...Michael Sharrocks Library management Librarianship Indexing Library systems This book is the third and latest in a series designed to offer advice from practising indexers to their professional colleagues on special aspects of indexing and new developments in the field...

...Bojan Macan; Gladys Vanesa Fernández; Jadranka Stojanovski Purpose The purpose of this study is to present an overview of the two open source (OS) integrated library systems (ILS) – Koha and ABCD (ISIS family), to compare their “next‐generation library catalog” functionalities, and to give...

... libraries Library management Information services Internet Library systems Social networks ...

... of the literature covers DLs and there have been fewer studies about services in traditional libraries. A variety of architecture, framework and models integrating agent technology in library systems or services are proposed, but only a few have been implemented in the practical environment. The application...

...Maja Žumer Marshall   Breeding . Next‐Gen Library Catalogs . London : Facet Publishing   2010 . 138 pp. , ISBN: 978‐1‐85604‐721‐0   £34.95 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 --> Library systems Information operations Cataloguing Interface management...

... risks. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Risk assessment Risk management Library systems The paper describes a framework that is being developed aiming to ensure that institutions have considered the risks associated with use of Web 2.0 technologies and services and have...

... Following a description of the current state of integrated library systems (ILS) and the developments with Web 2.0 and Library 2.0 technologies, examples are given of library suppliers and libraries which are making use of these technologies. Findings Libraries are moving away from the traditional...

... --> Academic libraries Library systems IT The world of computing and IT has one constant: change. New technologies are always appearing from research laboratories and companies. They vie for attention from users and implementers. Some of these developments bloom into widely used systems, international...

... unnecessary and unhelpful mental barriers. John J.   Burke . Library Technology Companion: A Basic Guide for Library Staff . Neal‐Schuman , New York 2006 . 231 pp. , ISBN: 1‐55570‐550‐2   £39.95 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 --> Library systems Skills Staff...

...Lucy A. Tedd; Qing Zou; Guoying Liu Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate various issues related to Chinese language localisation in Evergreen, an open source integrated library system (ILS). Design/methodology/approach A Simplified Chinese version of Evergreen was implemented...

...Akshata Patkar Stephanie   Gerding . The Accidental Technology Trainer: A Guide for Libraries . Medford, NJ : Information Today   2007 . US$29.00 250 pp. 978‐1‐57387‐269‐0 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 --> Library systems Librarians training Library...

... and Managing Interlibrary Loan Services in All Libraries . Binghamton, NY : Haworth Information Press   2006 . 150 pp. , ISBN: 0‐7890‐3129‐9   US$19.00 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 --> Interlibrary loans Library systems Library services Hilyer's book is a must for any...

... the functionality of their products. Online catalogues Worldwide web Academic libraries Library management Library systems India An Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) is the key to a library's collection as it allows users to find out about what books, journals, conference proceedings, reports...

..., NY : Haworth Information Press   2006 . 206 pp. , ISBN: 0‐7890‐2151‐9   US$19.95 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 --> Automation Library systems Library management Online catalogues It is always strange to find oneself reading a book and finding that it has been...

... --> Automation Academic libraries Library systems Digital libraries Textbooks on digital libraries continue to arrive thick and fast. The present volume has been written by a team drawn from academic libraries in Oregon in the United States. The authors' aim, which I feel has generally been met...

... Publishing Limited 2006 Data handling Library management Library systems Saudi Arabia Data migration is considered to be the most problematic aspect of the changeover of a library management system (Hallmark and Garcia, 1992), especially for libraries switching from a first generation...

... sitting on other databases. And another from a librarian: Library systems Portals Information Literacy South Africa Universities and other research organisations are providing substantial financial support to libraries. A large proportion of this is now going into the acquisition...

..., which can be located by a receiver or transmitter which may be stationary or also movable depending on the application. RFID in library systems consists of two items: 1. a transponder (the word is derived from TRANSmitter and resPONDER) consisting of an antenna and a chip; and 2. a reader...

... Limited 2005 --> Library management Library systems Containing nine papers, this monograph covers electronic reserves management issues in general as experienced in academic environments, and the use and performance of Docutek's software package. This package is used by some 400 library...

... of T‐series had no alternative except either to migrate to the new Q‐series or to review the current strengths and weaknesses of the T‐series and make a decision to look for an entirely new system. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Library management Library systems Botswana...