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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
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1987
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED282584 |
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Table of Contents:
- Prototyping a Microcomputer-Based Online Library Catalog. Occasional Papers Number 177. Lazinger, Susan S. Shoval, Peretz Academic Libraries Case Studies Computer Software Foreign Countries Higher Education Information Systems Library Automation Microcomputers Models Online Catalogs Research Methodology Systems Analysis Systems Development User Satisfaction (Information) This report examines and evaluates the application of prototyping methodology in the design of a microcomputer-based online library catalog. The methodology for carrying out the research involves a five-part examination of the problem on both the theoretical and applied levels, each of which is discussed in a separate section as follows: (1) a discussion of the standard life cycle in information systems development, particularly library systems development, as defined in the literature; (2) a definition of prototyping as perceived in some of the more recent literature of systems development, a discussion of the two distinct types of prototyping in use in software engineering, and a presentation of the model of prototyping roles; (3) adaptation of the model of prototyping roles to the specific configuration in the presence of which prototyping is suggested as a design methodology for a microcomputer-based online library catalog; (4) analysis of the use of prototyping methodology in the design of a microcomputer-based catalog in the Library of the Graduate Library School of Hebrew University; and (5) an evaluation of prototyping as a viable systems development methodology for libraries. The text is supplemented by two tables and five figures, and 107 references are provided. (KM)