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Online Library Systems: A Decision-Making Guide for Library Managers.
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Genaway, David C. – Electronic Library, 1986
Proposes a resource analysis model to help library managers acquire most appropriate integrated online library system. The model examines human, equipment, and fiscal resources of acquiring library and supplying vendor, complementing respective strengths and weaknesses of each. A resource checklist is provided to narrow range of choices to single…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Decision Making, Equipment, Fiscal Capacity
Microcomputer Audit Guide.
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Adkins, Meredith C.; Lucas, Kathleen C. – Electronic Library, 1986
This checklist provides guidance on how to measure adequacy of control and security of computer systems, identifies areas of risk, raises management and user awareness of their stewardship responsibilities, and reviews issues relative to system documentation, maintenance, integrity, and reliability. (MBR)
Descriptors: Check Lists, Computer Software, Cost Effectiveness, Integrity
Automated Library System Migration in the United States.
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Pourciau, Lester J. – Electronic Library, 1992
Because technology has made new applications possible and because library and vendor expertise has developed, some libraries today are working with a second or third system vendor. This paper reports on a survey of such libraries in the United States, and it identifies commonality and variation in factors associated with automation system change.…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Change, Integrated Library Systems, Library Automation
Critical Issues in Library Automation Staff Training.
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Freeman, Gretchen; Clement, Russell – Electronic Library, 1989
Identifies and discusses seven critical issues in the implementation and maintenance of a library automation staff training program: timing, a modular learning approach, training location, trainers, documentation, lesson reinforcement, and continuity. An appendix describes some of the options available for computer assisted training programs.…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Computer Assisted Instruction, Guidelines, Learning Modules
Automated Systems in Australian Libraries: A 1987 Perspective.
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Henty, Margaret; Steele, Colin – Electronic Library, 1988
Reports on a 1987 survey of automation in Australian academic and state libraries. The current situation is described in several areas: (1) turnkey integrated "proprietary" library system suppliers; (2) networks; (3) modules; (4) database issues; and (5) staffing trends. The questionnaire and data on proprietary systems and modules used…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Developed Nations, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Working with Display Screen Equipment--Do You Know Your Rights?
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Morris, Anne – Electronic Library, 1992
Discusses possible risks to workers using visual display terminals (VDTs), standards relating to VDTs, the provisions of the European Community Directive concerning minimum health and safety standards, how the standards are being interpreted in the United Kingdom, and implications for libraries. A workplace assessment questionnaire is appended.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Human Factors Engineering, Legislation, Librarians
Availability and Use of CDROM Products in Nigerian Libraries and Information Centres.
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Adeniran, Olatunde R.; And Others – Electronic Library, 1994
Reports on a study of CD-ROM products in Nigerian libraries and information centers that gathered information about funding sources, users, hardware configurations, and training facilities through a survey of research, public, and academic libraries. Recommendations for future CD-ROM use are included, and a copy of the survey is appended.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries