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Liu, Susana J. – 1980
This study (1) examines the university's serials system and identifies its problems; (2) analyzes the current manual operations in the serials department, with emphasis on the serials check-in system; and (3) determines whether or not computerization of some or all of the serials subsystems would improve the department's internal effectiveness and…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, College Libraries, Feasibility Studies, Higher Education
Download full textRouse, William B.; And Others – 1975
The development of a mathematical model of the Illinois Library and Information Network (ILLINET) is described. Based on queueing network theory, the model predicts the probability of a request being satisfied, the average time from the initiation of a request to the receipt of the desired resources, the costs, and the processing loads. Using a…
Descriptors: Costs, Interlibrary Loans, Library Automation, Library Circulation
