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Jameson, Juanita – Knowledge Quest, 2013
Keeping a uniform, basic arrangement of the school library is essential if students are to be comfortable finding resources in other libraries. Two questions that must be answered if a new system were to be devised are: Who would decide on the particulars of that system? What criteria would be used to make the decision to ensure that use of the…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Classification, Library Development, Library Services
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Shekhel, Alex; Freeman, Eva – Library Hi Tech, 1987
Discusses the advantages of parallel processor computers in terms of expandibility, cost, performance and reliability, and suggests that such computers be used in library automation systems as a cost effective approach to planning for the growth of information services and computer applications. (CLB)
Descriptors: Computers, Cost Effectiveness, Data Processing, Information Services
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Burton, Paul – Electronic Library, 1987
Discusses the need for careful systems analysis and design in the implementation of microcomputer based information systems. Checklists of system requirements and a bibliography of relevant journals, printed, and online sources are provided. (CLB)
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Information Centers, Information Services, Information Systems
Bausser, Jaye – 1984
This document explores the various issues and concerns related to the development of online systems in libraries and, in particular, online catalogs. Following a preface, foreword, and introduction, chapters are devoted to each of the following topics: (l) providing for special interests including the disabled; (2) authority control; (3) subject…
Descriptors: Indexing, Library Administration, Library Automation, Library Catalogs
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Lunin, Lois F., Ed.; Schipma, Peter B., Ed. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1988
A series of six articles discusses the technology of optical data disks, current and possible future applications of this technology, their potential impact on information retrieval systems, and the potential problems as they apply to information science. (CLB)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer Storage Devices, Electronic Publishing, Health Materials
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Chapman, Janet L. – Special Libraries, 1986
Special librarians are in unique position to become directly involved in the design, development, and management of automated in-house databases. Software packages called application generators enable the librarian/information scientist to develop database applications without programmer intervention and with very little or no knowledge of…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Corporate Libraries, Database Management Systems, Databases
Duchesne, Roddy; Sonnemann, Sabine S. – 1985
This report is intended to assist Canadian libraries in assessing potential library applications of optical disk technology. Part 1 provides a general outline of the technology and describes a number of library applications and projects. Descriptions are purposely general and illustrative in nature since the technology and its applications are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Retrieval, Information Storage, Information Systems