The Institute of Public Administration's Document Center: From Paper to Electronic Records--A Full Image Government Documents Database.

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Title: The Institute of Public Administration's Document Center: From Paper to Electronic Records--A Full Image Government Documents Database.
Language: English
Authors: Al-Zahrani, Rashed S.
Availability: For full text: http://www.ifla.org.
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 7
Publication Date: 2001
Document Type: Reports - Descriptive
Speeches/Meeting Papers
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Government Libraries, Government Publications, Information Retrieval, Information Systems, Library Collections, Library Role, Library Services, Systems Development, Users (Information)
Geographic Terms: Saudi Arabia
Abstract: Since its establishment in 1960, the Institute of Public Administration (IPA) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia has had responsibility for documenting Saudi administrative literature, the official publications of Saudi Arabia, and the literature of regional and international organizations through establishment of the Document Center in 1961. This paper presents the experience of the IPA in the documentation of administrative information. Highlights include: the objectives of the Document Center; users of the center; administrative sections; the collection; and stages of information technology developments, including features of the Nomo and Nomo II information retrieval system. (MES)
Entry Date: 2002
Accession Number: ED459779
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:Since its establishment in 1960, the Institute of Public Administration (IPA) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia has had responsibility for documenting Saudi administrative literature, the official publications of Saudi Arabia, and the literature of regional and international organizations through establishment of the Document Center in 1961. This paper presents the experience of the IPA in the documentation of administrative information. Highlights include: the objectives of the Document Center; users of the center; administrative sections; the collection; and stages of information technology developments, including features of the Nomo and Nomo II information retrieval system. (MES)