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Direct linkHartman, 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
Peer reviewedLibrary Hi Tech, 1985
Five prominent consultants--Richard Boss, Susan Baerg Epstein, Rob McGee, Joseph Matthews, James E. Rush--discuss the most common mistakes vendors make in implementing library automated systems. Suggestions are made for correcting basic problems relating to identification of library needs, communications, delivery dates, inadequate systems, and…
Descriptors: Information Needs, Information Systems, Interpersonal Communication, Library Automation
Peer reviewedBurton, Paul – Electronic Library, 1987
Discusses the need for careful systems analysis and design in the implementation of microcomputer based information systems. Checklists of system requirements and a bibliography of relevant journals, printed, and online sources are provided. (CLB)
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Information Centers, Information Services, Information Systems
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
Peer reviewedHildreth, Charles R. – Library Trends, 1987
Presents a classification scheme for generations of online catalogs; discusses current online technologies and identifies deficiencies; and discusses enhancements that will take online catalogs into the next generation. Such enhancements will include increased access to information through user-system dialogue, automatic search aids, subject…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Classification, Futures (of Society), Indexes
