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Peer reviewedCheatham, David – Information Technology and Libraries, 1985
Discussion of the systems development life cycle (SDLC) that supports operational and managerial planning of automation projects covers challenges of library automation, evolution and scope of SDLC, lack of dissemination of SDLC literature within library and information science community, and corrective measures to meet library automation demands.…
Descriptors: Information Systems, Library Administration, Library Automation, Library Planning
Starratt, Joseph; And Others – Library Administration & Management, 1990
Discusses the need for management information and decision support systems in libraries, and identifies inertia and confusion as the main contributors to the lack of successful implementations. An attempt to initiate a decision support system at the University of Nebraska at Omaha is described, and both problems encountered and benefits gained are…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Decision Support Systems, Library Administration, Library Personnel
Bishoff, Lizbeth J. – American Libraries, 1987
This response to suggestions that the technical services librarian may be replaced by a combination of paraprofessional staff and automated processes discusses the catalog librarian's role in staff training, systems analysis, integrated systems design, technical services management, and original cataloging. (CLB)
Descriptors: Library Administration, Library Technical Processes, Library Technicians, Needs Assessment
Download full textBausser, Jaye – 1984
This document explores the various issues and concerns related to the development of online systems in libraries and, in particular, online catalogs. Following a preface, foreword, and introduction, chapters are devoted to each of the following topics: (l) providing for special interests including the disabled; (2) authority control; (3) subject…
Descriptors: Indexing, Library Administration, Library Automation, Library Catalogs
Peer reviewedMcDonald, Joseph – Library Software Review, 1986
Focusing on management decisions in academic libraries, this article compares management information systems (MIS) with decision support systems (DSS) and discusses the decision-making process, information needs of library managers, sources of data, reasons for choosing microcomputer, preprogrammed application software, prototyping a system, and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Oriented Programs, Decision Making, Higher Education
Vaughan, Anthony, Comp. – 1987
Compiled for the benefit of library, archive, and information science schools for use in their information services and systems management courses, this reader is not meant to replace the already existing standard textbooks on this subject, but to provide a more international perspective than textbooks written with the information services of one…
Descriptors: Archives, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Design, Developing Nations
