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Download full textBryk, Oliver – 1968
The purpose of this essay is to discuss some of the practical aspects of getting systems analysis done as a way of getting decisions made; this can complement the formal methods of optimization devised for idealized decision making situations. The emphasis here is on State and Local governments. The use of PPBS at the State and Local levels is…
Descriptors: Budgeting, City Government, Information Systems, Libraries
CONSAD Research Corp., Pittsburgh, PA. – 1970
This report outlines a Long Range Work Program consisting of a series of research efforts which, when implemented, will supply the basic components for the planning portion of a cooperative region-wide coordinating and decision-making process. These components are: a planning information system, goals and needs analysis procedure, program analysis…
Descriptors: Costs, Information Needs, Information Systems, Libraries
Leimkuhler, Ferdinand F. – 1968
A comprehensive engineering approach to the analysis of libraries as information service systems is described in which operations research type models are developed and tested for optimizing the design and management of document storage and retrieval processes. Extension of this approach to the development of more comprehensive system models is…
Descriptors: Engineering, Information Services, Information Systems, Libraries
Hamburg, Morris; And Others – 1969
The long-term goal of this investigation is to design and establish a national model for a system of library statistical data. This is a report on The Preliminary Study which was carried out over an 11-month period ending May, 1969. The objective of The Preliminary Study was to design and delimit The Research Investigation in the most efficient…
Descriptors: Administration, Information Science, Information Systems, Libraries
Fussler, Herman H.; Payne, Charles T. – 1968
The project's second year (1967/68) was devoted to upgrading the computer operating software and programs to increase versatility and reliability. General conclusions about the program after 24 months of operation are that the project's objectives are sound and that effective utilization of computer-aided bibliographic data processing is essential…
Descriptors: Automation, College Libraries, Computers, Data Processing
CREAGER, WILLIAM A.; SPARKS, DAVID E. – 1965
THIS REPORT PRESENTS THE RESULTS OF A STUDY OF THE FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING A CONTINUING NATIONAL INVENTORY OF THE WORLD'S SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SERIALS. THE MAJOR TECHNICAL, OPERATIONAL, AND ECONOMIC FACTORS INVOLVED IN THE IMPLEMENTATION AND OPERATION OF SUCH A SERIALS DATA PROGRAM HAVE BEEN EXAMINED. THE BASIC PARAMETERS OF A SERIALS DATA…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Automation, Bibliographies, Cataloging
Bommer, Michael R. W. – 1972
The development of this management system begins with an exploration of what the library is attempting to achieve. After an investigation of the hierarchy of library objectives, it is concluded that the one objective which satisfies a set of specified criteria is to maximize the expected future exposure of university community members to documents…
Descriptors: Administration, Budgeting, College Libraries, Cost Effectiveness
Peer reviewedOswitch, Pauline – Library and Information Science Research, 1983
Describes British Library's work on Systems Dynamics, a set of techniques for building simulation models based on analysis of information feedback loops. Highlights include macro-simulation modelling activities of social science disciplines, systems analyses and models of information retrieval processes and library services, policy models, and…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Computer Simulation, Games, Information Retrieval
Canadian Association of College and University Libraries, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1967
Contents: (1) Session on Acquisitions, "Acquisitions--Policies, Procedures, and Problems" by Louis Vagianos, with a supplement "Brown University Library Fund Accounting System" by Robert Wedgeworth, "Simon Fraser's Automated Acquisitions System" by T.C. Dobb, and "Automated Acquisition at University of Western…
Descriptors: Administration, Automation, Book Catalogs, Cataloging
Salton, Gerard – 1975
This book provides an introduction to automated information services: collection, analysis, classification, storage, retrieval, transmission, and dissemination. An introductory chapter is followed by an overview of mechanized processes for acquisitions, cataloging, and circulation. Automatic indexing and abstracting methods are covered, followed…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Cataloging, Cost Effectiveness, Indexing
