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Direct linkFialkoff, 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)
Breeding, Marshall – Library Journal, 2010
In a year when a difficult economy presented fewer opportunities for immediate gains, the major industry players have defined their business strategies with fundamentally different concepts of library automation. This is no longer an industry where companies compete on the basis of the best or the most features in similar products but one where…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Automation, Library Networks, Electronic Libraries
Cullen, Kevin – Library Journal, 2005
Corporations employ data mining to analyze operations, find trends in recorded information, and look for new opportunities. Libraries are no different. Librarians manage large stores of data--about collections and usage, for example--and they also want to analyze this data to serve their users better. Analysts use data mining to query a data…
Descriptors: Libraries, Databases, Library Automation, Library Networks
Lynch, Clifford A.; Brownrigg, Edwin B. – Library Journal, 1986
Explores issues relating libraries, telecommunications, the Communications Act of 1934, the Federal Communications Commission, and the common carriers. Computer networking technologies and standards are discussed and progress in library networking is compared to the development of a planned national science network. Future public policy issues…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Utilities, Computer Networks, Information Networks, Library Automation
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
Crowe, Linda; Light, Jane – Library Journal, 1994
Describes how a public library consortium jettisoned the Request for Proposal (RFP) process and used library staff, with some assistance from consultants, to evaluate new automation systems based on software demonstrations and Requests for Quotations (RFQ). The RFQ and RFP processes are compared. A sidebar article describes the financing plan.…
Descriptors: Computer Software Selection, Computer System Design, Costs, Integrated Library Systems
