Journal Of Library Automation

Introduction to automation; An overview of library automation; Determining needs and making decisions; Implementing the system.

Here is a timely book that expertly addresses the current impact of automation on the profession of librarianship in terms of its practitioners, standards, and underlying philosophy. In clear and understandable language, author T. D. Webb focuses his discussion--with practical examples--on the important decision of the location of the computer--at the library site or a remote automation center. Designed to be a practical guide to host computer location, this articulate book also addresses the broad professional issues of library automation.

Assists libraries in analysis preceding any decision to automate. Presents a proven planning process, consisting of need analysis, system selection, contracting, installation, & implementation.

Textbook on experiences, methodology and technology concerning the application of library automation as an information system, particularly in the USA - provides a perspective of the library functions that have been or might be mechanized or computerized, an outline of the systems design approach, an overview of available technology, and a projection of the prospects for library automation in the 1970s. Bibliography pp. 254 to 316 together with a subject index thereto.

The advent of computers in libraries made library automation a hot topic in the 1980s and 1990s, but this focus has dropped off over time, leaving much library automation research outdated. Library Automation and OPAC 2.0: Information Access and Services in the 2.0 Landscape brings library automation back to the forefront of cutting-edge research. In today's age of Web 2.0 and social networking, libraries are entering the new Library 2.0 era, and this reference will present current and future librarians with the necessary new library automation research they will need to keep their institutions up-to-date in today's constantly changing technological environment.