This volume is designed to be a comprehensive guide to the evaluation and use of computers and modern data processing systems in libraries. It is organized into four sections, each covering a major facet of library automation. Part 1 provides a mechanized introduction to library data processing, including its benefits and costs, a review of its…

Libraries are using computers and telecommunications networks to share resources and centralize processing tasks. Networks allow handling of increasing amounts of material with limited funds. New developments in communications technology encourage network growth. The Ohio College Library Center is the current leader in networking. Network efforts…

An investigation was conducted to probe faculty attitudes toward library effectiveness, to measure the effect on these attitudes of the dispersion of relevant resources in a system of departmental libraries around the campus, and to determine if a document delivery system produced changes in user attitudes toward the library. Studies were…

In 1975 a study of the Ontario (Canada) public library system was undertaken in order to develop plans for organizing, financing, and coordinating public libraries in the next ten years. From published reports, interviews, letters, and examination of facilities and available data, information was collected on provincial and county library…

A study on information technology and public policy examined relationships among information providers and their clients in order to determine the economic, institutional, and technological factors that are key in deciding how people get the information they need. The research project was conducted to help the National Commission on Libraries and…