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Main Author: Atkinson, Hugh C.
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 1984
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ308766
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  • Who Will Run and Use Libraries? How? Atkinson, Hugh C. Cataloging Decision Making Information Retrieval Job Skills Library Administration Library Automation Library Material Selection Library Materials Library Personnel Library Services Online Systems This essay discussing effects of automation on library personnel and library services notes civil service structures; failures in personnel administration; rigidity in library service; access to information by "temporary" language; evaluative, judgmental analysis of the book, data, or journal; dangers of centralized decision-making and computer safeguards; and unknown library users. (EJS)