Insiders Guide To Library Automation

Author : John W. Head
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Insider's Guide to Library Automation written by John W. Head and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1993-05-18 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Libraries are becoming increasingly automated. Many libraries have already become automated, and librarians have had to confront a new set of problems in their jobs. Many other libraries are not yet automated, but will soon be acquiring new technology and new problems. This book provides detailed techniques for coping with the problems inherent in automation. While other works offer thorough coverage of the library automation process, this volume provides case studies of the personal experiences of librarians who have had to solve problems related to automation. Included are case studies from large academic libraries, special libraries, public libraries, and smaller libraries. The first section of the book includes chapters on locally developed library automation systems and how those systems have adapted to change. The second section contains chapters on selecting, buying, and installing automation systems. The third section includes chapters on the sharing of automated systems by different libraries. The fourth section, on database maintenance and conversion, contains chapters important to all librarians. The fifth section discusses the management of automated systems. The book concludes with a bibliographic essay that overviews developments in library automation technology and lists sources for further information.

Author : Joseph R. Matthews
Publisher : Chicago : American Library Association
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Choosing an Automated Library System written by Joseph R. Matthews and published by Chicago : American Library Association. This book was released on 1980 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Assists libraries in analysis preceding any decision to automate. Presents a proven planning process, consisting of need analysis, system selection, contracting, installation, & implementation.

Author : Richard W. Boss
Publisher : Macmillan Reference USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Library Manager's Guide to Automation written by Richard W. Boss and published by Macmillan Reference USA. This book was released on 1984 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focuses on recent advances in automation, including the trend toward integrated systems, for a variety of applications. Describes the hardware & software options; offers guidelines for planning & implementation of the automation process.

Author : H.W. Wilson Company
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1076 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Library Literature written by H.W. Wilson Company and published by . This book was released on 1934 with total page 1076 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An index to library and information science".

Author : Thomas C. Wilson
Publisher : American Library Association
ISBN 13 : 9780838907405
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Systems Librarian written by Thomas C. Wilson and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 1998-08 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guided by the editorial support of colleagues in the Library and Information Technology Association (LITA), author Tom Wilson, head of systems at University of Houston Libraries, demystifies this critical specialty. In clear nontechnical language, Wilson answers the befuddling question, What is a systems librarian? Wilson lays no claim to the one right answer. Instead, The Systems Librarian: Designing Roles, Defining Skills will lead you in formulating your own answer, which is the first step to making sound decisions.

Author : Lori A Goetsch
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317948416
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Information Technology Planning written by Lori A Goetsch and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-02-25 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Information Technology Planning provides librarians and electronic resource planners with innovative suggestions and strategies for creating the digital library for the twenty-first century. Full of information on technological advances and resource assessment, this book explores the best ways to make your library accessible to users and discusses user-centered decision-making techniques. With Information Technology Planning, you’ll choose the appropriate electronic resources for your library to best serve the needs of your patrons. Examining electronic resource redesigning and implementation, this book offers you examples of how other institutions, such as Carnegie Mellon University Libraries, the University of Arizona Libraries, the Central Library of Multnomah County, Oregon, and the University of Rochester Libraries, are working to supply relevant and vast amounts of information to their patrons. Information Technology Planning provides you with many methods and suggestions that will improve your institution’s electronic resource capabilities, including: understanding the basic needs of a digital library--database development, online public access catalogs (OPACs), networking, hardware and wiring, licensing, authentication, and security--and how to choose the right resources for your institution using a 13-category planning checklist that examines database selection, pricing, and funding issues for implementing shared research databases in a consortium environment combining internal reviews, heuristic reviews, usability testing, and field testing to measure the usability of a web page examining the benefits of outcome-based education (OBE) to schools and librarians, such as increased learning and designing a curriculum based on the resources of a specific institution questioning issues such as convenience, funding, information needs, licensing, and satisfaction of students/faculty when deciding upon delivery services for electronic resources applying the eight “rules of thumb” for cost effectiveness when choosing delivery options for electronic bibliographic databases acknowledging the immediate and future potential perils of computers and too much information Offering you many proven methods and procedures, this book contains question-and-answer sections, appendices, research, and an example patron evaluation to assist you in choosing and evaluating which resources will work best for your library. From Information Technology Planning, you’ll receive the necessary groundwork for reorganizing and enhancing your library’s digital resources in order to effectively meet patron demands well into the next century.

Author : Allen Kent
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9780824720582
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.8X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science written by Allen Kent and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1996-05-24 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Supplement 21: Concept-Based Indexing and Retrieval of Hypermedia Information to Using Self-Checkout Technology to Increase Productivity and Patron Service in the Library.

Author : David H. Stam
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136777849
Total Pages : 586 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book International Dictionary of Library Histories written by David H. Stam and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2001-11-01 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the format of Fitzroy Dearborn's highly successful International Dictionary of Historic Places and International Dictionary of University Histories, the International Dictionary of Library Histories provides basic information for each institution - location and holdings - followed by an extensive (1,000-5,000 word) essay on its history as well as a Further Reading list. In addition, the dictionary includes introductory articles on the history of various types of libraries and a library history in various regions of the world. The dictionary profiles more than 200 institutions from around the world, including the world's most important research libraries and other libraries with globally or regionally notable collections, innovative traditions, and significant and interesting histories. The essays take advantage of the growing scholarship of library history to provide insightful overviews of each institution, including not only the traditional values of these libraries but their innovations as well, such as developments in automated systems and electronic delivery. The profiles will emphasize the unique materials of research in these institutions - archives, manuscripts, personal and institutional papers. The introductory articles on types of libraries include topics ranging from theological libraries to prison libraries, from the ancient to the digital. An international team of more than 200 leading scholars in the field have contributed essays to the project.

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 968 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Library Literature written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 968 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Terry D Webb
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1000154815
Total Pages : 141 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The In-House Option written by Terry D Webb and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2020-08-26 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is a timely book that expertly addresses the current impact of automation on the profession of librarianship in terms of its practitioners, standards, and underlying philosophy. In clear and understandable language, author T. D. Webb focuses his discussion--with practical examples--on the important decision of the location of the computer--at the library site or a remote automation center. Designed to be a practical guide to host computer location, this articulate book also addresses the broad professional issues of library automation.