Automating Libraries: The Major Mistakes Vendors Are Likely to Make.

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ERIC Number: EJ321340

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Publication Date: 1985

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Automating Libraries: The Major Mistakes Vendors Are Likely to Make.

Library Hi Tech, v3 n2 p107-13 1985

Five prominent consultants--Richard Boss, Susan Baerg Epstein, Rob McGee, Joseph Matthews, James E. Rush--discuss the most common mistakes vendors make in implementing library automated systems. Suggestions are made for correcting basic problems relating to identification of library needs, communications, delivery dates, inadequate systems, and systems support. (EJS)

Descriptors: Information Needs, Information Systems, Interpersonal Communication, Library Automation, Library Planning, Needs Assessment, Problems, Program Implementation, Systems Development

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Language: English

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