Knowledge Bank

The utilization of online systems has necessitated many changes in technical services including the following: 1. Increased cooperation among libraries is obvious; 2. Card catalogs have been closed or frozen; 3. The focus of cataloging has changed from manual to online access with the publication of AACR2; 4. There is a growing realization of the importance of authority control; 5. The automation of serials is in the beginning stages; and, 6. Libraries are exploring implications for user services.