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Computerisation of Library Operations in Singapore: An Overview.

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Pong, Lai Yeen – International Library Review, 1990

Traces the development of computerization of library operations in Singapore from 1970 to 1989. Highlights include the role of the Ministry of Finance; institutional computerization; consortiums; the Singapore Integrated Library Automation Service (SILAS), a national network whose main function is to provide online shared cataloging; and access to…

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Computer Networks, Consortia

Library Systems Office Organization. SPEC Kit.

Muir, Scott P., Comp.; Lim, Adriene, Comp. – SPEC Kit, 2002

This SPEC (Systems and Procedures Exchange Center) Kit presents the results of a survey of Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member libraries designed to investigate the changes in research library systems operations since 1994 and to identify future trends. A total of 70 of 124 ARL member libraries responded to the survey. A copy of the…

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Networks, Foreign Countries, Higher Education

An Example of Integrated Systems for the Provision of Library and Information Services.

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Coles, Elizabeth – Information Services and Use, 1991

Describes the implementation of BRS/Search in the Library and Information Services department of the Chem Systems Group, an international consulting organization in the United Kingdom. The use of integrated systems in special libraries is discussed, and requirements of the new system are explained, including full text capabilities and networking…

Descriptors: Chemical Industry, Computer Networks, Computer System Design, Databases

Opportunity 2000: Understanding and Serving Users in an Electronic Library. Proceedings of the International Essen Symposium (15th, Essen, Germany, October 12-15, 1992) To Commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the Essen University Library. Publications of Essen University Library 15.

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Helal, Ahmed H., Ed.; Weiss, Joachim W., Ed. – 1993

Following a prefatory tribute to distinguished librarian Herbert S. White, this publication includes the following papers, mainly focused on user needs and library services in the electronic library age: "Information Technology, Users, and Intermediaries in the 21st Century: Some Observations and Predictions" (Herbert S. White);…

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Computer Networks, Electronic Libraries