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Drabenstott, Jon, Ed. – Library Hi Tech, 1987
Three library consultants--Rick Richmond, Wilson Stahl, and Jose-Marie Griffiths--discuss the implications of six issues for the success and stability of library automation vendors: (1) vendor business characteristics; (2) competitive advantage; (3) the library marketplace; (4) system selection; (5) corporate planning; and (6) library interests.…
Descriptors: Consultants, Library Automation

Monahan, Michael – Library Hi Tech, 1987
The first of two articles looks at reasons for library automation vendor failure and techniques that libraries can use to assess and reduce their risk in vendor selection. In the second article, representatives of eight prominent automation firms discuss industry problems. Three references are listed. (MES)
Descriptors: Library Automation, Risk, Selection
Kusack, James M. – Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science, 1988
The first of two articles on the current state of relations between librarianship and new technologies describes recent events that signal an apparent drift toward a traditional vision of librarianship, and away from any emphasis on information technologies. (CLB)
Descriptors: Information Technology, Library Automation, Library Role, Library Science

Buckland, Michael K. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1987
The functions of electronic mail and online catalogs are described, and the possible uses of the two in conjunction for library purposes are explored, including notes between librarians, broadcast news, patron notifications, selective information dissemination, and interlibrary loans. (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Electronic Mail, Information Dissemination, Library Automation, Office Automation
Landrum, Hollis – 1986
This report of a conference convened by the Federal Library and Information Center Committee (FLICC) Subcommittee on Education provides brief summaries of four panel discussions conducted by 15 federal librarians who had assembled automation systems for their agencies' libraries and information centers. The first panel, consisting of Dean Hough,…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Government Libraries, Information Centers, Information Systems

Hendricks, Donald D.; Manino, Glenn – Information Technology and Libraries, 1987
This description of the use of IBM Series/1 minicomputers to implement a library automation system includes discussion of current functions of the system, the system configuration, communications capabilities, software, and cost factors. (CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Case Studies, Cost Effectiveness, Equipment Evaluation

Johnson, Peggy – College and Research Libraries, 1988
Addresses some problems associated with technological change and examines the nature of data and technology, organizations, and computer-mediated work. Concepts of sociotechnical systems design are related to library automation, and a set of strategies for facilitating technological change is proposed. (29 references) (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Information Technology, Innovation, Library Automation

Vasi, John – Library Trends, 1987
Factors to be considered in designing a comfortable library work environment are identified as new technology, changing relationships between library staff and patrons, and increased awareness of human needs of staff. Features of furniture and equipment for service desk areas, staff work areas, and office areas are discussed. (5 references) (MES)
Descriptors: Furniture Design, Human Factors Engineering, Library Automation, Library Equipment

Segesta, Jim; Hersberger, Rod – College and Research Libraries, 1987
Provides a retrospective review of a book published in 1962, "Advanced Data Processing in Libraries," by Schultheiss, Culbertson, and Heiliger, which was one of the first books to present a systematic view of library computerization. This review attempts to consider how accurate that view was. (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Computers, Cost Effectiveness, Futures (of Society), History

Paynter, Marion – Education Libraries, 1988
This brief planning guide for library automation incorporates needs assessment and evaluation of options to meet those needs. A bibliography of materials on automation planning and software reviews, library software directories, and library automation journals is included. (CLB)
Descriptors: Computer Software Reviews, Evaluation Criteria, Guidelines, Library Automation

Drabenstott, Jon, Ed. – Library Hi Tech, 1986
Six prominent consultants consider the technical dimensions of retrospective conversion, the appropriate standards to employ, the proper relationship of conversion activities to the entire automation project, and several options available for converting a bibliographic database into machine-readable format: online or batch shared cataloging…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Consultants, Costs, Library Automation
Sloan, Bernard G. – Library Journal, 1985
This essay on the management of microcomputer use in organizations highlights problem areas associated with the central issue of control: acquisition of hardware and software, compatibility, security, data integrity, training, documentation, and the isolation factor. Establishment of a microcomputer information center for education, promotion,…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Information Centers, Information Services, Library Administration

Kovacic, Ellen Siegel – Cataloging and Classification Quarterly, 1987
Based on personal experiences, both as a paraprofessional and as a professional, in cataloging various types of materials in very different library settings, this author identifies several variables that enter into the cataloging process and describes how learning is achieved. (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Cataloging, Educational Needs, Higher Education, Library Automation

Franklin, Laurel F. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1987
Describes a study at City College Library which examined the proportion of name headings that could be validated against the Library of Congress Name Authority File in automated authority control. The implications for the use of automated authority control as a means of integrating current and retrospective headings are discussed. (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Automation, Machine Readable Cataloging

Hoffmann, 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