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Corner Office: Polaris's Bill Schickling
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Fialkoff, Francine; Hadro, Josh – Library Journal, 2010
Bill Schickling has spent a good chunk of his professional life at what is now Polaris Library Systems, shaping both the older Galaxy system and the newer Polaris integrated library system (ILS). When he joined the company as a programmer in 1987, it was still part of Gaylord, known mostly for its furniture and supplies division. Schickling was…
Descriptors: Information Systems, Public Libraries, Library Networks, User Satisfaction (Information)
An Industry Redefined
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Breeding, Marshall – Library Journal, 2007
Activities in 2006 pointed to strategic shifts in library automation. The dynamics of the business environment changed rapidly from a fragmented industry to a highly consolidated one. Though the integrated library system (ILS) continues to represent the largest portion of revenue, products that deal with electronic content and deliver better…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Public Libraries, Library Automation, Internet
Library 2.0: Service for the Next-Generation Library
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Casey, Michael E.; Savastinuk, Laura C. – Library Journal, 2006
Libraries are changing. Funding limits and customer demands are transforming staffing levels, service models, access to resources, and services to the public. Administrators and taxpayers are seeking more efficient ways of delivering services to achieve greater returns on financial investments. In this article, the author discusses the benefits of…
Descriptors: Online Catalogs, Library Networks, Libraries, Library Services
EURONET: Europe's Plan for a Coordinated Information System
Voigt, Melvin J. – Library Journal, 1976
Describes plans for a European information network that will link the nations of Europe together in providing easy access to data bases from all parts of the world and in all fields of science and technology. (Author/PF)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Databases, Information Networks, Information Systems
Library Automation and Networking: Perspectives on Three Decades.
De Gennaro, Richard – Library Journal, 1983
Presents overview of three decades of library automation: the 1960s, dominated by primitive local systems; the 1970s, dominated by large multitype and multipurpose networks; and the 1980s, which will be dominated by a return to local systems. Bibliographic utilities and library networks and cooperation are noted. Twenty-one references are listed.…
Descriptors: Decentralization, Information Systems, Library Automation, Library Cooperation
That Bibliographic Highway in the Sky.
Glazer, Frederic J. – Library Journal, 1985
Describes West Virginia Statewide Automation and Networking Plan, a single fully integrated and interfaced system, which links resources of public, college, and special libraries to users either in libraries or otherwise throughout state. Virginia Tech Library System software and off-the-shelf hardware and the network, telecommunications, costs,…
Descriptors: Databases, Information Systems, Input Output Devices, Library Automation
Loan Stars: ILL Comes of Age.
Jackson, Mary E. – Library Journal, 1998
Assesses the changes in interlibrary loan (ILL) practices, and points the way to an ideal future. Discusses patron-initiated document request systems; library-mediated ordering systems; document delivery suppliers; accessing electronic resources; ILL management software; paying ILL invoices; new electronic delivery options; and results of a…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Document Delivery, Information Services, Information Systems