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Shaw, Debora – Special Libraries, 1986
Indiana State Library staff were surveyed before automation planning and staff development committees were created to determine their reactions to automation and their expectations of online catalog and circulation system. Second survey a year later revealed more staff involvement and more positive attitudes than first study. Both questionnaires…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Employee Attitudes, Library Automation, Library Circulation

Alabi, G. A. – Information Processing and Management, 1985
Describes study of manual and experimental automated circulation systems in a university library in Nigeria. Data were collected for eight circulation activities in order to calculate the direct labor costs of circulating a book on each system. Automated system's book circulation costs were higher although direct labor costs were less. (MBR)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Costs

Kinsella, Janet; Bryant, Philip – Library Trends, 1987
Reviews recent and current research and development projects in the United Kingdom dealing with online information systems. Main areas of research (systems design, impact on user behavior and organizational structure, ergonomics and bibliographic factors) and research techniques (features analysis, transaction log analysis, surveys and comparative…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Databases, Evaluation Methods