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Weisbrod, David L. – 1979
This booklet, one of a series of background papers for the White House Conference, explores the potential of new technologies to improve library services while reducing library costs. Separate subsections describe the application of technology to the following library functions: acquisitions, catalogs and cataloging, serials control, circulation…
Descriptors: Costs, Library Automation, Library Equipment, Library Services
Peer reviewedMiller, Rosalind; Terwillegar, Jane – Clearing House, 1982
Notes that few school districts are taking advantage of the application of computer technology to library media services. Suggests possible applications. (FL)
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computers, Elementary Secondary Education, Library Automation
Stevens, Norman – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1983
Presents overview of library uses of automation, noting the earliest example of a "black box" in 1588, the "indicator" invented in England in 1863, various forms of card catalogs, and computer solutions posed by Vannevar Bush, J. C. R. Licklider, Project Intrex, and John G. Kemeny. Ten references are cited. (EJS)
Descriptors: Computer Science, Foreign Countries, History, Inventions
Peer reviewedBoss, Richard D. – Journal of Library Automation, 1980
The 1980s offer libraries numerous automated acquisitions alternatives, including turnkey systems from circulation system vendors and the acquisition subsystems of the bibliographic utilities. Integration of systems from several sources poses the principal problem. (Author/RAA)
Descriptors: Library Acquisition, Library Automation, Library Equipment, Library Materials
Peer reviewedBoss, Richard W. – Journal of Library Automation, 1979
Describes the latest developments in automated circulation systems and the turnkey system in particular. Trends include greater functional integration, improved user interfaces, and shared facilities. The role of bibliographic utilities is briefly explored. (Author/RAA)
Descriptors: Development, Libraries, Library Automation, Library Circulation
Download full textFivecoat, Martha H. – 1992
This study focuses on the growth of the library automation market from 1981 to 1990. It draws on library automation data published annually in the Library Journal between 1981 and 1990. The data are used to examine: (1) the overall library system market trends based on the total and cumulative number of systems installed and revenue generated; (2)…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Utilities, Integrated Library Systems, Library Automation, Library Equipment
Matthews, Joseph R. – Library Journal, 1985
This annual review article examines the progress made and pitfalls encountered by the automated library system marketplace during calendar year 1984. Total marketplace activity is represented by events that occurred in four segments: turnkey systems, library-developed software, software designed to run on microcomputers, and production of…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Output Microfilm, Computer Software, Information Systems
