Descriptor
Information Systems | 11 |
Library Automation | 9 |
Online Systems | 7 |
Microcomputers | 5 |
Databases | 4 |
Information Networks | 4 |
Input Output Devices | 3 |
Libraries | 3 |
Library Planning | 3 |
Access to Information | 2 |
Automation | 2 |
More ▼ |
Source
Wilson Library Bulletin | 11 |
Author
Boss, Richard | 2 |
Bridges, Karl | 1 |
Buck, Dayna | 1 |
Dalrymple, Helen | 1 |
Drake, Miriam | 1 |
Friend, Linda | 1 |
Goodrum, Charles | 1 |
Malinconico, S. Michael | 1 |
Marcum, Deanna | 1 |
Melin, Nancy | 1 |
Surprenant, Tom | 1 |
More ▼ |
Publication Type
Journal Articles | 11 |
Opinion Papers | 6 |
Information Analyses | 2 |
Reports - Descriptive | 2 |
Guides - Non-Classroom | 1 |
Reports - Evaluative | 1 |
Reports - Research | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Administrators | 1 |
Practitioners | 1 |
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Williams, Frederick – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1982
Assesses the effect of the communications technology revolution on library and information specialists and the environment for the delivery of library services. Four functions affecting the library and information environment--management, communications, instruction, and publication--are noted. (EJS)
Descriptors: Automation, Information Networks, Information Systems, Libraries
Malinconico, S. Michael – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1976
Discusses the need to impose a rigidly controlled structure on the machine-readable catalog, the machine capabilities and limitations for achieving that control, possibilities for machine control of the catalog, and the extension of those possibilities to permit a degree of control not possible in a manual system. (Author/LS)
Descriptors: Cataloging, Computer Oriented Programs, Databases, Information Systems
Goodrum, Charles; Dalrymple, Helen – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1982
Outlines the automation process at the Library of Congress begun in 1961, noting problems encountered and future possibilities, and describing databases currently in use--SCORPIO, MUMS, MARC, COPICS AND COINS, ISIS, AND PAGING. (EJS)
Descriptors: Computer Science, Databases, Display Systems, Information Networks
Melin, Nancy – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1985
This report on the microcomputer-to-mainframe link highlights advantages and weaknesses of each system when used independently; technical considerations for link (personal computer emulates a dumb terminal, data transfer, selective data access category, nongeneric links); how librarians can use the link; availability of software; and planning for…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Information Networks, Information Systems, Input Output Devices
Marcum, Deanna; Boss, Richard – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1983
Relates office automation to its application in libraries, discussing computer software packages for microcomputers performing tasks involved in word processing, accounting, statistical analysis, electronic filing cabinets, and electronic mail systems. (EJS)
Descriptors: Accounting, Automation, Computer Programs, Data Processing
Surprenant, Tom – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1982
This discussion of the impact of electronic developments on the dissemination of information and the role of the library argues that a central role as a switching center and information consultant will be critical to the survival of the library in the rapidly evolving electronic information environment. (CHC)
Descriptors: Change, Futures (of Society), Information Systems, Libraries
Bridges, Karl – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1993
Describes Gopher, a microcomputer-based software program that helps users navigate through the Internet using a hierarchical menu system to locate information. The idea of client servers is discussed; benefits for libraries are described; and the use of Gopher as the basis for a campuswide information system is explained. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Higher Education, Information Networks
Drake, Miriam – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1986
Librarians should become more active in designing information systems so that their extensive knowledge of how people articulate their information needs and evaluate their findings can be incorporated into new systems. These systems would be more responsive to user needs than those driven by the machine or data processing mindset. (EM)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Literacy, Information Needs, Information Seeking
Friend, Linda – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1985
Addresses issues involved in implementing Out-Dial program at Pennsylvania State University Libraries, where the feasibility of using online catalog terminals to access external databases is undergoing evaluation. Placement of terminals and microcomputers, "ready reference" searching, vendors, training, cost-effective searching,…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Databases, Feasibility Studies, Higher Education
Buck, Dayna – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1986
This staffing survey of 34 Geac minicomputer-based circulation system installations (public, academic, state, and special libraries, library consortia) was designed to identify the variables which affect staffing needs. Discussion covers differences in responses, types of staff positions, core and ancillary job duties, application training,…
Descriptors: Information Systems, Library Administration, Library Automation, Library Circulation
Boss, Richard – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1985
This article defines three separate categories of microcomputers--personal, desk-top, multi-user devices--and relates storage capabilities (expandability, floppy disks) to library applications. Highlghts include de facto standards, operating systems, database management systems, applications software, circulation control systems, dumb and…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software, Computer Storage Devices, Databases