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Getting Started in Library Expert Systems Research.
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Borko, Harold – Information Processing and Management, 1987
Describes a microcomputer-based expert system, MAPPER, which is being developed to help catalog maps by employing the cognitive processes used by catalogers in applying Anglo American Cataloging Rules, 2nd edition (AACR2). The design process is reviewed, including the choice of a model expert system, MYCIN, and a software package, EXSYS.…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Cognitive Processes, Expert Systems, Library Research
Adoption and Adaptation in the Use of Transaction Processing Systems: The Case of OCLC Software.
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Cole, Elliot; McCain, Katherine W. – Information Processing and Management, 1985
Library usage study of OCLC network-provided software and services indicates most users make local modifications to standard practices. Findings are discussed in terms of network models for decision making in software use; methodology of software user studies; and diffusion of innovation processes in postimplementation stages of transaction…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Decision Making, Diffusion (Communication), Innovation
A Cost Comparison of Manual and Automated Circulation Systems in University Libraries: The Case of the Ibadan University Library.
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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