The Management of Serials Automation

The Management of Serials Automation
Author: Peter Gellatly
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 293
Release: 2019-12-06
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1000757897

This book, first published in 1982, explores all major aspects of automated serials control. It examines major working serials control systems in the United States and Canada, describes their operations, and evaluates their successes and shortcomings.

Automation of Library Integrated Operations

Automation of Library Integrated Operations
Author: V. Uma
Publisher: Ess Ess Publication
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017
Genre: Libraries
ISBN: 9788193359723

Until recently, library automation was an optional activity for libraries and limited to a few larger libraries with fewer operations-such as cataloguing, circulation of books, etc.-but the concept has been gaining prominence. Many practicing librarians and LIS schools in developing countries, including India, have become interested in the idea. Moreover, some government departments, quality assessment, as well as accrediting agencies who have been encouraging foundations/consortia to design and develop LIS software for the benefit of their member libraries, are making library automation mandatory. Commercial, as well as open source, LIS software have entered the field with varied processes, facilities, and customizable options (e.g. Libsys, Libris, Newgenlib, Koha, VTLS, e-grandhalaya, SOUL, etc.) The objective of any library is primarily to serve the user community by providing the right information to the right reader at the right time with the latest technologies and tools, but most of the public and academic libraries in India are not yet able to implement automation programs due to lack of funds, as well as expertise. These libraries are encountering customization issues as no software sufficiently supports all library operations according to procedures followed by Indian libraries. Furthermore, these libraries are also facing installation and update problems with Open source software. This book deals with all the current aspects of automation and the issues that need to be addressed while implementing automation in a librarian's respective library. The latest web applications viz. mobile, RFID technologies are discussed in the context of enhancing the effects of library automation. The information included here is designed for practicing librarians implementing automation in their libraries. [Subject: Library Science]

Thermal Processing of Foods

Thermal Processing of Foods
Author: K. P. Sandeep
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2011-05-12
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0470960272

The food industry has utilized automated control systems for over a quarter of a century. However, the past decade has seen an increase in the use of more sophisticated software-driven, on-line control systems, especially in thermal processing unit operations. As these software-driven control systems have become more complex, the need to validate their operation has become more important. In addition to validating new control systems, some food companies have undertaken the more difficult task of validating legacy control systems that have been operating for a number of years on retorts or aseptic systems. Thermal Processing: Control and Automation presents an overview of various facets of thermal processing and packaging from industry, academic, and government representatives. The book contains information that will be valuable not only to a person interested in understanding the fundamental aspects of thermal processing (eg graduate students), but also to those involved in designing the processes (eg process specialists based in food manufacturing) and those who are involved in process filing with USDA or FDA. The book focuses on technical aspects, both from a thermal processing standpoint and from an automation and process control standpoint. Coverage includes established technologies such as retorting as well as emerging technologies such as continuous flow microwave processing. The book addresses both the theoretical and applied aspects of thermal processing, concluding with speculations on future trends and directions.

Robotics and Automation in the Food Industry

Robotics and Automation in the Food Industry
Author: Darwin G Caldwell
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 527
Release: 2012-12-03
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0857095765

The implementation of robotics and automation in the food sector offers great potential for improved safety, quality and profitability by optimising process monitoring and control. Robotics and automation in the food industry provides a comprehensive overview of current and emerging technologies and their applications in different industry sectors.Part one introduces key technologies and significant areas of development, including automatic process control and robotics in the food industry, sensors for automated quality and safety control, and the development of machine vision systems. Optical sensors and online spectroscopy, gripper technologies, wireless sensor networks (WSN) and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems are discussed, with consideration of intelligent quality control systems based on fuzzy logic. Part two goes on to investigate robotics and automation in particular unit operations and industry sectors. The automation of bulk sorting and control of food chilling and freezing is considered, followed by chapters on the use of robotics and automation in the processing and packaging of meat, seafood, fresh produce and confectionery. Automatic control of batch thermal processing of canned foods is explored, before a final discussion on automation for a sustainable food industry.With its distinguished editor and international team of expert contributors, Robotics and automation in the food industry is an indispensable guide for engineering professionals in the food industry, and a key introduction for professionals and academics interested in food production, robotics and automation. - Provides a comprehensive overview of current and emerging robotics and automation technologies and their applications in different industry sectors - Chapters in part one cover key technologies and significant areas of development, including automatic process control and robotics in the food industry and sensors for automated quality and safety control - Part two investigates robotics and automation in particular unit operations and industry sectors, including the automation of bulk sorting and the use of robotics and automation in the processing and packaging of meat, seafood, fresh produce and confectionery

Workflow and Process Automation

Workflow and Process Automation
Author: Andrzej Cichocki
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 136
Release: 1997-12-31
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9780792380993

Based on the results of the study carried out in 1996 to investigate the state of the art of workflow and process technology, MCC initiated the Collaboration Management Infrastructure (CMI) research project to develop innovative agent-based process technology that can support the process requirements of dynamically changing organizations and the requirements of nomadic computing. With a research focus on the flow of interaction among people and software agents representing people, the project deliverables will include a scalable, heterogeneous, ubiquitous and nomadic infrastructure for business processes. The resulting technology is being tested in applications that stress an intensive mobile collaboration among people as part of large, evolving business processes. Workflow and Process Automation: Concepts and Technology provides an overview of the problems and issues related to process and workflow technology, and in particular to definition and analysis of processes and workflows, and execution of their instances. The need for a transactional workflow model is discussed and a spectrum of related transaction models is covered in detail. A plethora of influential projects in workflow and process automation is summarized. The projects are drawn from both academia and industry. The monograph also provides a short overview of the most popular workflow management products, and the state of the workflow industry in general. Workflow and Process Automation: Concepts and Technology offers a road map through the shortcomings of existing solutions of process improvement by people with daily first-hand experience, and is suitable as a secondary text for graduate-level courses on workflow and process automation, and as a reference for practitioners in industry.

Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics

Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics
Author: Oleg Gusikhin
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 587
Release: 2019-10-25
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3030319938

The goal of this book is to familiarize readers with the latest research on, and recent advances in, the field of Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics. It gathers a selection of papers highlighting the state-of-the-art in Intelligent Control Systems, Optimization, Robotics and Automation, Signal Processing, Sensors, Systems Modelling and Control. Combining theoretical aspects with practical applications, the book offers a well-balanced overview of the latest achievements, and will provide researchers, engineers and PhD students with both a vital update and new inspirations for their own research.

Serials Automation for Acquisition and Inventory Control

Serials Automation for Acquisition and Inventory Control
Author: Library and Information Technology Association (U.S.)
Publisher: Chicago : American Library Association
Total Pages: 196
Release: 1981
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

Papers from the Institute Milwaukee, September 4-5, 1980 Library and Information Technology Association, American Library Association.

Cataloguing Outside the Box

Cataloguing Outside the Box
Author: Patricia Falk
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 261
Release: 2010-01-20
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1780630263

A practical guide to cataloguing and processing the unique special collections formats in the Browne Popular Culture Library (BPCL) and the Music Library and Sound Recordings Archives (MLSRA) at Bowling Green State University (BGSU) (e.g. fanzines, popular sound recordings, comic books, motion picture scripts and press kits, popular fiction). Cataloguing Outside the Box provides guidance to professionals in library and information science facing the same cataloguing challenges. Additionally, name authority work for these collections is addressed. - Provides practical guidelines and solutions for cataloguing challenges - Draws on the authors' varied experiences with these special materials - Addresses specific, unique special collections materials

A First Course in Control System Design

A First Course in Control System Design
Author: Kamran Iqbal
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 323
Release: 2022-09-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1000794563

Control systems are pervasive in our lives. Our homes have environmental controls. The appliances we use, such as the washing machine, microwave, etc. carry embedded controllers in them. We fly in airplanes and drive automobiles that extensively use control systems. The industrial plants that produce consumer goods run on process control systems. The recent drive toward automation has increased our reliance on control systems technology.This book discusses control systems design from a model-based perspective for dynamic system models of single-input single-output type. The emphasis in this book is on understanding and applying the techniques that enable the design of effective control systems in multiple engineering disciplines. The book covers both time-domain and the frequency-domain design methods, as well as controller design for both continuous-time and discrete-time systems. MATLAB© and its Control Systems Toolbox are extensively used for design.