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Johan Syahbrudin; Edi Istiyono; Moh. Khairudin; Anita Anggraini; Indah Urwatin Wusqo; Metta Mariam; Yenni Muflihan – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2025
Computer-based assessment (CBA) is a top-rated tool for conducting assessments, mapping learning outcomes, and selecting new candidates. Research that examines the development and use of CBA is also increasing from year to year, so without bibliometric analysis, it would be quite challenging to keep up with all of these studies. This study aims to…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Educational Research, Educational Trends, Bibliometrics
Starr, Jennie – Searcher, 1999
Presents factors for librarians to consider when decision-making about information retrieval. Discusses indexing theory; thesauri aids; controlled vocabulary or thesauri to increase access; humans versus machines; automated tools; product evaluations and evaluation criteria; automated classification tools; content server products; and document…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Automation, Decision Making, Information Management
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Genaway, David C. – Electronic Library, 1986
Proposes a resource analysis model to help library managers acquire most appropriate integrated online library system. The model examines human, equipment, and fiscal resources of acquiring library and supplying vendor, complementing respective strengths and weaknesses of each. A resource checklist is provided to narrow range of choices to single…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Decision Making, Equipment, Fiscal Capacity
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Bills, Linda G. – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1985
Suggests practical steps the uninitiated librarian can take to become familiar with automation opportunities and discusses issues that should be considered in choosing an automation system for the small library. Getting acquainted with computer world, evaluating library environment, and considering options are covered. Eight references are cited.…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Decision Making, Library Administration, Library Automation
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Schwarz, Philip – Catholic Library World, 1985
Overview of activities and issues that face library administrators considering automation emphasizes acquisition of turnkey systems. Discussion covers reasons for automating, options available, major marketplace issues, keys to a successful automation project, the Request for Information, the Request for Proposal, evaluation techniques, the…
Descriptors: Contracts, Decision Making, Evaluation Methods, Information Systems
Malinconico, S. Michael – Library Journal, 1985
This essay illustrates a technique for reducing the risks of capital investment decisions involving considerable sums for advanced technologies by considering its application to a problem that arises frequently in selection of automated library systems. Incomplete information, using available information, selecting a system, and consultants are…
Descriptors: Consultants, Decision Making, Electronic Equipment, Information Systems
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Griffiths, Jose-Marie; King, Donald W. – Electronic Library, 1984
Describes framework for library networking which consists of six interdependent dimensions to be used for decision making by libraries: functions to be performed, type of access information, types of materials, products and services, networking configurations, and communications means. Use of a series of cost models describing activities within…
Descriptors: Costs, Decision Making, Library Automation, Library Cooperation
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Drabenstott, Jon; And Others – Library Hi Tech, 1987
Several consultants address the development and use of RFPs (requests for proposals) in the library automation procurement process, including the cost of developing a request; the need to concentrate on overall goals, not just the document; and the usefulness of the request as one step in a broader planning process. (CLB)
Descriptors: Consultants, Decision Making, Electronic Equipment, Library Automation
Clement, Russell T. – Library Journal, 1985
Reports results of survey of 21 smaller to medium-sized (50,000-200,000 volumes) libraries which was conducted to determine factors used to make selection decisions in purchase of automated turnkey systems from established vendors. Factors examined include costs, software, hardware, and vendors for parts A (actual experience) and B (hypothetical…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Costs, Decision Making, Input Output Devices
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Lerin, Christian; Bernard, Annick – International Library Review, 1986
Describes the organization and automation plan of the Bibliotheque Nationale (Paris, France) that was begun in 1981. Highlights include the method of moving toward computerization; technical choices; the choosing procedure (pre-qualification, bench-mark test); short term and pilot operations; and preparation for the implementation of the…
Descriptors: Databases, Decision Making, Foreign Countries, Library Administration
Atkinson, Hugh C. – Library Journal, 1984
This essay discussing effects of automation on library personnel and library services notes civil service structures; failures in personnel administration; rigidity in library service; access to information by "temporary" language; evaluative, judgmental analysis of the book, data, or journal; dangers of centralized decision-making and…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Decision Making, Information Retrieval, Job Skills
Reisinger, Carol; Barth, Rodney J. – 1978
The process involved in planning, developing, and building a resources file is described in the context of a state education agency. The key decision points which confront the dissemination director are described, i.e., determining the client, the client's resource needs, and the availability of already existing resources. The steps involved in…
Descriptors: Automation, Databases, Decision Making, Educational Resources
Loughborough Univ. of Technology (England). Dept. of Library and Information Studies. – 1981
These four papers presented at the Polytechnic of Central London School of Management focus on the management of technical innovation in libraries as it affects decision making, library organization, non-systems staff, and interlibrary cooperation. Procedures for implementing automation in a library are outlined: a system analysis and costing of…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Innovation, Library Administration, Library Automation
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Pagell, Ruth – Electronic Library, 1991
Examines factors relating to selecting machine-readable information sources from the perspective of the library manager concerned with serving user needs. Professional and novice searchers are considered; remote time sharing, CD-ROM workstations, and local tapes are described and compared; network choices are discussed; and impacts on the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Networks, Cost Effectiveness, Databases
Hirshon, Arnold – 1986
Based on telephone interviews with 12 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member libraries, this report presents the underlying reasons for the libraries' decisions relating to the design and implementation of automated library systems. The survey results are summarized, a list of respondents is provided, and profiles of present and planned…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Advisory Committees, Decision Making, Equipment Evaluation
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