The Microcomputer in the Library: IV. Cataloguing and Acquisitions Software.

Leggate, Peter; Dyer, Hilary

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Publication Date: 1986

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The Microcomputer in the Library: IV. Cataloguing and Acquisitions Software.

Leggate, Peter; Dyer, Hilary

Electronic Library, v4 n3 p152-65 Jun 1986

Describes cataloging software characteristics (data input, storage, retrieval, and output); outlines acquisitions software requirements (recommendations, data input, budgetary control, dispatch of orders, claims and cancellations, receipts, management information); presents examples of cataloging and acquisitions software; and discusses the nature of integrated library systems. (MBR)

Descriptors: Cataloging, Computer Software, Cost Effectiveness, Data Processing, Library Acquisition, Library Automation, Library Catalogs, Merchandise Information, Microcomputers, Performance

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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