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Volume 17, Issue 3
1 June 1999
The Electronic Library Cover Image for Volume 17, Issue 3
Viewpoint| June 01 1999

Library automation: today’s successes and concerns

Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-616X
Print ISSN: 0264-0473
© MCB UP Limited
1999
The Electronic Library (1999) 17 (3): 155–157.
https://doi.org/10.1108/02640479910329743

Looks at the vision of an integrated online system of access originally held by librarians and the developments in technology which have led to new visions and concepts in library automation. Presents an overview of the leading vendors in this field and briefly outlines their products and their sales figures.

Keywords: Libraries, Automation, New technology, Vendors
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