MARC II based Mechanised Cataloguing and Ordering System offered as a Package by AWRE

Abstract

In his paper to the Aslib conference on Cooperation in Cataloguing David Batty mentions the development of two systems to enable a library to exploit the MARC II format for bibliographic data, including of course the BNB and Library of Congress literature tapes. These systems were (a) at the Fondren Library, Rice University, Texas, and (b) the AMCOS (Aldermaston Mechanised Cataloguing and Ordering System at AWRE which will commence full operational tests in March 1970.

AMCOS Project Stage 2 A Computer Aided Integrated System Using BNB MARC Literature Tapes

“…It gives a brief history of the project, and a more comprehensive idea of the current state of development. Earlier descriptions of AMCOS and its philosophy are given in papers by Ayres and German (4) (5) (6) (13). AMCOS Stage 1 was designed to form the first link in the progressive development of a fully mechanised system for the storage and processing of bibliographical records.…”