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Library,Documentation and Information Science Division

“A research journal serves that narrow

borderland which separates the known from the unknown”

-P.C.Mahalanobis


Selecting and implementing an integrated library system :



viii, 112 p. : illustrations ; 23 cm. - (Chandos information professional series ) Content notes : 1. Brief history of library technology --
2. Record types and print library workflows --
3. Electronic resources --
4. Systems librarians --
5. Project management --
6. Change management --
7. Needs assessment and the library automation marketplace --
8. Open source --
9. Decision trees and consultants --
10. Request for proposal --
11. Data migration, retrospective conversion, and barcodes --
12. Staff training and troubleshooting --
13. Staffing the libraries of the future --
14. The library transformation in the digital age --
Appendix: The Orbis-Cascade project. Libraries - Automation. Integriertes Informationssystem.

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