SERIAL CONTROL IN A DEVELOPED MACHINE SYSTEM

The authors argue that the developed machine systems of the future will not be based on our present linear machine records, but will operate upon a complex network of simple records. Such a network will have special application to the problems relating to the control of bibliographic information on serials. The problems of chronological and hierarchical linkage of serials are analyzed and related to the proposed new system. The proposed system will also provide beneficial effects for serials check-in, serials cataloging and the users of catalogs.