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BIBCON-A General Purpose Software 
System for MARC-Based Book Catalog 
Production 

Liz GIBSON: Assistant Systems Analyst, California State Library, 
Sacramento. 

237 

The BIBCON file management system, designed for use on IBM 360 sys-
tem equipment, performs two basic functions: (1) it creates MARC struc-
tured, bibliographic records from untagged input data; (2) from these 
records it produces page image output for book catalogs. The system ac-
cepts data from several different input devices and can produce a variety 
of output formats by line printer, photocomposition, or computer output 
microform (COM). 

INTRODUCTION 

BIBCON is a general purpose data management system for BIBliographic 
records CONtrol (i.e., for creating, manipulating, formatting and out-
putting of MARC structured bibliographic records from catalog card in-
put data). The system, shown in Figure 1, consists of seven basic programs 
which functionally divide into two parts: (a) four programs for creation 
and correction of MARC-like records; and (b) three programs and an 
IBM utility sort for formation of book catalog entries from these records. 
Obviously, a detailed description of such a large and complicated system 
is impossible in one journal article. A detailed description of the system 
specifications and user instructions has been prepared and published by the 
California State Library.1 

The BIBCON system was cooperatively developed by the Institute of Li-
brary Research, Berkeley; the Library Systems Development Project, Santa 
Barbara; and the Library Systems Offices at the Santa Cruz and Berkeley 
campuses of the University of California. The system was developed in 
response to the needs of the University of California ( UC) and of the 
California State Library ( CSL) for efficient production of author, title, 
and added entry listings of their monographic holdings for distribution 
to their respective clientele groups. 

The general system requirements for both libraries were the same: 
(a) With a minimum of expensive manual keying, bibliographic data 



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I NITIAL INPUT 
DATA 

PROCESSOR 

VJO~OCO}fP. 
CONVERSION 

PROGRAM 

F1l( 

UPDATE 
PROCESSOR 

AllTO>IAnc 
FIELD ~~COG. 

MAl\CilREC. 
FORMA'TTER 

SKED 

OUTPUT 
SORT~RECOIH) 

CRE.o\Tt)R 

P.~>Cero~u 

OUTI'\I'rPACE 

FORMATTER 

Fig. l. BIBCON: Basic System Schematic 

INmALlNflri' 
DATA 

l'I\OC:ESSOR 

PBlm'SUS 

PROOF 
LISTING 

FORMA. TIER 

BIPUST 

OUTPUT ENTitY 
AND COLOMN 
F ORMAtTER 

IBM SORT 

OU"rPUT FILE 
SORTER 

must be prepared for book catalog production, with any of the 
standard catalog entries as keys. 

(b) Provision must be made for the widest feasible variety of col-
umnar output formats. 

(c) The format for any machine-readable records must be compatible 
with the MARC standard. 

The system has been installed with revisions and modifications on an 
IBM 360 Model 50 computer used by the California State Library. All pro-

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Knowledge Numbers 
090 Call Number 

Main Entry 
100 Main Entry 

Supplied Titles 
240 Uniform 

Title Paragraph 
245 Title 

Collation 
300 Collation 

Series Notes 

Bibliographic Notes 
500 Notes 

LC Subject Headings 

BIBCON ! GIBSON 239 

650 Subject Added Entry 
Other Added Entries 

700 Author Added Entry 
7 40 Title Added Entry (Traced Differently) 

Series Added Entry 
810 Series Added Entry (Traced Differently) 

Remaining Unspecified Data 
099 Remaining Unspecified Data 

400 Series, Traced (Personal ) 
410 Series, Traced (Corporate) 
440 Series, Traced (Title) 
490 Series, Untraced or Traced Differently 

Fig. 2. Variable Field Tags-AFR-MARC II 

grams in this version are written in the IBM Basic Assembler Language 
( BAL) instead of the original combination of BAL and COBOL. 

In its .first version, BIBCON processed monographic records exclusively. 
Various programs have now been modified so that the system will also 
process serial records in a simplified MARC serials format. This article, 
however, will describe only the system for processing monographic records. 

The system has been used to produce catalogs of monographs for UC 
Santa Cruz, UC San Diego, and the one million record supplement to the 
UC catalog of books.2- • Portions of the system were used to produce the 
initial copies of the University of California Union List of Serials. 

The California State Library Automation Project is using this basic .file 
management system to process both monographic and serial records for the 
production of several book catalogs. These will include, principally, the 
California Union List of Periodicals, reflecting the periodical holdings of 
libraries throughout California, the California State Library List of Peri-
odicals, and the Catalog of Books in the California State Library. 

AUTOMATIC FIELD RECOGNITION (AFR) 

At the heart of the system is the program which creates MARC-like rec-
ords from unedited input data. This program, called Automatic Field 
Recognition or AFR, identifies control and variable fields and creates a 
leader and record directory for each record submitted to it. In order to ac-
complish this, when a record is submitted to the program, it .first sets aside 
areas into which data for each of the four parts can be placed. The field 



240 Journal of Library Automation Vol. 6/ 4 December 1973 

Control Numbers 
0 1 0 LC Card Number 
0 11 Linking LC Card Number 
0 1 5 National Bibliography 

Number 
0 1 6 Linking NBN 
0 2 0 Standard Book Number 
0 2 1 Linking SBN 
0 2 5 Overseas Acquisitions 

Number (PL480, 
LACAP, etc.) 

0 2 6 Linking OAN Number 
0 3 5 Local System Number 
0 3 6 Linking Local Number 
0 4 0 Cataloging Source 
0 4 1 Languages 
0 4 2 Search Code 

Knowledge Numbers 
0 50 LC Call Number 
0 5 1 Copy Statement 
0 6 0 NLM Call Number 
0 7 0 NAL Call Number 
0 71 NAL Subject Category 

Number 
0 80 UDC Number 
0 8 1 BNB Classification 

Number 
0 8 2 Dewey Decimal Classifica-

tion Number 
0 8 6 Supt. of Documents Classi-

fication 
0 9 0 Local Call Number 

Main Entry 
10 0 Personal Name 
110 Corporate Name 
111 Conference or Meeting 
13 0 Uniform Title Heading 

Supplied Titles 
2 4 0 Uniform Title 
2 4 1 Romanized Title 
2 4 2 Translated Title 

Title Paragraph 
2 4 5 Title 

2 5 0 Edition Statement 
260 Imprint 

Collation 
3 0 0 Collation 
3 5 0 Bibliographic Price 
3 6 0 Converted Price 

Series Notes 
4 0 0 Personal Name-Title 

(Traced Same) 
410 Corporate Name-Title 

(Traced Same) 
4 11 Conference-Title (Traced 

Same) 
4 4 0 Title (Traced Same) 
4 9 0 Series Untraced or Traced 

Differently 
Bibliographic Notes 

5 0 0 General Notes 
5 0 1 "Bound With" Note 
50 2 Dissertation Note 
50 3 Bibliographic History Note 
50 4 Bibliography Note 
50 5 Contents Note 

(Formatted) 
5 0 6 "Limited Use" Note 
5 2 0 Abstract or Annotation 

Subject Added Entries 
6 0 0 Personal Name 
6 1 0 Corporate N arne ( exclud-

ing political jurisdiction 
alone) 

6 11 Conference or Meeting 
6 3 0 Uniform Title Heading 

LC Subject Headings 
650 Topical 
6 51 Geographic Names 
6 52 Political Jurisdictions 

Alone or with Subject 
Subdivisions 

Other Subject Headings 
6 6 0 NLM Subject Headings 

(MESH) 
6 7 0 NAL Subject Headings 

Fig. 3. Variable Field Tags-LC-MARC II 



6 9 0 Local Subject Heading 
Systems 

Other Added Entries 
7 0 0 Personal N arne 
710 Corporate Name 
7 11 Conference or Meeting 
7 3 0 Uniform Title Heading 
7 4 0 Title Traced Differently 

Fig. 3 (continued) 

BIBCON /GIBSON 241 

7 50 Name Not Capable of 
Authorship 

Series Added Entries 
8 0 0 Personal N arne-Title 
810 Corporate Name-Title 
811 Conference or Meeting-

Title 
8 4 0 Title 

identification progresses on the basis of two signal symbols which are in-
serted between fields during input and on the basis of the order and con-
tent of the fields. When a control or variable field is identified, a standard 
MARC record directory entry is created, containing the AFR-MARC II 
field tag, the length of the field, and the starting character position of the 
field (Figure 2) . Necessary indicators and subfield delimiters are also creat-
ed and placed in their proper positions in the field's data stream, and the 
field, along with its field terminator, is placed into the area set aside for 
data fields. 

AFR-MARC II Records 

It is important to emphasize that the system produces MARC-like rec-
ords rather than full MARC records. While the basic record structure is 
exactly like that of standard Library of Congress MARC, distinctions such 
as personal versus corporate main entry are not shown by the field tagging 
and the degree of subfield delimiting is extremely restricted.5 Compare the 
list of variable field tags for AFR-MARC II (Automatic Field Recogni-
tion MARC II) records to that for LC-MARC II (Library of Congress 
MARC II) records (Figures 2 and 3). At present, AFR-MARC II provides 
detailed subfield tagging for only two fields, call number ( 090) and title 
( 245). This lack of detailed discrimination causes no problem, however, 
for output of book catalog entries. It can affect filing sequence, since ALA 
filing rules depend on such distinctions as personal versus corporate author 
to determine proper sorting. 

The decision to omit detailed subfield discrimination is a concession to 
cost. The two principal developers ( UC and CSL) decided that, for book 
catalog production, detailed subfield delimiting would be of little value 
and that the benefits of such detail (i.e., ability to sort according to LC 
filing rules) would not justify the added costs in editing, input, program-
ming, and processing which would be required to provide this detail. 

A sample of an AFR-MARC II record created by the Automatic Field 
Recognition program is shown in Figures 4 and 6. It can be contrasted with 
the LC-MARC II record for the same title (Figures 5 and 7). Both a ma-
chine-based representation (Figures 4 and 5) and a formatted output ex-
ample (Figures 6 and 7) of the record are shown. 



242 Journal of Library Automation Vol. 6;4 December 1973 

t 

$aSocial~policy--Bibl. 

10 $aUnited~Nations.~~Dept.~of~Social~Affairs. t 

~ = blank 1 = field terminator t = end of record 

rZ 
?164 
s66. 
11.5 

00001 
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organi· 

zation. Education Clearing llou.se. 
Education for community <leYclopmcnt; n selected bibliog· 

rnphy, prepared by GXESCO nnd United Xations (Division 
of Social Afl'airs. Pnris, 19541 

49 p. 28 em. (It& Educational $tudlcs and documenta. 7) 

1. ~ocial policy-Ribl. :?. Educ-ntton-BibL 
Dept.~! s(>l'

2
fal ~-\tr:a!r!t. n. Title. ( S~rlcs) 

m, J.., , J.t. 1.1. 1 s 
I.B5.U37 no.·{ 0 016.370193 
---Copy 2. 1 Z711H.S06US 

Library of Congress 151 

L United Nations. 

in, i, s 
r, l, ~&-373 

Fig. 4. Sample Library of Congress Card in APR-MARC II Format 



BIBCON /GIBSON 243 

Fig. 5. Sample Library of Congress Card in LC-MARC II Format 

Input Data 

AFR creates MARC structured records from unedited input data. To 
what does "unedited" input refer? Without a program such as AFR, each 
MARC field tag, subfield code, indicator, etc., for every MARC or MARC-
like record must be manually supplied by a human editor. With AFR the 
input keyer simply indicates that some field is beginning; it is then up to 
the AFR program to identify the field. 

AFR will accept input created by a variety of methods. The decision on 
input method is based principally on cost. Since input costs can vary widely 
as a result of various local conditions, provision has been made in the 
BIBCON system to accept data in card or tape format. Keypunch and Op-
tical Character Recognition (OCR) input are the two methods used thus 
far. A sample OCR input record appears in Figure 8. While input instruc-
tions will vary according to the input method used, the four basic keying 
requirements remain the same: 

1. Begin an input record with an identification number. 
2. Place a field separator symbol before each field (i.e., each indention 

on the catalog card). 
3. Place a different symbol (called a "location" symbol) after call num-

ber and after the library location data. 



244 Journal of Library Automation Vol. 6/4 December 1973 

ERRORS TAG1 IND 2 SUB3 DATA 

RECORD NO. 0000001 

LEADER 
DIRECTORY 

00689nam 00145 , 
008004100000090002500041099007700066100009700143245014900240 
300001800389410004500407650002500452650002100477700004600498 

008 

090 $a 
$c 

100 10 $a 

245 1 

300 

$a 
$b 
$c 

$a 

410 21 $a 

650 0 $a 

650 0 $a 

700 10 $a 

099 $a 

710324sl954 

Z 7165 S66 US 
Ref. 

00000 eng 

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural 
Organization. Education Clearing House. 

Education for community development; 
a selected bibliography, 
prepared by UNESCO and United Nations [Division of 
Social Affairs. Paris, 1954] 

49 p. 28cm. 

Its Educational studies and documents, 7 

Social policy--Bib!. 

Education--Bib!. 

United Nations. Dept. of Social Affairs. 

LB5.U37 no.7 /016.370193 /55-373 /Z7164.S66U5 
/Library of Congress$ 

1. TAG = Field tag. 2. IND = Indicator. 3. SUB = Subfield code. 

Fig. 6. AFR-MARC II PRINTSUS Output Format 

4. End each input record with an end-of-record symbol 

·! 

Variations on these four basic rules may be required because of restric-
tions of the input device used, because of variations in content or form 
of the input data, or because output specifications require nonstandard 
treatment by the programs. The task of manipulating the varying input 
into a form which is acceptable to AFR is performed by a program called 
PREAFR. 

PRE AUTOMATIC FIELD RECOGNITION (PREAFR) 

This program provides the interface between any one of the different 
input methods and the AFR program. Basically, PREAFR accepts data 
from keypunched cards, and OCR PREAFR accepts it from tape records. 
Both forms of the preprocessing program combine input data segments 
until an end-of-record symbol is reached, indicating that all the data for 
one bibliographic record have been assembled. A character by character 
search is made, and special characters and diacriticals which were input as 
special codes are translated into the values necessary for output processing. 



BIBCON /GIBSON 245 

ERRORS TAG IND SUB DATA 

RECORD NO. 

LEADER 
DIRECTORY 

001 

008 

050 0 

051 0 

082 

$a 
$b 
$a 

$a 
$b 
$c 

$a 

110 20 $a 
$b 

245 1 $a 
$b 
$c 

260 1 $a 

300 

$c 

$a 
$c 

410 21 $a 
$b 
$t 
$v 

650 0 $a 
$b 

650 0 $a 
$b 

00804nam 2200181 
001001300000008004100013050003100054051002700085082001500112 
110009700127245013500224260001800359300001800377410013600395 
650002500531650002100556710004600577 

55-373 

710324sl954 fre 

LB5 
U37 no. 7 
Z7164.S66U5 

LBS 
U37 no. 7 
Copy 2 

0164.370193 

00000 eng 

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. 
Education Clearing House. 

Education for community development; 
a sel~cted bibliography, 
prepared by UNESCO and United Nations [Division of 
Social Affairs. 

Paris, 
1954] 

49 p. 
28 em. 

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. 
Education Clearing House. 
Educational studies and documents, 
7 

Social policy 
Bibl. 

Education 
Bibl. 

710 20 $a United Nations. 
$b Dept. of Social Affairs. 

Fig. 7. LC-MARC II PRINTSUS Output Format 

In addition the program can perform several editing and checking func,.. 
tions. These functions are optional and are dependent upon the input 
equipment and upon the wishes of the user. Options such as deletion of 
data on the basis of special input symbols, checking to determine that the 
record control number is valid, and production of a file of control num-
bers for records in which data could not be interpreted by the input device 
are standard. 

Because this program provides the interface between different, nonstan-
dard input methods and one standard record formatting program, it is 
very user-dependent. The basic logic will remain the same, but individual 
options will have to be added or subtracted by each separate user. 



246 Journal of Library Automation Vol. 6/4 December 1973 

0000001 R=Z 7164 =Sbb =US Y=REFY=UNITED =NATIONS =EDUCATIONAL, =S 

CIENTIFIC AND =CULTURAL =ORGANIZATION. =EDUCATION =CLEARING =HO 

USE./=EDUCATION FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; A SELECTED BIBLIOGRAP 

HY, PREPARED BY =U=N=E=S=C=O AND =UNITED =NATIONS {{=DIVISION 0 

F =SOCIAL =AFFAIRS· =PARIS, 1954}}/49 p. 28 CM· {=ITS =EDUCAT 

IONAL SIIITUDIES AND DOCUMENTS, 7}/1. =SOCIAL POLICY--=BIBL· 2. =E 

DUCATION--=BIBL· =I. =UNITED =NATIONS. =DEPT. Of =SOCIAL =AFFA 

IRS· =I=I· =TITLE· {=SERIES}/=L=BS.=U37 NO. 7/016-370193/55-

373/=Z71b4·=~bb=U5/=LIBRARY Of =CONGRESS$+ 
NOTE: Data are from the catalog card shown in Figure 5. 

Fig. 8. Sample OCR Input 

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Fig. 9. PREAFR Output Data-Printed From Tape Record 

PREAFR produces a file of variable length, machine-readable records 
(Figure 9) which are passed to AFR for formatting into a MARC struc-
ture with limited MARC II tagging as described in the section on AFR. 

RECORD PROOFING AND CORRECTING 
PRINTS US 

PRINTSUS is an output program which provides formatted AFR-
MARC II records, showing field tag, subfield delimiters, indicators, etc. 
This printout is designed for proofing of the MARC records created by 
AFR. Samples of this type output appear in Figures 6 and 7. 



BIBCON /GIBSON 247 

FIX 

By processing data according to "FIX commands" this program corrects 
records in MARC format, operating as a context editor. Corrections can 
be made to content or structure. Entire records can be deleted and new 
records can be created using FIX "correction" statements. When any 
change is made, FIX automatically updates the record's leader and direc-
tory to reflect the record as changed. 

There are two input files: bibliographic records, in MARC format, and 
the FIX correction data. The input records file must be in MARC format 
and must be in the same order (by record I.D. numbers) as the FIX correc-
tion data file in order to successfully update the records. 

The FIX program method of making corrections is based on the FIX ex-
pression, which can be considered as a "language," with rules of grammar 
governing the structure of expressions (sentences), the order of elements 
within the expressions and the possible contents of each element (see Fig-
ure 10). 

Output Processor 

The output processor consists of three programs and an IBM utility sort 
program. These general-purpose programs, which are designed to create 
book catalog page output, allow a variety of options for sorting as well as 
formatting. 

SORT KEY EDIT ( SKED) 

This program performs two major functions (Figure 11) as follows: 
(a) from a single MARC record it creates a record for each point of ac-
cess to that record as specified by the program user; and (b) it establishes 
a 256 character sort key at the head of each record extracted. The file is 
then passed to an IBM sort package for sequencing. 

Record Extraction 

SKED does not actually extract data from the original MARC record. 
Instead, it replicates the full record for each access point specified. It is 
left to the BIBLIST program to extract the required data from these rec-
ords. Thus, if a particular bibliographic record should have five access 
points (one for main entry, one for title, two for subjects, and one for 
some other added entry), SKED would output five full MARC records. Es-
sentially the only differences in the output SKED records would be in the 
data found in the sort keys prefixed to each record. The record for main 
entry access would contain main entry data as its first element; the title en-
try access record would contain title data first, etc. 

Sort Key Creation 

Data for the sort key are selected on the basis of user-specified tables. 



RF.CORD 0200380 . 

01 FIX RIPR1'SS!ON 3 1 s 1 1)50 1 I 

J~PUT l£2 a 1. Loans, Parsonal - S~n Francisco. 

OOT !'Ul' l.'liJ 1 · a 1 . Loans, Parson u - s an !' nncLsco. 

02 PIX !IPR~SSION 2 1 ' c' d 
FIX COMMANDS IN THIS SAMPLE 

I~PUT 2~'; 0 a San Prancisc:). v. c2~CI. 
ttSSnlN 

OUTPUT 245 0 a san F'~ancisco. v.24c!ll. 
01 

03 FIX EXPRPSSION 2 1 1 v.24cll. 1 i 1 300 1 I 02 

1 NP U:I' l ll S ,, " ~-~'Pr.~::rn·r. r#ic-o~·-v·;ncm. v~ 
OUTPUT 300 a v. 24cm. 04 

245 0 a se:n l'rancisco. 
OS 

04 FII ~IPRESSJON 2 1 I i!l I cd 1 1 'Report.• 

INPUT 245 0 a san 17ranci:;c:>. -
100 10 a san Francisco Reme~ial Loan Association. 

OUTPUT 245 n a Reoort.san Francisco. 

100 10 a S<~.n Francisco Remedial Loan Association. 

u::>7IX :O.:XYR~ SSTOH-------z-1-Tport.-~-C .., -. 

HPU'! 

O!JTPfl'!' 

245 0 

245 0 

a 

a 

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Report.._fan Francisco. 

Fig. 10. Sample FIX Data, Illustrating FIX Operations 

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GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF SKED SUBSYSTEM 

FUNCTIONS OF PRINCIPAL TABLES 

ORIGINAL MARC REC. BROAD PROGRAM FUNCTIONS F!ELDTABLE 

1. EXPLOSION OF RECORD. User indicates the fields to be extracted 
Leader Directory Cant'! Var. Field table is used to determine and their heirarchy. 

Fields Data number of "Skcd Records" to make. 
Stream For each field selected, the next table is 

2. EXTRACTION OF DATA; SORT consulted by the program. 
KEY BUILD 
For each Sked record to be made, I 
the program cascades through the 
three tables as is required, in order FIELD CONTROL TABLE 
to properly extract the data from 
the MARC record to build sort keys. For each field selected by the field table, 

the control table provides a pointer to the 
256 byte sort key is created. matching subfield control entry in the next 

3. CREATION OF SKED RECORDS . 1-..;':;:ab~le=( see=be==-lo=::w~).;_. -:--:---------1 
Original MARC record is rep1icated "SUPERBLANK": Indicates the number · of 
and unique sort key is affixed to blanks to be placed at the beginning and 
the front end. end of each field. 

~....;..;..._....;..;..._-,rl~---j 

SUBFIELD CONT'L TABLE 

SEQUENCING: For each field selected, 
indicates the sequence for subflelds to be 
placed in sort key. 

BLANKS: Indicates if blanks are to be 
placed at the end of each sub6eld (for 

SKED ~--~so~rt~in~g~p~u~~~se~s~)~·------------------~ 
RECOtJRS I I INITIAL ARTICLES: Indicates if Initial 

EXAMPL E nrticles should be dropped in each subfield. 

Conditions Require 3 MISCELLANEOUS EDITING: All upper 
SKED Records ca:<>e ; remove blanks; drop punctuation; etc. 

-----------.---_;;C;.;:O;.;.P;.;.Y_O;;,;F;._., + COPY OF COPY OF 
- SORT KEY NUMBER 1 - MARC DATA - SORT KEY NUMBER 2 -MARC DATA SORT KEY NUMBER 3 - MARC DATA 

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The user is allowed almost unlimited freedom in determining what fields 
are placed in this sort key and the order of their placement. 

Field and subfield selection and sequencing are performed on the basis 
of information contained in the three basic tables set up by the user. The 
program contains both table-driven and automatic editing routines. The 
three principal tables are called: (a) FIELDTABLE ( FLDTABLE); (b) 
FIELD CONTROL TABLE (FLDCNTL); and (c) SUBFIELD CON-
TROL TABLE. A portion of one SKED table appears in Figure 12. 

When the data are placed into the sort key, various editing functions are 
performed; some are required and others are performed only at the user's 
request. This editing includes translation of all alphabetics to upper case 
so that they will all have the same sort value, deletion of initial articles in 
several languages, and insertion of blanks in certain locations in order to 
provide for a proper sort. 

Another option allows the user to specially prepare the data to be placed 
in the sort key. Thus, if the title of a book, for example, contained nu-
meric data or abbreviations, this option would allow the user to prepare 
data in a specified field by translating the numerics or abbreviations to 
their alphabetic equivalents so that the title would sort according to stan-
dard library filing rules. This specially prepared field would then be placed 
in the sort key for title added entry, instead of the actual title as found 
in the title field. 

BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORDS LISTING ( BIBLIST) 

BIBLIST is the program which formats individual entries for output. 
BIBLIST, like SKED, is a table driven program, and on the basis of user-
specified options it extracts the fields needed for each type of book catalog 
entry. The program adds necessary spaces, numerals, words, phrases, and 
symbols as requested. The column width is specified by the user, and 
BIBLIST formats the entries according to this specification. The data 
stream is broken only at a blank, so no words are split between lines. A list 
and a description of some of the standard BIBLIST options are included 
in Figure 13. 

BIBLIST creates a file of records, which are also, incidentally, MARC 
structured and which contain all of the instructions necessary for the final 
program ( PAGEFORM) to array full pages of the book catalog. 

PAGE FORMATTING (PAGEFORM) 

P AGEFORM relies on user specified options in table format to estab-
lish: the number of columns per catalog page; the length of these col-
umns; the width of the left, right, top, and bottom margins; and the width 
of the gutters between columns. PAGEFORM numbers the pages at center 
bottom, establishes entry headings, and combines two or more entries un-
der identical headings. 

Finally, if the user wishes, P AGEFORM provides that individual entries 



Output Options Currently Provided by BIBLIST 
----------------------------------- ----------------------------

FUNCTION OPTIONS AVAILABLE WITH ONE SET OF BIBTABLES 

l. Re(:ords Any number of records, in a sequence, from any portion of the input 
Processed file may be specified for processing. 

2. Column Width From 1 to 132 characters. 

3. Output Provision is made for specification of 100 different character sets. Each 
Character Set set must be specified by the user. The IBM TN print train set and the 

standard all upper case set are currently specified by CSL. (The TN 
train contains loll'er case and more special characters than the standard 
set.) 

4. Print Diacriticals may be printed or suppressed. 
Diacriticals (Not implemented as of 4/1172.) 

5. Print BIBLIST The file of entries created by BIBLIST may be printed in list form 
Records before the file is passed to PAGEFORM. 

6. Catalog Entries 
Selected 

7. Selection of 
Succeeding 
Fields in an 
Entry 

Any MARC field may be selected as the first (or h eading ) field in a 
catalog entry. 

Any MARC field may be selected to follow the .first field in a catalog 
entry. These succeeding fields may appear in any sequence, regardless 
of their order in the AFR-MARC record. 

8. Bold Face Type Bold face type may be specified for heading field print lines. 

!:J. Mis$ing Field When a field which has been specified by the user is mJSsmg from a 
record, the record may be r ejected and processing continued with the 
next record; or from 1 to 255 Field Format Table entries may be skipped, 
with processing of the record continuing from the next entry. 

Fig. 13. Sample List of BIB LIST Options 

PROVIDED BY DOCUMENTED IN 

File Control Card BIB LIST 
APPENDIX II 

Program BIBLIST 
Parameter Card, APPENDIX III 
Columns 13-15 

Program BIB LIST 
Parameter Card, APPENDIX III 
Columns 17-18 

Program BIBLIST 
Parameter Card, APPENDIX III 
Column 20 

Program BIB LIST 
Parameter Card, APPENDIX III 
Column 22 

Field Format BIBLIST 
Table, Bytes 0-9 APPENDIX IV 

Field Format BIB LIST 
Table, Bytes 0-9 APPENDIX IV 

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BIBCON / GIBSON 253 

are not split between columns or pages and for the repetition of entry 
headings on succeeding columns or pages. 

The various users of the BIBCON software have produced both print 
.files for- line printer and driver tapes for photocomposition of book cata-
logs. 

Book Catalog Samples 

Figures 14 and 15 show samples of catalogs produced with the BIBCON 
system. 6• 7 For these catalogs the page masters were formatted by BIBCON 
and printed on a line printer. These page masters were then photo-reduced 
and the resultant paper masters were duplicated by usual offset methods. 

Processing Costs 

OCR Keying: 
400 character record@ 3,000 strokesj hr 

8-10 min/record @ $.06/min= $ .48 
OCR Scanning: 

15 records/min @ $.45/min = $ .03 
Program Processing: 

All programs: Est. 5 sec @ $.10j sec = $ .50 
TOTAL $1.01/output record 

More detailed costs will be prepared by the California State Library and 
will be reported as they are available. 

Evaluation 

The BIBCON system accepts unedited data, formats it into a MARC-
like record, and produces book catalog output with a variety of options. 
The system is particularly useful for "listing" projects that require a range 
of output products and formats. 

The advantages and disadvantages are summarized as follows: 

Advantages: 

1. Tagged Input Unnecessary: 
Because of the formatting and tagging abilities of the Automatic 
Field Recognition program, BIBCON can produce MARC records 
from input which has not been manually supplied with any of the 
MARC field tags. 

2. Versatility: 
The output processing programs provide for a wide variety of output 
formats. With the addition of programs to produce files for photo-
composition, the output options will be even more varied. 

3. National Standard: 
BIBCON produces and processes records in the Library of Congress 
MARC format which has been established as the international stan-
dard for computer-based bibliographic records. 



254 Journal of Library AutoTTUJtion Vol. 6/4 December 1973 

DIPP!-DIGIT SUBJECT S!C1'IOI DIPPE-DIGIT 

DII'FEREIITIAL EOOJTtOIS, PARTIAL .. 
Gilbert, Robert P .. , 1932-

Punetion theoretic ••Ut.ods in partial differential 
equations by Robert P. Gilbert.. Hew York, Acade•ic 
Press, 1969 .. :niii, 311 p. illus.. 211 c•• 
(ftatbeaatics in scierace and engineering, •· Sit) 
Includ4!s biblioqraphical references. 
OA 377 GS Gen 

Ror11ander, Lars. 
Linear partial differeatial operators. 3c! reY. 
printinCJ. Berlin, Heidelberg, lie,. York, Sprirager, 
1969. vii, 295 p. 24 ca.. (Die Grundlebren der 
•atheu.tiscben llissenschaften in 
Eiazeldarstellunqen, Bd. 116) .Biblioqraphy: p. 
I 280 J-285. 
Ql 377 858 1969 Gen 

Petrowski!, Ivan Georqiewich 
Lectures on partial differential equations. 
'!ranslated fro• the Bussiao by &. Sbenitzer .. [1st 
English ed.] tlew fort.,. Interscience { 19511] z,. 241) 
p. illos. 24 ca. Tran s lation of I.ektsii ob 
ura•eniiakb s chastnyai proh:vodnyai. 
Ql )71 P4ll Gen 

DIPF!BENTIAL !QUlTIOJS, PlBTIAL-NU!tEli:ICAL SOLOTIOIS. 
walz,. Alfred,. 1907-

Bounda.ry layers of flow and te11perature. !d!ited and 
translated fro• the Geraan by Hans Joerg oser. 
Caabridge,. ftass.,. ft.I.T. Press [ 1969] z1',. 297 p. 
illus. 211 ca. Translation of stroaangs - a.nd 
Teaperaturgrenzscbicbten. Includes bibliographical 
references. 
Ql 913 W341J Gea. 

DIPPEB!IITilL OP!RITOBS. 
Horaander,. tars. 

Linear partial differeDtial operators. Jd ret'. 
printiog. Bel:lin, Heidelberg,. Jew 1ork,. springer,. 
1969. 'l'ii,. 285 p. 24 c11. (Die Grundlebren der 
aatbeaatiscbeo Wissenschaften in 
Eiozeldarstelluogen,. Bd. 116) .Bibliography: p. 
1 280 J- 285. 
Ql 377 USB 1969 Gen 

DIPFli:ICTIOI GBITIIGS. 
DII1'1S,. Sdaner P. 

Ditfractioa grating spectz:ographs [bJ] Suaaer P. 
Da•is. Me" York,. Holt,. Rineba.rt, and iilinstoa 
{ 1970] Tiii, 73 p.. ill as. 211 ca. Biblio9rapkr: 
p. 51-69. 
QC 1115 DJB Gen 

DIFPUSIOR. 
Prank-kaaenetskii, Da't'id &l•berto'ticb. 

Diffusion and beat transfer in cbeaical Jtiaetics 
{ bf] DaYid & .. Frank-Kaaenetskii. 2d enl. and reT. 
ed. Translation editor : JolLa P. &ppletoa. lew 
lork,. Plenua Press, 1969. z:ni,. 57' p. illus. 20 
c•.. First ed. published in 1955 under title: 
Diffusion and beat ezcbaage in cbe•ical 
kinetics.1'r.aaslatiou of tz:oaaaiz.ed: Diffgz.zia i 
t.eplopere4acba • k .. iaicbeskoi kiatike) Includes 
biblipgrapbies. 
QD S•J P6'11l 1969 \ian 

DIGITlt CO!IPD'r!R SiftOLl'I'IOI. 
labura Dni't'ersity. 

Siaulation of a productioD coatrol aystea. Detroit,. 
ftaaa9eaeat lnforaati.on SerYices ( 19701] '1'1, 261 p. 
illds. 28 ea. •tnfor11ation processing: tbe first. 
annual report on Project 'IHEftiS Besearc11 at &u..bara 
Unit'ersity.•llibliograpby: p. 2111-2•2. 
TS 157 &92 . Gea 

Chellical plant siaolation; an in.tro4a.ctioD to 
coaputeraided,. steady-state process analJsia, [by) 
C. ft .. Crowe (and others] Inglewood Cliffs. 1 • .J., 
Prentice-Mall [ 1971) a:i'l',. 368 p .. illds. 2" c•• 
BibliograpbJ: p. 343-354. 
TP 155 Cfl23 1971 Gen 

426 

DIGITAL COPIPDT!I SlliDL.&TIDIII. 
Chu,. taohan, 192G-

Diqi ta 1 siaalatioa of coot.iaaoas systeas ( bJ'] 
Jaoball Cba, with the collabor'ation of rnderick J. 
Saasoa and Barry ! .. Petersen. lev fork,. IJcGraw-
Rill [ 1969] x•ii, 423 p. illus. 23 ca.. tacludes 
bibliographies. 
Ql 76.5 C't9 Gen 

Gordon, Geoffrer. 
Systea siaulatioa .. Ea9l•wood Cliffs, I.J.,. 
Prentice-Hall [ 19691 1Ti,. 101 p. illas. 25 ca. 
(PreDtice-Ball series ia autoaatic c:oapuhtion) 
Includes bibliographies. 
QA 76 .. 5 G.63 Gen 

Rarba1.1gh, John llar'lelle,. 1926-
Coaputer siaulation in geology# by Joha 11. Harbaugh 
and Graeae Bonha~a-carter. le• !oct, llilef-
Interscieuce [ 1970] d• .. 575 f• ill us. 23 c11. 
Includes bibliol}rapbies. 
QE 118 .. 8 HJ7 Gen 

Plize,. Joe R. 
PROSIPI V adainistrator•s aantJal: productioa systea 
siaalator, {by] JOe H. Plize,. •ith Brace E .. Herring 
[and others] Englewood Cliffs, lev .Jersey, 
Prentice- .Hall [ 1971] 225p. 26 ca. 
TS 155.8 K59 Geu 

Pritster, 1. &lan 8. 1913-
Siaulation with GASP n: a POR'Mil!l bases siaulation 
langa.aqe,. (by] A. Alan B. Prits·ter (and) Philip .J .. 
Ki1'iat. !!oglewood Cliffs,. ». J .. , Preatiee-R.sll 
{ 1969] xii, JJ2 p.. ill us. 26 ca. (Prentice-Rall 
series in autoaatic coapatatioa) Bibliography: p. 
320-3211. 
Ql 16.5 P1l GeD 

Schaidt,. Josep.b llilliaa. 
Siaalation and aoalJsis of industrial systeas,. by 
J. 1. Scbaidt . aud I. E. 'l'aJlor. Hoaevood., Ill., R. 
D. Irwin,. 1910. dii,. 6•Q p. ilhs. 24 ca .. 
(Irwin series in quan.titati•e analysis for 

Q ca.) Includes bibliographies. 
T 57.62 Sl . Gen 

Siegel,. Arthur I. 
Baa-aacbine siaulat.ioa aodels: psychosocial and 
pertor•aace iateraetioa, [by) l~rthur I. Siegel and 
J .. Jar lolf. lew York,. lilE!J-IDterscience { 1969] 
xif',. 177 p. illas. 23 c•. (liler series ia bona 
factors) Biblioqraphy: p. U5-Tif6. 
'l'l .161 553 Gen 

lyaao.,. rorrest. Paul .. 
SiaulatioD ao.delbg: a guide to using SISSCRIPT.,. 
l_ev .tort,. lileJ (t970] Z1'i,. 211 p. illas. 211 ca. 
(The Vi ley se.ries in aanage•ent aDd adainistra tion) 
Ql 76. ~ 19¥ Ge11 

DIGITAL COOli'TEIS. 
J.aDcaster,. Doaal4 1. 

ITL .cookboot. bJ' Doaald z. LaDCaster. 
IDdianapolis, a. 1. Sa•s ( 1969] 200p ·. illas. 22 
co. 
Tk 7872 C7 Ll Gea 

Plalasta4t, uowar4 Y .. , .1922-
Digital electronics for scientists [ bJ') R. V. 
Plalastadt a ad c. G. lake .. Jew York, a. &. leajaain,. 
1969. -..:'t'iii,. .5115 p. illus. 2• c.. 
TK 7872 C7 Ill Gen 

l!orria:,. Joel llalcola. 
Logic circaits [bf] w. 11. fiOrris. toadoa,. Wev York, 
llcGraw-Hill ( c1969} x, 189 p. ill••· 2• c•. 
fluropeaa electrical and electronic eagiaeeriag 
series) Bibliography; p .. 182. 
Tk 7868 S9 .1!16 Gea 

biGITAL BLICTIDIICS. 
Corbin,. Alfred. 

Coaputer data b&adliag circaits. Iadianapolis, H. 
1. saas [ 1'11.] 116p. ill as. 22 ca. 
U 7868 D5 C6 &ell 

Fig. 14. Sample BIBCON Output; CSL Science and Technology Catalog 

4. System Is Operational: 
The BIBCON system has been installed and is operational at the 
University of California and in Sacramento for the California State 
Library. It has already been used to produce catalogs of all sorts, from 
small, topical catalogs to large union lists of monographs and of se-



BIB CON /GIBSON 255 

IBOC:li-ClLIPO AUTHOI/TJ:TL! S!t'I'IOI atocn-cutn 

&!IOGA!f, P!GCt, 1916-
--Helping c:hildreD read [bF] Peq9r Bro,aa. And tore.ae 

I. Fox .. ( Jev York) I:Jolt, liaeba.rt AD4 Via.stOft 
( 1961) llOp. illus. 22 c:a. 
1 .. Reading l!l4i'llfflltarr) 
La 1S1J 871 Gel'l 

Brott•aa, ltarYin 1., ed. 
See under: Language re11ediatioD. for tbe •Usa4waatage4 

pr~&ehool child.E4ited. 
LC .. Ott5 Ll Gea 

0~0111, I!LUNOR flllMCES, 1908-
--Litlrary l'lerYice to the c1isadYaat&9e4• ftetuc:h~D, 

II.J'., Sca.recrov Press, 1971 .. x, 560 P• illus. 22 
ell., Biblio')taphy: p. SJ2-518. 
1. Librades and the budicapped. 
1 711 .. 92 ttJ B1 Gea 

Bnaner, Jttroae seyao11r. 
Soe uol1er: F.:ducatioa of the infant aDd youni!J child .• 

LB 1140 £27 G~D 

BUP.GER, HEMRY C .. , 192)-
--•EthDC'I-pedaqogy•:a aaaual in eult111ral sensitiYity, 

with t P.Chniques for iaproYinc; erosa-cu.ltural 
teotcbing by fitting ethnic patterns. 24 ed. 
Albuqu~rque, ll.rs., SouthvesterD Cooperatiwe 
tducational Laboratory, 1968. :r.vii, 191 p.. illas. 
28 c~a. Biblioqraphr: p .. [ 167 ]-1t~l. 
1 .. socially handicapped childrea.--Edacatioa. 
2. Edacational antbropoloqy. 
LC Cl091 88 Cen 

8UU£T!' • DOJOTHf It IlK., 
--rour pr4tschool child: aakia9 the •ost of the yeoars 

troa two to sewen. forevord bJ f:athar-ia"' Whiteside 
Totylor. Jipw York. Holt. !inebal."t aad ViD$tOft 
( 1961) 272p .. illus. 22 c•. Iaclod.es 
bibUugravhy. 
1 .. CLi ldrl"n-JiaDage••at. 
HQ 7b9 &79S GttD 

Burns, Paul clay, 192)- eoap. 
--Ro•edial r~ading; an aatboloqJ of so11rces. See 

IIID4er: Schell, Leo ft. coa.p .. 
LB 10SO. S 528 Gea 

BtJTTF. CO .. , CALIF. OP'PICE OP Til! SUPE'ItlJTElfDE!f'l' OP 
SCH:>OLS. 
--IHni-Corps•en. (Chico, 196q] 50p. illas. 

Sponsored bJ the California Dept. of Education, 
Dhision of Co11peasatory Education, Bureau of 
CoU•uDity SerYices aDd. :Hgra.nt Educat.ion, Peb.-A'119· 
1968. 
1 .. children of aign.nt laborers--Educatioa. 
2~ Teachers--Butte co., Calif. 1. F.lecurntaty and 
secondu:y educatioa act. If. Educatioa--California.-
-Buite co. 5>. social17 baDdicapped c:.taildrea--
Educa.tion. 
c:GPS GPS 

CI.I.IPORirlll. &D'US081 COI!ftiSSio• 01 VOftElC~ 
--Day careo .. Tnnscrip.t of the ..,ublic hearlnq held 

joJntly with senate aad Asse•blt social Melfec~ 
coaa ittces. san rrancisco, October 11, 18, 19h~. 
22dp .. 
1. D-ty nurseries .. 
ll@b!t D) GPS 

CALIPOR:tU. ADYISOitf COrllSITTEE 01 COftP!MSATORf 
EDUClTIOII., 
-.:..Reconeadations for Pxpansion by the California 

State Legislature of the state Cospctn1iatarr 
Education ptograll base" on tho rtcAt@~r act. 
[ 196~?) 46p. Paul r. J,avtence. chau:•.._n. 
1. CaUCornia. Advisory couitt.ee 'ln co•pt!~satorr 
Education. 2. t't[ceptional children--Uuc:at1on. 
l .. Socially handicApped childreD--Educahon. 
C170 Rl CPS 

CALIPORIIU. BUREATJ 0, ET.E~EMURI f.DUCA1'101. 
--CJilifot'nia proql."a.ll for tbe ear" of children of 

\forkinq po\rcnts. S<~cra~ento, Califocnia state Dept. 
of e;tucation ( tqu] 1 h, 12'S pa incl. lllusa (plaas) 
tllbles. for11s. 21 c•. (CaliforniAa Dept. of 
education. Bulletin of tlle California state 
DP.['artaent nt education, wol. Ill • no.6l .. Prepare4 
by the Diwision of ele11entary el\ucation.•--
rorevord .. Rihlioqraph:!': p. 79-101. 
1 .. DctJ nur~e~:im;. 2. childr•n--Cbarities. 
protll!'ction, etc.--Cctlifornia.. J. World vat, 19)9--
Childu·n. 
1200 88 '1. 12 ao.,6 CPS 

'rh~ California children's centers and preschool 
educatioDal proq~ss. 

See under: Califoroh .. Legislati•• laalyst .. 
L42'l C41 GPS 

C&LIPORifU. CO!'!rsiSStOlf POR SPF.CUL EOtJCAtiOJ,. 
--The education of pbysicdJ., handic .. pc~ children. 

Prepare~ by the C0211ir.~ion for:- spP.Cii\1 P.dllCiltioD of 
thP. CaliforD.ia state Oepat't:.ent of ll!'dueation. 
Saer&aento. Calitot'nia state Dopt. ot elluc:ttioa 
(19111] wiii, 121, (1] p .. 2 .1 ca. (California. 
Dept. of education. nullnti~ of the Callf:>rnia 
state Oepa~:ti!IPnt of education, •oL x. no.12) lt 
h"ad of title: ••• Oecpallel', 19111.Coataias 
biblioqrapbies. 
1. Oefecti't'e and deliaqu.,nt claases--P.~IIColt:ioa. 
2 .. Cbildrea, lbnol'•al and bacltvard. l. Edue"tl01l 
and childten. "· !docl!ltion--Califoraia. 
£200 88 '1.,10 D0.1Z GPS 

ClLIPO!UUl. COD!DUlTllfC COnNCIL POR HICII!II 
EDUCATIOM. 
--California biqbet educ;stion IID4 the dis:a!!Yantaged: 

a status report. n6a. 67p. on cou~r: lh1•ber 
10J2. 
1. Education .. lligbt>t. 2. nnlu~r!litiP.s and 
colleges--California. 1. student aid--california. 
If. socially handicapped childrP.n--!ducatioa. 
El'JO 06 GP5 

--Co1lifornh hiqher Adacatlon and the disadvantaC)e4; 
a status rP.port 68-2 for prosentation to the 
Council, Pehruary 1CJ, 1968. 86p. 1 
[ Pablie .. tion] 68-2) 
1. EduciltioD. lliqher. 2. Schohrships--califotnia. 
l. Students--Califot"nh. 4 .. Stud<-nt aid--
Califot'nia. 'l. Socidly handicApped children--
Califol'nia. to .. llniversities and c:olleqes--
California. 1. "P.r~onnPl s~rwice in P.ducatlon--
California. R. Uniwcr s itie:o; and colleqes--
Ca li fornia--r.n tra nc" rtoq ui rfl'•en ts. 
J"1lf0 llh GP!l 

--nse- of cxc,..pt ion!; to ad .. i:lRion!'; s t"'rtdar-ls for 
a.:il!li:;sion t"t .!iS·l•h.1nt.,'l ~d !';tU:1Pnt,,: !l nivPrRity of 
Calitorni<t ·lnd C"li! ;ania !Hi\tP. rnlli..•IJ .. R• 1q611., 
7p. 
1. DniversitiPs .. nd collt>rJP.S--F.ntraneP. 
rr.quireaP.nts. 2. Univ~rr.itics anr1 cotlr.ttea .. -
California. l .. CollpP.ns.ltory ~r1ucation. 
F.19D Al GPS 

Fig. 15. Sample BIBCON Output: CSL Education Catalog 

rials. Additionally, portions of the software have been transferred 
successfully to the Hennepin County Library, Minnesota. 

Disadvantages: 

1. Personnel Dependency: 
BAL: The system is written in Basic Assembler Language, thus neces-

sitating the services of an experienced programmer. 
MARC: Because the system operates upon MARC structured record 

format, the average programmer may well have a difficult time 
in dealing with the added complexities introduced by this aspect. 



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OPTIONS: The wide range of options provided by the system neces-
sitates highly complex programs which may be difficult for the 
average programmer to grasp readily. 

2. Equipment Dependency: 
IBM: Because the programs are written in IBM Basic Assembler Lan-

guage, the system is presently usable on IBM equipment only. 

Conclusion 

The BIBCON-360 .system is a versatile and inexpensive method for pro-
ducing book catalogs, when a wide range of format options are i·equired 
and when the catalogs must contain bibliographic information with more 
than one entry or access point per bibliographic record. If a simple, main 
entry catalog is needed, microfilm reproduction of the catalog cards may 
still be much cheaper. 

BIBCON-360 is most useful for producing large scale catalogs (e.g., un-
ion catalogs) to be distributed widely to assist in the effort to provide the 
widest possible dissemination of library information at the least possible 
cost. 

REFERENCES 

I. California. State Library, Sacramento. Automation Project, A Users' Manual for 
BIBCON 360; A File Manngement System for Bibliographic Records Control 
{Sacramento: California State Library, 1972), 274p. (This manual, produced in 
limited quantities, is now available only on interlibrary loan.) 

2. University of California, Santa Cruz, Author-Title Catalog of the University Library 
(Santa Cruz: University of California, 1970), 32 v. 

3. University of California, San Diego, Autlwr-Title Catalog; Subject Catalog (San 
Diego : San Diego Medical Society-University Library, 1969), 350p. 

4. California. University. Institute of Library Research, University of California Union 
Catalog of Mortograplu; Cataloged by the Nine Campuses From 1963 Through 1967; 
A Supplement to the Catalogs of the University Libraries at Berkeley and Los 
Angeles Published in 1963 (Berkeley: University of California, 1972), 47 v. 

5. U.S. Library of Congress. Informatilm Systems Office, MARC Manuals Used by the 
Library of Congress (Chicago: ALA, 1970), p.42. 

6. California. State Library, Sacramento, Recent Works in the California State Library 
in Science and Technology (Sacramento: California State Library, 1972) , p.426. 

7. California. State Library, Sacramento, Special Education Problems; A Catalcg of 
Materials in the California State Library (Unpublished). (This topical catalog was 
output only to test refinements to the BIBCON-360 programs. It was not published, 
but the sample pages produced illustrate furth er refinements in formatting and 
sorting routines.)