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Peer reviewedKrieger, Tillie – Information Services and Use, 1986
Describes a survey on the use of microcomputers in special libraries. The discussion of the findings includes types of hardware and software in use; applications in public services, technical processes, and administrative tasks; data back-up techniques; training received; evaluation of software; and future plans for microcomputer applications. (1…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Library Administration, Library Surveys, Library Technical Processes
Download full textWalton, Robert A. – 1985
The availability of appropriate software for library applications is a continuing problem, and this directory is designed to reduce the frustration of librarians in their search for library software for a microcomputer by providing profiles of software packages designed specifically for libraries. Each profile describes the purpose of the program,…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Cataloging, Computer Software, Databases
Peer reviewedFarris, Deirdre A. – Library Software Review, 1987
Describes the planning and implementation of a library automation system which encompasses four campus locations of a community college, and includes automation of technical processes and full access to holdings and circulation records of all the libraries involved. Software and hardware considerations are discussed, and guidelines to automation…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Community Colleges, Computer Networks, Computer Software
Peer reviewedNaj, Lindy; Chantiny, Martha – Library Software Review, 1993
Three articles discuss the second online library system at the University of Hawaii at Manoa--the CARL (Colorado Alliance for Research Libraries) System. Topics addressed include an overview of the system; development of a Windows-based CARL cataloging workstation; and incorporating digitized images in the online public access catalog. (EA)
Descriptors: Cataloging, College Libraries, Computer Software, Computer System Design
Miido, Helis – 1996
Traditional library tasks, for example database searching, are increasingly performed by library users, forcing both the librarian and the user to assume at times dichotomous roles of teacher and student. Modern librarians install new software and guide organizations in multimedia applications. Librarians need to be cognizant of the human factor,…
Descriptors: Administrators, Automation, Computer Software, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedElsweiler, John A., Jr.; And Others – Library Software Review, 1990
Presents summaries of 12 papers presented at the 1990 Computers in Libraries Conference. Topics discussed include online searching; microcomputer-based serials management; microcomputer-based workstations; online public access catalogs (OPACs); multitype library networking; CD-ROM searches; locally mounted online databases; collection evaluation;…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Software, Costs, Elementary Secondary Education
