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Matthews, Joseph R. – Library Journal, 1982
Predicts that the growing market for automated circulation systems will expand even faster in the near future, given the availability of a wide variety of systems and computer types, which enables libraries of all sizes to obtain a system to fit their needs. Currently there are 301 systems installed. (RAA)
Descriptors: Computers, Library Automation, Library Circulation, Marketing
Fosdick, Howard – Library Journal, 1980
Examines the development of the microcomputer and focuses on its potential for library automation. The characteristics of microcomputers and minicomputers are contrasted and a selected annotated bibliography includes a list of specialty magazines on microcomputers. (RAA)
Descriptors: Library Automation, Library Circulation, Library Networks, Library Technical Processes

Freedman, Maurice J. – Journal of Library Automation, 1981
Traces the development of circulation systems through the librarian's perception of circulation control and the technology of modern online systems. Librarians have switched from a broad service approach to a narrow record keeping approach and back again as technological innovation has expanded their viewpoints. Included are six references.…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Computer Oriented Programs, Librarians, Library Automation

Boss, Richard W. – Journal of Library Automation, 1979
Describes the latest developments in automated circulation systems and the turnkey system in particular. Trends include greater functional integration, improved user interfaces, and shared facilities. The role of bibliographic utilities is briefly explored. (Author/RAA)
Descriptors: Development, Libraries, Library Automation, Library Circulation
Carlson, Gary – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1984
Reports on the use of microcomputers in comprehensive library circulation systems. Topics covered include system requirements (reliability, completeness); determining circulation system needs (saving money, improving service, modernization); limitations of microcomputers (capacity, kinds of data stored, number of stations or terminals); system…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Databases, Guidelines, Information Systems
Epstein, Susan Baerg – Library Journal, 1983
Discusses concerns of librarians entering field of library automation emphasizing issues surrounding automated circulation control systems and online catalogs. Factors which have contributed to dramatic growth in these areas are enumerated: MARC II format, reduced computer costs, commercial vendors, scarce resources, and turnkey systems. (EJS)
Descriptors: Cataloging, Cost Effectiveness, Information Storage, Library Automation
Lundeen, Gerald – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1980
Describes the functions and characteristics of the microcomputer and discusses library applications including cataloging, circulation, acquisitions, serials control, reference and database systems, administration, current and future trends, and computers as media. Twenty references are listed. (CHC)
Descriptors: Cataloging, Costs, Databases, Futures (of Society)
Bibliographic Utilities and the Use of Microcomputers in Libraries: Current and Projected Practices.
McAninch, Glen – Microcomputers for Information Management: An International Journal for Library and Information Services, 1986
Bibliographic utilities are marketing specially designed hardware and software that permit libraries to patch together automated cataloging, acquisitions, serials control, reference, online public catalogs, circulation, interlibrary loan, and administrative functions. The increasing complexity of the technology is making it more difficult to…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Utilities, Cataloging, Computer Software Reviews, Library Acquisition

Toyama, Ryoko – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1989
Concludes from a review of 52 journal articles published in 1988 that periodic literature searches in circulation control are useful for identifying major trends, issues, and areas needing more serious study, and provide a basis for prediction. The issues discussed in the 1988 literature are summarized and areas for future study are suggested.…
Descriptors: Censorship, Copyrights, Library Automation, Library Circulation
Naumer, Janet Noll – School Library Journal, 1983
Briefly discusses types of software available for library and media center operations and library instruction, suggests three sources of software reviews, and describes almost 50 specific application programs available for bibliographic management, cataloging, circulation, inventory and purchasing, readability, and teaching library skills in…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Computer Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers

Saffady, William – Library Trends, 1989
Surveys the current state of computer applications in six areas of library work: circulation control; descriptive cataloging; catalog maintenance and production; reference services; acquisitions; and serials control. Motives for automation are discussed, and examples of representative vendors, products, and services are given. (15 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Bibliographic Utilities, Cataloging, Computer Output Microfilm, Computer Software

Proctor, L. F. – Canadian Journal of Educational Communication, 1985
Reviews current thinking on microcomputer hardware and software selection; outlines several ways in which microcomputers may be used in media centers (inventory, circulation, telecomputing, word processing, decision making, computing literacy, recreation); and identifies some commercially available software which fulfills the need of specified…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Software, Elementary Secondary Education, Facility Inventory

Hawks, Carol Pitts – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1992
Discussion of integrated library systems focuses on the development of the Ohio Library and Information Network (OhioLINK). Capabilities of eight existing systems are described, including catalog creation and maintenance; the online public access catalog (OPAC); circulation, interlibrary loan, and document delivery; acquisitions and serials…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Comparative Analysis, Computer Networks

Carrigan, Dennis P. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1992
Discussion of allocation of library acquisitions budgets, especially for monographs, focuses on the proportional use statistic (i.e., a value that compares circulation and holdings in a subject area). Topics addressed include economics; benefits that libraries provide; use of the collection by patrons; computers as aids to resource allocation;…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Economic Factors, Electronic Libraries, Library Acquisition
Moscoso, Purificacion; Chen, Ching-chih – Microcomputers for Information Management, 1990
Discusses advances in microcomputer and optical technologies and how these technologies are being integrated into library reference work. Topics discussed include training of library reference staff; library bibliographic instruction; CD-ROMs; videodiscs; hypertext; bibliographies; library catalogs, including online catalogs; indexing and…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Bibliographies, Desktop Publishing, Hypermedia
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