Automated Library Systems and Document Tracking Systems

Automated Library Systems and Document Tracking Systems
Author: John T. Phillips
Publisher: Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Martin Marietta Energy Systems
Total Pages: 146
Release: 1989
Genre: Acquisitions (Libraries)
ISBN:

Identifies and evaluates commercial software for circulation, cataloging, OPAC, serials and acquisitions subsystems.

The Automation Inventory of Research Libraries, 1986

The Automation Inventory of Research Libraries, 1986
Author: Maxine K. Sitts
Publisher: Association of Research Libr
Total Pages: 178
Release: 1986
Genre: Books
ISBN:

Based on information and data from 113 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) members that were gathered and updated between March and August 1986, this publication was generated from a database developed by ARL to provide timely, comparable information about the extent and nature of automation within the ARL community. Trends in automation are traced in the areas of operating status, locally developed and amended vendor systems, system extent beyond the library, ownership status, public access, and amount of integration; and comparative responses from 1985 and 1986 are presented for the number and percentage of libraries reporting automation status and integrated status. In addition, this document includes: an introduction summarizing trends in automation and changes from the 1985 inventory; the survey letter, instruction and code sheet, and automated in-house systems listing; a listing of libraries and contact persons; listings sorted by function; complete listings of all functions in alphabetical order by library; and comments. (KM)

Library Services Platforms

Library Services Platforms
Author: American Library American Library Association
Publisher: ALA Editions
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015
Genre: Database searching
ISBN: 9780838959619

The genre of library services platforms helps libraries manage their collection materials and automate many aspects of their operations by addressing a wider range of resources and taking advantage of current technology architectures compared to the integrated library systems that have previously dominated. This issue of Library Technology Reports explores this new category of library software, including its functional and technical characteristics. It highlights the differences with integrated library systems, which remain viable for many libraries and continue to see development along their own trajectory. This report provides an up-to-date assessment of these products, including those that have well-established track records as well as those that remain under development. The relationship between library services platforms and discovery services is addressed. The report does not provide detailed listings of features of each product, but gives a general overview of the high-level organization of functionality, the adoption patterns relative to size, types, and numbers of libraries that have implemented them, and how these libraries perceive their performance. This seminal category of library technology products has gained momentum in recent years and is positioned to reshape how libraries acquire, manage, and provide access to their

Library Automation in Transitional Societies

Library Automation in Transitional Societies
Author: Andrew Lass
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 468
Release: 2000
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0195132629

This is a collection of papers from a 1997 conference that attempted to assess the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation's efforts to modernize Eastern European libraries after the fall of communism. Looking primarily at Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia, the international panel of contributors cover library automation, library policy, and management strategy.

New Automation Technology for Acquisitions and Collection Development

New Automation Technology for Acquisitions and Collection Development
Author: Rosann Bazirjian
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2019-12-06
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 100075751X

This book, first published in 1995, describes how automation is changing the face of acquisitions as librarians know it and making the future uncertain yet exciting. It documents how libraries have increasingly moved to powerful, second-generation interfaceable or integrated systems that can control all aspects of library operations. The libraries presented as examples show that increasing user expectations, the siren call of cyberspace and network connectivity, and administrative faith in the savings to be obtained from electronic technical services continue to drive the migration to higher-level library management systems.