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Peer reviewedPlanton, Stanley; Phillips, Susan – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1986
Describes computerization of routine library procedures on Apple microcomputers at a small regional campus of Ohio University. Highlights include use of a database management program--PFS:FILE--for acquisition lists, equipment/supplies inventory, microfilm and periodicals management, and statistical manipulations, and a spreadsheet…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Computer Software, Database Management Systems, Higher Education
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
Farr, Rick C. – Library Journal, 1983
Discussion of the use of inexpensive microcomputers in local area information networks (LAN) notes such minicomputer problems as costs, capacity, downtime, and vendor dependence, and the advantages of using LAN in offices and libraries, less costly LAN upgrades, library vendors and LAN systems, and LAN problems. A 28-item bibliography is provided.…
Descriptors: Costs, Information Networks, Information Systems, Library Automation
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
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1981
This collection of materials on small computer applications in research libraries, assembled by the Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), includes documents from ARL and non-ARL libraries illustrating local, commercial, and word processing computer applications. Among the contents of the…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Computer Oriented Programs, Higher Education, Information Retrieval
Boss, Richard W. – 1997
One of the most significant decisions in a library administrator's career is the decision to automate one or more of a library's operations. This book describes the present state of local library automation; the planning, selection, and implementation process; and the library administrator's role in the process. The bulk of the text provides a…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Costs, Decision Making, Information Technology
