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Peer reviewedJohnson, Carol P. – College & Research Libraries, 1996
This study examined job descriptions (1975, 1981, 1990) of three paraprofessional jobs in an academic library technical services department at a small, private liberal arts college to determine changes occurring as a result of automation. It found no significant differences. Although changes were more idiosyncratic than expected, they may indicate…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Change Agents, Comparative Analysis, Computers
Peer reviewedSimpson, Charles W. – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1992
Reviews research published between 1988 and 1991 in technical services in the areas of acquisitions, including automation, costs, and vendor analysis; authority control; automation; cataloging, including costs and time analysis, rules and theory, expert systems, online catalogs, and shared cataloging; classification; preservation; serials; subject…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Classification, Costs, Expert Systems
Bonhomme, Mary, Ed. – Illinois Libraries, 1990
This issue is devoted to examining current and possible future trends in library technical services. Highlights include professional and nonprofessional staffing; library automation; bibliographic utilities; cataloging; shared online catalogs; Serials of Illinois Libraries Online (SILO), a union list program; long-range planning; and optical…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Utilities, Cataloging, Futures (of Society), Library Automation
Peer reviewedAlmquist, Arne J. – Public-Access Computer Systems Review, 1997
Libraries' dependence on computers can lead to frustrations for patrons and staff during downtime caused by computer system failures. Advice for reducing the number of crashes is provided, focusing on improved training for systems staff, better management of library systems, and the development of computer systems using quality components which…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Computer Uses in Education, Information Management, Information Services
Keller, Dean H., Ed. – 1993
The purpose of this collection of essays is to examine academic libraries in Greece at a time when the potential for changes and advance in librarianship is great. The 15 papers are as follows: "International Interlibrary Cooperation: Exchanging Goals, Values and Culture" (Don L. Tolliver); "Academic Libraries in Greece" (James…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Interlibrary Loans
Lancaster, F. W., Ed.; Smith, Linda C., Ed. – 1992
Some of the 12 conference papers presented in this proceedings focus on the present and potential capabilities of artificial intelligence and expert systems as they relate to a wide range of library applications, including descriptive cataloging, technical services, collection development, subject indexing, reference services, database searching,…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Cataloging, Expert Systems, Futures (of Society)
Download full textLin, Pei-Yu – 1992
The purpose of this study is to identify and determine the extent of technological change in the development of automation as it is reflected in the professional literature and the rates at which males and females contribute to this literature. A database search of Library Literature on WILSONDISC was undertaken to identify publications written in…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Authors, Content Analysis, Higher Education
Fayen, Emily Gallup – 1989
This inventory provides profiles, tables, and listings describing automated library activities at 103 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) institutions. The inventory includes analyses of aggregate information from individual library profiles which are then divided into three categories that reflect primarily bibliographic functions: (1)…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Higher Education, Information Systems
Fennell, Janice C., Ed. – 1989
These proceedings contain 21 research reports and 56 position papers as well as capsule descriptions of 32 workshop forums, panel presentations, and group discussions that took place at the conference. The papers are organized into nine broad subject areas: (1) academic and research librarianship (recruitment, technology and change, faculty…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Information Technology, Library Administration
Sitts, Maxine K., Ed. – 1985
This publication reporting the responses of 92 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) members to an automation inventory survey conducted in March 1985 was generated from a database developed by ARL to provide timely, comparable information about the extent and nature of automation within the ARL library community. Among operational systems, the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Higher Education, Information Systems
Carlson, David; And Others – 1985
At the University of Rhode Island, the goal of the Library is to meet the informational needs of a diverse clientele: students, both graduate and undergraduate; faculty; other university staff; and, as a land-grant institution serving the state of Rhode Island, the general public. This report results from 8 months of committee work that involved…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Flow Charts, Higher Education
Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, Boston. – 1983
In November 1982, questionnaires were sent to 1400 public, secondary school, academic, and special libraries in Massachusetts to determine their use of computers for various activities. Of the 778 respondents, 282 (36.2%) reported automation of some kind and an additional 105 (13.5%) indicated that they were planning some automation within a year.…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Computers, Indexing, Interlibrary Loans
Clyde, Laurel; Joyce, D. Joan – 1983
This bibliography provides a guide to the literature available as of August 1983 on computers (particularly microcomputers) and school libraries. References include annotations of articles, books, papers, and reports written in English, and some nonprint materials (many citations are from Australian publications). The selection, organization, and…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Software
HOLZBAUR, FREDERICK W.; FARRIS, EUGENE H. – 1966
DIRECT MAN-MACHINE COMMUNICATION IS NOW POSSIBLE THROUGH ON-LINE, REAL-TIME TYPEWRITER TERMINALS DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO COMPUTERS. THESE TERMINAL SYSTEMS PERMIT THE OPERATOR, WHETHER ORDER CLERK, CATALOGER, REFERENCE LIBRARIAN OR TYPIST, TO INTERACT WITH THE COMPUTER IN MANIPULATING DATA STORED WITHIN IT. THE IBM ADMINISTRATIVE TERMINAL SYSTEM…
Descriptors: Automation, Cataloging, Computers, Data Processing
Avram, Henriette D. – 1975
The Library of Congress presents the history of its Machine Readable Cataloging (MARC) system. Descriptions of MARC pilot projects and distribution services are followed by a discussion of several conversion projects undertaken by libraries in order to implement MARC. Then MARC's influence on standardization of formats for information interchange,…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Coupling, Cataloging, Data Processing, Databases
