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Lawrence, Gary S.; And Others – Information Technology and Libraries, 1983
Discusses features of online library catalogs and their cost characteristics, including financial management and planning (hardware and software options, turnkey vendors); approaches to cost analysis (actual experiences, building blocks); baseline estimates for two average academic libraries; and vendor estimates. Forty-five references and a…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Costs, Higher Education, Library Administration
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Hallmark, Julie; Garcia, C. Rebecca – Information Technology and Libraries, 1992
Presents results of interviews with automation administrators of 39 public and academic libraries that recently migrated to new automated systems. Topics discussed include motivation for migration, planning for implementation, technical decisions and considerations, training, publicity, and relations with vendors. A list of participating libraries…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Change, Higher Education, Integrated Library Systems
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Hawks, Carol Pitts – Information Technology and Libraries, 1988
Discussion of the need for automated library systems to provide management information to aid in decision making focuses on the automatic generation of reports. Examples of management information generated in collection development, acquisitions and serials, cataloging, online catalogs and circulation are described as well as possible uses of this…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Decision Making, Library Acquisition, Library Administration
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Titus, Elizabeth McKenney; And Others – Information Technology and Libraries, 1994
Discusses the use of barcoding as a method for measuring the frequency-of-use patterns of the bound journal collection at Northern Illinois University. Highlights include a team approach to planning; collection development; collection maintenance; hardware and software; and technological, economic, organizational, and political implications. (27…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Computer Selection, Computer Software, Economic Factors
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Cheatham, David – Information Technology and Libraries, 1985
Discussion of the systems development life cycle (SDLC) that supports operational and managerial planning of automation projects covers challenges of library automation, evolution and scope of SDLC, lack of dissemination of SDLC literature within library and information science community, and corrective measures to meet library automation demands.…
Descriptors: Information Systems, Library Administration, Library Automation, Library Planning
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Webb, John – Information Technology and Libraries, 1998
Presents a holistic view of the management of licensed, networked information resources in a university library. Highlights include licensing and copyrights; collection development and acquisitions; aggregators, which combine electronic resources from disparate suppliers or locations into larger resource units for users; consortia; managing…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Computer Networks, Consortia
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Kaske, Neal K. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1988
Describes an evaluation of variability in the percentage of subject searching in an online catalog among branch libraries of one university. The results reported include variability by time of day, day of week, and week of semester. The value of this type of information for library administration is discussed. (CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Branch Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education
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Kim, David U. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1982
OCLC-MARC subscription service tapes can be used as a convenient source of statistical data for collection management. New acquisitions can be analyzed using monthly and annual cumulative tapes to obtain numbers of new titles added by subject, types of material, text languages, and intellectual levels. There are three references. (Author/RAA)
Descriptors: Cataloging, Computer Storage Devices, Data Collection, Library Acquisition
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Duke, John K.; Hirshon, Arnold – Information Technology and Libraries, 1986
Examines the need for medium to large academic libraries to have a policy for staff use of microcomputers. Key issues that should be covered in such a policy are outlined, including rules for acquisition and use, compatibility of hardware and software, and data administration. A model policy is provided. (CDD)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Software, Data Processing, Equipment Maintenance
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Khurshid, Zahiruddin – Information Technology and Libraries, 2003
Reviews job advertisements published in "American Libraries" and "College and Research Libraries News" to assess the impact of the use of information technology in libraries on job requirements and qualifications for catalogers. Examines position titles, degree requirements, and required skills, and suggests implications for…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Employment Qualifications, Information Technology, Job Application
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Dubey, Yogendra P. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1984
Reports on emergence of decision support system (DSS) as a practical approach for applying computers and information to problems facing management. Information processing and decision making in organizations, simulation-model-based DSS in management of library resource sharing networks, and a resource-sharing simulation system are highlighted.…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Simulation, Decision Making, Decision Support Systems
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Carlson, David H. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1986
This article discusses tools developed to aid the systems analysis process (program evaluation and review technique, Gantt charts, organizational charts, decision tables, flowcharts, hierarchy plus input-process-output). Similarities and differences among techniques, library applications of analysis, structured systems analysis, and the data flow…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Decision Making, Diagrams, Flow Charts
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Lynch, Mary Jo – Information Technology and Libraries, 1985
Based on interviews with OCLC staff, network directors, and librarians in member libraries, and related literature review, it is recommended that OCLC take steps to improve statistics it currently makes available and to consider leadership role in helping libraries use microcomputer technology to provide statistics for library management. (27…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Information Science, Information Services, Interviews
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Meyer, Richard W. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1990
Discussion of information services at Clemson University libraries focuses on managerial, cost, and behavioral issues that arose during the process of developing online access to information. Extending the online catalog with commercial databases and locally generated files is described, cost and benefit tradeoffs are considered, and student and…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Change Strategies, Cost Effectiveness, Databases