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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=EJ349584 |
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- Caveats, Qualms, and Quibbles: A Revisionist View of Library Automation. Cart, Michael Futures (of Society) Information Scientists Information Technology Library Automation Library Expenditures Library Role Library Technical Processes Online Catalogs Public Libraries Technological Advancement Describes problems in the current state of library automation, including too much jargon, excessive costs, excessive implementation time, and systems that don't work. An example is given of one public library's conservative approach to library automation which husbands resources for the maintenance and expansion of print collections and non-electronic services. (EM)