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Main Author: Sitts, Maxine K., Ed.
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 1986
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED276452
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author Sitts, Maxine K., Ed.
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contents The Automation Inventory of Research Libraries, 1986. Sitts, Maxine K., Ed. Academic Libraries Databases Higher Education Information Systems Library Automation Library Planning Library Research Library Statistics Library Surveys Library Technical Processes Matrices Online Searching Online Systems Online Vendors Research Libraries Based on information and data from 113 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) members that were gathered and updated between March and August 1986, this publication was generated from a database developed by ARL to provide timely, comparable information about the extent and nature of automation within the ARL community. Trends in automation are traced in the areas of operating status, locally developed and amended vendor systems, system extent beyond the library, ownership status, public access, and amount of integration; and comparative responses from 1985 and 1986 are presented for the number and percentage of libraries reporting automation status and integrated status. In addition, this document includes: an introduction summarizing trends in automation and changes from the 1985 inventory; the survey letter, instruction and code sheet, and automated in-house systems listing; a listing of libraries and contact persons; listings sorted by function; complete listings of all functions in alphabetical order by library; and comments. (KM)
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spellingShingle The Automation Inventory of Research Libraries, 1986.
Sitts, Maxine K., Ed.
Academic Libraries
Databases
Higher Education
Information Systems
Library Automation
Library Planning
Library Research
Library Statistics
Library Surveys
Library Technical Processes
Matrices
Online Searching
Online Systems
Online Vendors
Research Libraries
The Automation Inventory of Research Libraries, 1986. Sitts, Maxine K., Ed. Academic Libraries Databases Higher Education Information Systems Library Automation Library Planning Library Research Library Statistics Library Surveys Library Technical Processes Matrices Online Searching Online Systems Online Vendors Research Libraries Based on information and data from 113 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) members that were gathered and updated between March and August 1986, this publication was generated from a database developed by ARL to provide timely, comparable information about the extent and nature of automation within the ARL community. Trends in automation are traced in the areas of operating status, locally developed and amended vendor systems, system extent beyond the library, ownership status, public access, and amount of integration; and comparative responses from 1985 and 1986 are presented for the number and percentage of libraries reporting automation status and integrated status. In addition, this document includes: an introduction summarizing trends in automation and changes from the 1985 inventory; the survey letter, instruction and code sheet, and automated in-house systems listing; a listing of libraries and contact persons; listings sorted by function; complete listings of all functions in alphabetical order by library; and comments. (KM)
title The Automation Inventory of Research Libraries, 1986.
topic Academic Libraries
Databases
Higher Education
Information Systems
Library Automation
Library Planning
Library Research
Library Statistics
Library Surveys
Library Technical Processes
Matrices
Online Searching
Online Systems
Online Vendors
Research Libraries
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED276452