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Direct linkEkart, Donna F. – Computers in Libraries, 2008
When the electronic resource management system (ERM) at Kansas State University Libraries suffered a horrible data loss, the "contract db" presented a challenge for the librarians responsible for electronic resources. It was a decent data repository, but it had no ability to manage the tangled process of licensing, acquiring, activating,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Services, Database Management Systems, Librarians
Peer reviewedHoffmann, Ellen – Library Hi Tech, 1988
Discussion of issues in management of library automation includes: (1) hardware, including systems growth and contracts; (2) software changes, vendor relations, local systems, and microcomputer software; (3) item and authority databases; (4) automation and library staff, organizational structure, and managing change; and (5) environmental issues,…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Databases, Financial Support, Library Administration
Peer reviewedAlloway, Catherine Suyak – Electronic Library, 1986
Discusses four megatrends from John Naisbitt's book--"Megatrends"--which have particular relevance to the electronic library: shift from industrial to information society; need to balance high-tech with high-touch; focus on self-help over institutional help; and change in organizational structures from pyramid hierarchies to networks.…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Human Relations, Influences, Information Services
Download full textAllen, Bryce – 1990
Arguing that technological change often affects the organizational structure of library workplaces, this paper presents two alternative approaches to the implementation of change in organizational structures, provides several examples of each approach, and suggests related reading materials. It is noted that the configurational approach…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Change Strategies, Higher Education, Job Performance
Hirshon, Arnold – 1986
Based on telephone interviews with 12 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member libraries, this report presents the underlying reasons for the libraries' decisions relating to the design and implementation of automated library systems. The survey results are summarized, a list of respondents is provided, and profiles of present and planned…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Advisory Committees, Decision Making, Equipment Evaluation
Zhao, Taian; Eng, Sidney – Journal of Access Services, 2004
The digitization of library materials has had a tremendous impact on libraries. By using the Internet, readers can access digital library materials from any place in the world. The BMCC Library started several programs to provide more digital materials to its patrons in the forms of electronic books, periodicals, full-text materials, and webpage…
Descriptors: Library Materials, Student Surveys, Electronic Libraries, Library Services
