BLBSD ANNOUNCES SUCCESSORS TO LOCAS AND BLAISE‐LINE

The British Library Bibliographic Services Division (BLBSD) has now announced details of its plans for taking its automated services into the next decade. It has acquired two software packages — the WLN system and BRS/SEARCH — which will form the cornerstones of an evolutionary development strategy. Readers will no doubt be aware that the search for new software to replace existing BLAISE systems has been underway for the past two to three years. This new development — until now popularly referred to as BLAISE‐LINE 2 — has been re‐christened “BLAISE SYSTEM 2” or “BS2” for short since its eventual scope is a good deal wider than that of the present BLAISE‐LINE service.