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5783	Anable, Richard	The Ad Hoc Discussion Group on Serials Data Bases: Its History, Current Position, and Future	1973-12-01	8	.pdf	application/pdf	3126	199	55	The Ad Hoc Discussion Group on Serials Data Bases was formed as a result of an informal meeting held during the American Library Association's Conference in Las Vegas on June 26, 1973. The Association of Research Libraries was conducting a study of the existing serials data bases held by their member institutions, but was not currently addressing the overall problem, particularly with regard to the 1. To establish a mechanism for creating a set of "agreed-upon practices for converting and communicating machine-readable serials data." 2. To establish a mechanism for cooperatively converting a comprehensive retrospective bibliographic data base of serials. 3. The investigation of future means of cooperative or coordinated serials record conversion of retrospective titles. It is the primary objective of the Cooperative Conversion Project to establish a relatively comprehensive bibliographic data base of serials titles 3. To establish a mechanism for the cooperative conversion of a comprehensive serials data base.	./cache/5783.pdf	./txt/5783.txt