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Volume 18, Issue 1
1 January 1984
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Program: electronic library and information systems
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Review Article| January 01 1984

An online microcomputer‐based circulation system at the University of Aston Library

Lawrence R. Wood
Information Systems Design, 23 Arthur Road, Erdington, Birmingham B24 9EX, England. (Formerly University of Aston in Birmingham.)
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-7301
Print ISSN: 0033-0337
© MCB UP Limited
1984
Program (1984) 18 (1): 66–82.
https://doi.org/10.1108/eb046872

The background and reasons are given for the decision by the University of Aston Library to develop a microcomputer based circulation system. The development of the system is traced and an account of the system design and operation provided. It is a stand‐alone fully online circulation system using standard microcomputer equipment and providing a high degree of data security and equipment backup.

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