... that Libmax is a complete library automation software that provides management of all types of material including print and electronic formats. It offers modules such as acquisitions, cataloguing, circulation, serials and OPAC (Max Intelligence, 2011). A survey focusing specifically on library software...

...Stephen Osahon Uwaifo Purpose The paper seeks to examine age and exposure to computers as determinants of librarians’ attitudes towards library automation in Nigerian universities. Design/methodology/approach The paper uses a survey approach to determine the attitudes of academic librarians...

... Limited 2004 --> Library services Libraries Automation “Access services” is defined by one contributor in this, the first issue of Journal of Access Services, as “Every library activity related to giving users access to relevant information”. The subject covers such topics...

... interface developed by Ramesh Babu and O’Brien (2000). The questionnaire was distributed among 50 libraries in Tamil Nadu, where OPACs are designed, developed and operational. Out of the 50 distributed, 36 were returned, a response rate of 72 per cent. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Automation...

... Reference services Automation Electronic publishing Although the title of this edition of Library Trends asks whether technological advances have brought about a paradigm shift in reference practice, the question running through the volume might more bluntly be phrased...

...A. Hossein Farajpahlou Refers to a 1999 Australian survey which examined a 26 item scale developed regarding three major automated library systems issues, which approved 23 items that represented criteria for the success of automated library systems, and rejection of the remaining three items...

... of vocabulary: normalisation and selection of terms; phrase construction depending on the coordination level desired; 1. (2) similarity computation: identification of statistical associations between terms; © MCB UP Limited 2000 Information retrieval Automation Data...

...Steve Morgan William   Saffady . Introduction to Automation for Librarians (4th edition) . Chicago : American Library Association   1999 . 339pp. , ISBN: 0 8389 0764 4   £47.95 UK distribution by Eurospan Ltd, London Libraries Automation Now in its fourth...

... for their cataloguing services. Most of them provide these services through their manual systems. The proportion of the use of automated systems either alone or in combination with manual systems is also significant (see Table II). Table II shows that all respondent libraries (7) offer author, title and subject...

... Automation For “old dogs” like me who find themselves floundering in a sea of technohype; for harassed managers too busy to go on training courses; and for those unable to find a library‐friendly “tekkie” who speaks plain English, this smart little book will be a godsend. The sub‐title “What your vendor...

...Abdul Razeq Younis Reviews the higher education movement and the development of universities in Jordan. Reports a study aimed at exploring the effect of automation on academic libraries, organizational structure and technical and administrative services. The study sample constituted 20 libraries...

...: from the use of computers for library automation and collection management to library networking emphazising collection access, no matter the time or place. This also means a shift in the focus of the book from the different kinds of systems relevant in a library to the environment in which...

...A. Hossein Farajpahlou Success and effectiveness in automated library systems are two related issues that all users are normally looking for when buying or designing a new system. On the basis of the available literature and opinions of automated library systems experts, 26 factors were identified...

...Graeme Muirhead Alec   Gallimore . Developing an IT Strategy for Your Library . London : Library Association Publishing   1997 . 192 pp , ISBN: 1 85604 261 8   £19.95 (£15.96 to LA members) Automation IT strategy Libraries It is not overstating things to say...

...Ian C. Monie F.W.   Lancaster , Beth   Sandore . Technology and Management in Library and Information Services . London : Library Association Publishing   1997 . 322 pp , ISBN: 1 85604 222 7   £37.50 Automation Information retrieval Libraries This book...

...Graeme Muirhead David   Barton Edited by . Making Choices: The Selection of Library Computer Systems: Proceedings of a Seminar Held at Stamford, Lincolnshire, 20 June 1996 . Bruton : Capital Planning Information   1996 . 42 pp , ISBN: 1 898869 27 8 Automation...

.... © MCB UP Limited 1994 Automation Catalogues History Libraries Research Great attention was paid to the design of the user interaction, which took account of the limitations of menu‐based interfaces. The third project, a comparison of Okapi′s performance...

.... The computer systems were run in batch mode and so any thought of searching the catalogue online was “pie in the sky”. The structure of the bibliographic record was defined by each individual library. A report on automation at the Library of Congress (LC) in 1963 concluded that the bibliographic system...

...Henry L. Mambo Outlines the advantages of automating libraries in developing countries and considers the problems relating specifically to finance,technology and management. Notes reliance on overseas aid and donations and points to local problems relating to maintenance and technology. Discusses...

...Edwin Ellis Badu Reports a questionnaire survey which attempted to identify the significant elements in the impact of the use of microcomputers on the work patterns affecting staff and users in the University of Ghana Library. Discusses the results and considers the prospects for further automation...