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Balasubramanian, V.; Bhattacharyya, Swati – Information Processing and Management, 1986
This description of the design of an online library acquisition system highlights the use of database management systems in developing information retrieval systems, and software requirements for the hierarchical menu-driven operation. A conceptual view of the database is included. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Database Management Systems, Information Retrieval, Library Acquisition

Chapman, Janet L. – Special Libraries, 1986
Special librarians are in unique position to become directly involved in the design, development, and management of automated in-house databases. Software packages called application generators enable the librarian/information scientist to develop database applications without programmer intervention and with very little or no knowledge of…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Corporate Libraries, Database Management Systems, Databases