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Peterson, Christine – 1993
This manual provides information to help libraries in Texas considering an automation project, with special emphasis on smaller libraries. The solutions discussed are microcomputer-based. The manual begins with a discussion of how to prepare for the automation of a library, including planning, approval, collection decisions, policy, and staffing.…
Descriptors: Library Automation, Library Circulation, Library Planning, Microcomputers
Wood, Richard J. – 1980
This article describes and evalutes the IBM System 7 automated circulation system in use at Slippery Rock State College Library since 1973. Background information is furnished on the library and its locale as well as the general rationale and objectives for automated circulation systems. The presentation of the IBM S/7 includes (1) reasons for its…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Automation, Library Circulation, Library Equipment

Potter, William G. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1988
Identifies the four basic functions of library automation as circulation systems, online catalogs, acquisitions, and serial check-in, and compares the advantages and disadvantages of integrated library systems versus linked systems in terms of these functions. (3 notes with references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Bibliographic Utilities, Comparative Analysis, Library Acquisition, Library Automation
Port, Idelle; Matthews, Joseph – 1980
This examination of the feasibility of implementing an automated circulation system within San Mateo County's Peninsula Library System (PLS) was undertaken to determine if the system should automate material circulation systemwide in order to reduce operating costs while improving circulation procedures and increasing patron access to system…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Feasibility Studies, Library Automation, Library Circulation
Harrell, Charles B. – 1978
This report for an automated circulation control system to replace the currently used automated off-line batch system discusses the general requirements for the requested system, the equipment needed, the planned uses and design of the proposed system, its utilization, its expected benefits, its estimated costs, the alternatives considered, and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cost Effectiveness, Feasibility Studies, Information Retrieval

McDonald, David R.; Metz, Paul – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1988
The first of two articles discusses the similarities and differences between academic libraries and campus computing centers, and identifies the level of service libraries want from computing centers. The second addresses the advantages of automating library circulation systems, and the need to integrate those systems with other library and campus…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Agency Cooperation, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education
1989
This four-part report describes the development of a plan for Hennepin County (Minnesota) Library's (HCL) next steps in the automation of operations including the public catalog, cataloging, circulation control, and acquisitions. The objectives of the plan were to improve patron access to materials and to provide for cost effective operations.…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Cataloging, Integrated Library Systems, Library Acquisition

Hawks, Carol Pitts – Information Technology and Libraries, 1988
Discussion of the need for automated library systems to provide management information to aid in decision making focuses on the automatic generation of reports. Examples of management information generated in collection development, acquisitions and serials, cataloging, online catalogs and circulation are described as well as possible uses of this…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Decision Making, Library Acquisition, Library Administration
Pierce, A. R. – 1979
This report describes an online minicomputer-based system, one combining library inventory control with catalog access, that was implemented at Virginia Tech's main library in order to meet the demands of increased circulation activity and rising staff costs. Following overviews of the institutional environment, the systems development department,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Information Retrieval, Library Automation

Nitecki, Danuta A. – RQ, 1981
Compares the effectiveness of five online systems in facilitating interlibrary services. The OCLC Interlibrary Loan (ILL) subsystem, the Research Libraries Group (RLG) Message System, the University of Toronto Library Automation System (UTLAS), and two others are evaluated with respect to the request verification, location, request transmission,…
Descriptors: Citations (References), Comparative Analysis, Costs, Interlibrary Loans
Jui, Doris – 1993
For the last 58 years, automation has helped to enhance the library system; library operations such as circulation, cataloging, acquisitions, and serials have changed significantly due to technology. Circulation control is often the first activity a library considers automating. In addition to loan transactions, an automated circulation system can…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Cataloging, Change, Information Technology
Anderson, Carol Lee; Herstand, Jo Ellen – 1979
This paper describes how librarians at the University of Oklahoma reviewed the state of the art of automated systems for libraries, evaluated current sophisticated and comprehensive programs, considered the implications of such systems for closing the card catalog, and assessed the impact which the total system would have on the university…
Descriptors: Card Catalogs, Case Studies, College Libraries, Evaluation Criteria
Baldwin, Paul E.; Swain, Leigh – 1980
This feasibility study was conducted to (1) estimate the alternative costs in 1980 Canadian dollars of using four bibliographic utilities to accomplish the retrospective conversion (RECON) of eight British Columbia public libraries' manual card catalog files, (2) make recommendations as to which alternative should be selected and how it should be…
Descriptors: Card Catalogs, Cost Estimates, Feasibility Studies, Information Systems

Yother, Larry W. – Electronic Library, 1987
Details the "painful" history, development, and progress of a "home-grown" library automation system at the Hartford State Technical College; describes several of the most common activities generated from menus; and looks at future prospects of the system. (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Higher Education, Input Output Devices
Carlson, David; And Others – 1985
At the University of Rhode Island, the goal of the Library is to meet the informational needs of a diverse clientele: students, both graduate and undergraduate; faculty; other university staff; and, as a land-grant institution serving the state of Rhode Island, the general public. This report results from 8 months of committee work that involved…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Flow Charts, Higher Education
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