The Automation Inventory of Research Libraries, 1988
Author | : Maxine K. Sitts |
Publisher | : Assn Research Libraries |
Total Pages | : 183 |
Release | : 1988 |
ISBN-10 | : 0918006570 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780918006578 |
Rating | : 4/5 (578 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Automation Inventory of Research Libraries, 1988 written by Maxine K. Sitts and published by Assn Research Libraries. This book was released on 1988 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This inventory provides profiles, tables, and listings describing automated library activities at 117 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) institutions. For the first time, the inventory includes analyses of aggregate information from individual library profiles. The analyses are divided into four categories that reflect primarily bibliographic functions: (1) public access (online catalog, database searching, CD-ROM, public computing, circulation, interlibrary loan, reserves, telefacsimile); (2) technical services (acquisitions, authority control, cataloging/local, cataloging/utility, serials check/claim, serials union list, database conversion, COM catalog, collection development); (3) number of operational and planned functions--1988 and 1987; and (4) computer ownership, public access, and the extent of function for selected functions. Also provided is a detachable page for institutional feedback on the analyses. The report also contains a list of vendors for selected functions; individual library profiles; additional resources on automation; automation inventory contacts for 1988; and an appendix which includes a descriptive factors list, a listing of functions, and the 1988 automated in-house systems listing--a guide for standardized references to in-house systems--and background on the automation inventory. (CGD)