CDS/ISIS database based on the CCF in Proceedings of the First CCF Users' Meeting . Paris, UNESCO, 1990 (PGI-90/WS/4) 209-214

A MARC database on your desk with CDS/ISIS. Catalogue & index 96-97 (1990) 5-7

Information transfer and exchange formats in Standards for the international exchange of bibliographic information : papers presented at a course..at University College London. London, The Library Association, 1991

UNESCO Common Communication Format in Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science, Volume 48 (Supplement 11). New York, Marcel Dekker, 1991. 353-366

'CDS/ISIS for microcomputers' as an interim library automation system in Proceedings of the International On-Line Information Meeting. London. December 1991 499-504

International data exchange : a question of formats. Asian Libraries 2(1) March 1992. 30-39

Using CDS/ISIS in archives : a case study of the Tate Gallery. Archivi & Computer 2(1) 1992. 3-12

Standards for information and the control of information in User needs in information technology standards / edited by C.D. Evans, B.L. Meek and R.S. Walker; technical editors: A. Hopkinson, et al. Oxford, Butterworth-Heinemann, 1993.

Computers in art librarianship : the standards that support them. Computers and the History of Art 3 (2) 1993 (Abstract http://www.chart.ac.uk/tocs/abs/hopkinson.html)

CDS/ISIS as a tool for implementing UNIMARC. in UNIMARC and CDS/ISIS : proceedings of the workshops held in Budapest 21-23 June 1993 and Barcelona 26 August 1993. Munich, Saur, 1994. 37-46

Formats for bibliographic exchange. ISBN review 15 (1994). Presented at Bibliographic Systems and the World of Publishing Workshop, IFLA, Barcelona, 1993

Evaluating library automation systems for archive management (with Louise Ray) in Proceedings of the International On- Line Information Meeting. London. December 1994 499-504

CDS-ISIS Information : the first ten years of the microcomputer version. Information Development, 11 (1) (1995) 10-14

CDS-ISIS para archivos. INFOISIS (Buenos Aires), 1 (3) (1995), 56-68, 1995

Informe sobre la Tercera Conferencia Internacional "Crimea 96". INFOISIS (Buenos Aires) 2, (3-4), (1996) 91-96. http://www.cnea.gov.ar/cac/ci/isis/novedades/KRIMEA.htm.

Problems of implementing ISO 2709 format on CDS-ISIS. Naucnye i tehniceskie biblioteki SSSR 6 (1997), 11-21

O que é UNIMARC e como é usado in Anais da Biblioteca Nacional, v. 115. Rio de Janeiro, 1998 267-282

Problemas de implementação do UNIMARC em CDS/ISIS in Anais da Biblioteca Nacional, 115. Rio de Janeiro, 1998 283-289

CDS/ISIS: UNESCO's Information Retrieval Package for microcomputers and the VAX minicomputer in Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science, Volume 57 (Supplement 20). New York, Marcel Dekker, 1996 72-89

MARC AMC, altri formati e ISAD(G) in Gli standard per la descrizione degli archivi europei: esperienze e proposte: Atti del Seminario internazionale San Miniato, 31 agosto - 2 settembre 1994. San Miniato, Ufficio Centrale per i beni archivistici, 1996

Common Communication Format (CCF) in Future of Communications Formats. Ottawa, National Library of Canada, 1997 Archived copy at  Alexandria Library Archive

UNIMARC mappings: metadata, Dublin Core in IFLA Conference Workshop 1998, UNIMARC in Transition. The Hague, IFLA, 1998

Traditional communication formats: MARC is far from dead. International cataloguing and bibliographic control 28 (1) 17-21 1999

Standards for serials holdings and for serials data in the serials analytical record in: Making sense of standards and technologies for serials management; ed. by Rosemary Russell. LondonLibrary Association Publications  in association with  UKOLN, 2000

UNIMARC for your FDT. INFOLAC (Caracas), 13 (4), 2000. See: <http://infolac.ucol.mx/>.

Prepojene Kniznicne a informacne sluzby na univerzite 21. storocia. Kniznica 9 (2001) Available at  http://www.snk.sk/?kniznica-9-2001

21. Yüzyil Universitesinde Birleçik Kütüphane ve Enformasyon Hizmetleri. Bilgi Dünyasi 2 (2001) (1-2) 20-36

Electronic library workshops India 13-29 January 2002, in IFLA journal, News section 88 2002 Available at:  http://archive.ifla.org/V/iflaj/news2802.pdf

Introducing RFID at Middlesex University Learning Resources, in Program 40 (1) (Jan 2006) 89-97 Available at:  Middlesex University Eprint Repository

Introduction to library standards and the players in the field, in Digitalia 2006 (2) (2006) 11-21

Librarians need standards, in Library and information update 5 (2) (2006) 31-33 (with David Haynes)

Open source software in Higher Education, in International Conference "Information Technologies in Education in the 21st Century" Yerevan, Armenia, May 21-23, 2007: Conference proceedings,. Yerevan, Yerevan State University, 2007, p116-124 . (jointly authored with Alex Birchall

UNIMARC and UNICODE : introduction, in International cataloguing and bibliographic control 36 (3) (Jul/Sep 2007) 51

Future prospects for UNIMARC, in Globalization, digitization, access and preservation of cultural heritage. Sofia, University of Sofia, 2007, 344-348

Reports and books authored

Automation in bibliography. Manchester, National Computing Centre, 1980 (Guides to Computing Standards, 10)

Transliteration. Manchester, National Computing Centre, 1980 (Guides to Computing Standards, 11)

Reference manual for the machine-readable descriptions of research projects and institutions. Paris, UNESCO, 1982 (with H. Dierickx) (PGI/82/WS/10)

UNIMARC handbook. London, IFLA International Office for Universal Bibliographic Control, 1983 (assisted by Sally McCallum and Stephen Davies)

Implementation notes for users of the CCF. Paris, UNESCO, 1990

Exchanging bibliographic data : MARC and other international formats. London, LAPL, 1990. (with Ellen Gredley). Awarded first prize in UK Library Association National Acquisitions Group Award, 1990

Visit to FADINAP/NFIS National Cooperating Centre in Delhi, India. Brighton, IDS, 1990 (Documentation and library advisory report, 6)

A common bibliographic exchange format for Venezuela : report on a consultancy. Brighton, IDS, 1990 (Documentation and library advisory report, 8)

Visit to FADINAP/NFIS National Cooperating Centre in Islamabad, Pakistan. Brighton, IDS, 1991 (Documentation and library advisory report, 12)

The Common Communication Format for Information on Cultural Development. Paris, UNESCO, 1994 (PGI-93/WS/15)

International Information System on Cultural Development : CDS/ISIS model database : manual and accompanying diskette. Paris, UNESCO, 1994 (PGI-93/WS/16)

Implementation notes for users of the CCF/B : the Common Communication Format for Bibliographic Information. Paris, UNESCO, 1994

Implementation notes for users of the CCF/F : the Common Communication Format for Factual Information. Paris, UNESCO, 1994

The CDS/ISIS handbook (with Andrew Buxton). London, LAPL, 1994. Now available online from  eBooks.com

The CDS/ISIS for Windows handbook (with Andrew Buxton). Paris: UNESCO, 2001. Available at:
http://www.unesco.org/isis/files/winisis/windows/doc/english/en_handbook.zip
  Also translated into French, Russian and Spanish

Documents edited

Towards a common bibliographic exchange format? : International Symposium on Bibliographic Exchange Formats : proceedings. Budapest, OMKDK, 1978

Reference manual for machine-readable bibliographic descriptions. 2nd rev.ed. Paris, UNESCO, 1981 (compiled and edited with H. Dierickx. 3rd ed. 1985)

CCF : the Common Communication Format. 2nd ed. Paris, UNESCO, 1988. (jointly edited with P. Simmons). Also: First ed. 1984

MINISIS in IDS. 1987-1990 (Quarterly newsletter about the use of MINISIS in the Institute of Development Studies)

CCF/F : the Common Communication Format for Factual Information. Paris, UNESCO, 1992. (jointly edited with P. Simmons).

CCF/B : the Common Communication Format for Bibliographic Information. Paris, UNESCO, 1992. (jointly edited with P. Simmons).

AuTomATE. London, Tate Gallery, 1990-1994 (Monthly newletter including details of acquisitions at the Tate Gallery Library and Archive)  

International Conference "Information Technologies in Education in the 21st Century" Yerevan, Armenia, May 21-23, 2007: Conference proceedings,. Yerevan, Yerevan State University, 2007 . (jointly edited with Tigran Zargaryan).

UNIMARC Manual : Bibliographic Format. 3rd ed. Munich, K.G. Saur, 2008.

Conference papers (links only)

'Problems of implementing MARC on CDS/ISIS'. Presented at Crimea '95

'Problems of implementing ISO 2709 formats in CDS/ISIS' Presented at Crimea '96

'The large and the small, the importance of standards'. presented at Crimea '97

Traditional communication formats: MARC is far from dead presented at International Seminar "The Function of Bibliographic Control in the Global Information Infrastructure" Seminar in Vilnius, 17-19 June 1998 at Martynas Mazvydas National Library of Lithuania

'Ecoethics: a Glance from the Internet' (Ecoethics of the Internet Environment on the Way to Information Society) Presented at Crimea 2001

'Fighting your way through the electronic jungle: who manages e-journals?' presented at Managing E- resources: a cpd25 seminar 17 December 2002

'The future of UNIMARC' presented at Sofia 2006 Sofia, Bulgaria, November 2006

'State of the art in RFID': Paper presented at the International Conference on the Digital Library, New Delhi, December 2006 [link broken]

'Staffing the Digital Library': Paper presented at the International Conference on the Digital Library, New Delhi, With 張迺貞 [Naicheng Chang (Taipei)] December 2006 [link broken]


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