Directory of Library Automation Software, Systems, and Services
Directory of Library Automation Software, Systems, and Services

Author: Information Today Inc

Publisher:

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13:

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Published biennially since 1983, the Directory of Library Automation Software, Systems, and Services is recognized as the primary reference source for software packages used in automating libraries. This entirely new expanded edition provides detailed descriptions of hundreds of currently available microcomputer, minicomputer, and mainframe software packages and services. This new edition contains more comparative information on library applications software than is available from any other source.

Directory of Library Automation Software, Systems, and Services
Directory of Library Automation Software, Systems, and Services

Author: Pamela Cibbarelli

Publisher: Information Today

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781573870887

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Presents information needed to begin a comparative study of available automation alternatives for libraries, and gives contact information for various support services and vendors. Provides basic information to locate and compare available options for library automation based on various criteria such as hardware requirements, operating systems, components and applications, and price. Gives information on software, retrospective conversion services, library automation consultants, database hosts, CD-ROM and portable database distributors, and conferences and meetings.

Library Automation
Library Automation

Author: Muhammad Riaz

Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Distri

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13:

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In A Readable Manner The Book (Races The History Of Computer, Basics Of Hardware And Software, Input-Out¬Put Concepts And Devices. It Describes The Offline And Online Methods Of Com¬Puter Applications In Six Areas Of Library Work: Circulation, Cataloguing, Refe¬Rence Service, Acquisition, Serials Cont¬Rol, And Information Retrieval.It Also Projects Current Scenario Of Information Technology, Online In¬Formation Services, And Computerized Library Networks Used In The Western World. It Outlines Telecommunication Aspects And Satellite Communication With Actual And Potential Use In Library Operation. It Also Provides Sufficient Guidelines For The Planning And Implementation Of Library Automation.It Is Hoped That The Book Will Pro¬Vide Immense Help To The Students And Teachers Of Library Science In Their Academic Pursuit, And Serve As Manual For The Practising Librarians.

Libraries and Subscription Agencies
Libraries and Subscription Agencies

Author: Peter Gellatly

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 9780866568425

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In this volume, the library-agency relationship is discussed from various points of view. Contributors focus on the use of subscription agents worldwide--in Africa, the Middle East, and Great Britain. Up-to-the-minute information on the effects of automation on the library-agency relationship is explored, including serials management systems; automated serials control over selection, acquisition, and utilization; serials databases using subscription agency files; and a most useful bibliography on automated subscription agency utilities and services.