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Main Author: Breeding, Marshall
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 2009
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ827455
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contents Opening up Library Automation Software Breeding, Marshall Libraries Library Automation Computer Software Access to Information Library Services Internet Web Sites Throughout the history of library automation, the author has seen a steady advancement toward more open systems. In the early days of library automation, when proprietary systems dominated, the need for standards was paramount since other means of inter-operability and data exchange weren't possible. Today's focus on Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), web services, and open source systems makes possible a level of openness far beyond what was feasible in earlier times. In today's world where libraries face incredible challenges to be ever more interconnected within their broader organizations, in cooperative arrangements with other libraries, and with their users, the author contends that libraries need to constantly work toward higher levels of openness.
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spellingShingle Opening up Library Automation Software
Breeding, Marshall
Libraries
Library Automation
Computer Software
Access to Information
Library Services
Internet
Web Sites
Opening up Library Automation Software Breeding, Marshall Libraries Library Automation Computer Software Access to Information Library Services Internet Web Sites Throughout the history of library automation, the author has seen a steady advancement toward more open systems. In the early days of library automation, when proprietary systems dominated, the need for standards was paramount since other means of inter-operability and data exchange weren't possible. Today's focus on Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), web services, and open source systems makes possible a level of openness far beyond what was feasible in earlier times. In today's world where libraries face incredible challenges to be ever more interconnected within their broader organizations, in cooperative arrangements with other libraries, and with their users, the author contends that libraries need to constantly work toward higher levels of openness.
title Opening up Library Automation Software
topic Libraries
Library Automation
Computer Software
Access to Information
Library Services
Internet
Web Sites
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ827455