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Peer reviewedDuval, Beverly K.; Main, Linda – Library Software Review, 1994
Describes expert systems and discusses their use in libraries. Highlights include parts of an expert system; expert system shells; an example of how to build an expert system; a bibliography of 34 sources of information on expert systems in libraries; and a list of 10 expert system shells used in libraries. (Contains five references.) (LRW)
Descriptors: Expert Systems, Information Sources, Library Automation, Man Machine Systems
Peer reviewedDesmarais, Norman – Library Software Review, 1986
This discussion of three automated acquisitions systems--Bib-Base/Acq, The Book Trak Ordering System, and Card Datalog Acquisitions Module--covers searching and updating, editing, acquisitions functions and statistics, purchase orders and order file, budgeting and accounts maintenance, defining parameters, documentation, security, printing, and…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Databases, Information Systems, Library Acquisition
Peer reviewedJoachim, Robert – Library Software Review, 1986
Describes file management package offering relatively sophisticated features: conversion of previously downloaded records from commercial database into local file; keyword searching on inverted keyword file; full-text searching on author, title, bibliographic source, abstract; sorting by author, title, bibliographic source, publication year;…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software, Databases, Information Systems
Peer reviewedPerry-Holmes, Claudia – Library Software Review, 1985
Describes the use of electronic spreadsheet software for library decision support systems using personal computers. Discussion covers templates, formulas for allocating the materials budget, LOTUS 1-2-3 and budget allocations, choosing a formula, the spreadsheet itself, graphing capabilities, and advantages and disadvantages of templates. Six…
Descriptors: Budgets, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software, Decision Making
Peer reviewedMcDonald, Joseph – Library Software Review, 1986
Focusing on management decisions in academic libraries, this article compares management information systems (MIS) with decision support systems (DSS) and discusses the decision-making process, information needs of library managers, sources of data, reasons for choosing microcomputer, preprogrammed application software, prototyping a system, and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Oriented Programs, Decision Making, Higher Education
Peer reviewedCox, Bruce B. – Library Software Review, 1987
Discusses the context within which office automation takes place by using the models of the Science of Creative Intelligence and Transcendental Meditation. Organizational structures are compared to the phenomenon of the "collective consciousness" and the development of automated information systems from manual methods of organizational…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Database Management Systems, History, Information Scientists
