Descriptor
Costs | 7 |
Library Equipment | 7 |
Library Technical Processes | 7 |
Library Automation | 5 |
Computer Oriented Programs | 3 |
Online Systems | 3 |
Cataloging | 2 |
College Libraries | 2 |
Cost Effectiveness | 2 |
Indexing | 2 |
Libraries | 2 |
More ▼ |
Source
Computers in Libraries | 1 |
Author
Auricchio, Dominick | 1 |
Boss, Richard W. | 1 |
Bourne, Charles | 1 |
Bullock, Connie | 1 |
Densmore, Glen | 1 |
Schuyler, Michael | 1 |
Spigai, Frances G., Ed. | 1 |
Weisbrod, David L. | 1 |
Publication Type
Reports - Descriptive | 2 |
Books | 1 |
Collected Works - Proceedings | 1 |
Guides - Non-Classroom | 1 |
Information Analyses | 1 |
Journal Articles | 1 |
Reports - Research | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Administrators | 1 |
Media Staff | 1 |
Practitioners | 1 |
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Weisbrod, David L. – 1979
This booklet, one of a series of background papers for the White House Conference, explores the potential of new technologies to improve library services while reducing library costs. Separate subsections describe the application of technology to the following library functions: acquisitions, catalogs and cataloging, serials control, circulation…
Descriptors: Costs, Library Automation, Library Equipment, Library Services
Schuyler, Michael – Computers in Libraries, 1999
Describes how a library, with an MCI Corporation grant, approached the process of setting up computers for the visually impaired. Discusses preparations, which included hiring a visually-impaired user as a consultant and contacting the VIP (Visually Impaired Persons) group; equipment; problems with the graphical user interface; and training.…
Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Computer Oriented Programs, Costs, Grants
Auricchio, Dominick – 1968
An overview of materials scheduling, this write-up outlines system components, standardization, costs, limitations, and expansion capabilities of the New York Statewide Film Library Network. Interacting components include research staff; materials libraries; hardware; input/output (operation modes, input format conventions, transaction codes);…
Descriptors: Codification, Computer Oriented Programs, Costs, Films
Densmore, Glen; Bourne, Charles – 1965
This study was conducted to determine what fraction of the total cost of the Stanford University library system can properly be charged to each of the four major groups of users: undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty and staff, and non-Stanford users. Eight separate cost elements were developed for each of the library's cost centers…
Descriptors: Administration, Budgeting, College Libraries, Cost Effectiveness
Bullock, Connie; And Others – 1974
Considering alternative physical formats for the public card catalogs currently used in the University of California at Los Angeles libraries, a study group at began by investigating six possibilities: 1) cards; 2) photographically-produced catalogs; 3) typeset-printed catalogs; 4) computer-produced catalogs; 5) microform or video catalogs; and 6)…
Descriptors: Book Catalogs, Cataloging, College Libraries, Costs
Boss, Richard W. – 1997
One of the most significant decisions in a library administrator's career is the decision to automate one or more of a library's operations. This book describes the present state of local library automation; the planning, selection, and implementation process; and the library administrator's role in the process. The bulk of the text provides a…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Costs, Decision Making, Information Technology
Spigai, Frances G., Ed.; And Others – 1975
Sixteen papers are presented which focus on microforms and data processing in library and information centers. Articles include discussions of cost analysis, decision making and program planning, library automation, information retrieval, indexing, cataloging, and computer services for libraries. (CH)
Descriptors: Automation, Cataloging, Computer Oriented Programs, Computers