by:
Cortez, Edwin M.
Smorch, Tom

Publisher:
Greenwood Press
Published:May 30, 1993
ISBN:0313283613
Format:Hardcover
Pages:248

Description: From Book News, Inc.
This text presumes a good familiarity with the functional and technical aspects of both the systems development cycle and library automation and expands knowledge on such topics as needs assessment, costing for automated systems, procurement techniques that include the preparation of procurement documents, and hardware software options for current library automated systems. For library systems analysts, library automation administrators, information managers, consultants, and advanced students specializing in library automation. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Product Description:
This guide focuses on the implementation and management of second-generation automated library systems. It advances knowledge of the field by describing the "migration path" of library automated systems. Specifically, the book is intended to give practical directions in procuring a replacement library automated system. As such, the text reviews new approaches to library automation which rely on knowledge gained over the past two decades. In charting the procurement process, the book indicates how to migrate the library's database. It discusses state-of-the-art technology such as scanning and imaging devices, and provides descriptions and analyses of telecommunications and networking technology and issues.