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Implementing a New Cloud Computing Library Management Service: A Symbiotic Approach
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Dula, Michael; Jacobsen, Lynne; Ferguson, Tyler; Ross, Rob – Computers in Libraries, 2012
This article presents the story of how Pepperdine University migrated its library management functions to the cloud using what is now known as OCLC's WorldShare Management Services (WMS). The story of implementing this new service is told from two vantage points: (1) that of the library; and (2) that of the service provider. The authors were the…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Library Administration, Management Systems, Internet
Life in the Cloud: A WorldShare Management Services Case Study
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Hartman, Robin R. – Journal of Web Librarianship, 2012
A small, private academic library took the risk of moving from a traditional integrated library system to adopting a system "in the cloud." This case study presents the setting, history, and local needs of the library, including staffing challenges, and explains the decision-making rationale and process. A description of the library's transition…
Descriptors: Library Administration, Academic Libraries, Library Networks, Case Studies
Mining Your Automated System.
Larsen, Patricia M., Ed.; And Others – Library Administration and Management, 1996
Four articles address issues of collecting, compiling, reporting, and interpreting statistics generated by automated library systems for administrative decision making. Topics include using a management information system to forecast growth and assess areas for downsizing; statistics for collection development and analysis; and online system…
Descriptors: Decision Support Systems, Evaluation Methods, Information Management, Information Systems
Effective Communication: High-Level Management Receptive to Low-Level Management Ideas.
Chressanthis, June D.; Janousek, Kelly – 1988
Based on the premise that senior staff or high-level managers have the knowledge and experience required to make daily decisions and also have a degree of power and respect, this document proposes that these managers are in a position to be effective leaders who can and should foster an atmosphere of receptiveness for innovation and positive…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Communication (Thought Transfer), Higher Education, Information Systems
Integrated Library Systems. ERIC Digest.
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Lopata, Cynthia L. – 1995
An automated library system usually consists of a number of functional modules, such as acquisitions, circulation, cataloging, serials, and an online public access catalog (OPAC). An "integrated" library system is an automated system in which all of the function modules share a common bibliographic database. There are several ways the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Databases, Database Management Systems, Futures (of Society)
We Can Implement Cost-Effective Information Systems Now. Proceedings of the EDUCOM Spring Conference (Louisville, Kentucky, April 7-9, 1976).
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Interuniversity Communications Council (EDUCOM), Princeton, NJ. – 1976
Seminars devoted to different aspects of the immediate implementation of cost effective information systems were conducted. A keynote address emphasizing the need for tough management decisions to accompany information systems in the years ahead preceded the workshop reports. The first workshop discussed the impact of new technologies--structured…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Conference Reports, Cost Effectiveness, Databases