Using an INS Simulation to Forecast Manpower Needs.

Mansfield, Jerry W.

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Publication Date: 1982-Jul

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Using an INS Simulation to Forecast Manpower Needs.

Mansfield, Jerry W.

Journal of the American Society for Information Science, v33 n4 p217-22 Jul 1982

Describes a simulation language--the Integrated Network System (INS)--which lends itself to modeling library operations and presents a simulation in which the circulation department of a university library was subjected to 10- and 20-percent increases in public demand and the efficiency and human resource needs of the department were analyzed. (Author/JL)

Descriptors: College Libraries, Flow Charts, Labor Needs, Library Administration, Library Circulation, Library Personnel, Library Technical Processes, Models, Prediction, Programing Languages, Simulation

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Language: English

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