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MANAGING LIBRARY AUTOMATION

Managing
Library
Automation

Second edition

Marlene Clayton

with Chris Batt

First published 1992 by Ashgate Publishing

Reissued 2018 by Routledge
2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN
711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017, USA

Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business

Copyright Marlene Clayton, 1992

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers.

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Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe.

Publishers Note
The publisher has gone to great lengths to ensure the quality of this reprint but points out that some imperfections in the original copies may be apparent.

Disclaimer The publisher has made every effort to trace copyright holders and welcomes correspondence from those they have been unable to contact.

A Library of Congress record exists under LC control number: 92014373

Phototypeset in 11 point Baskerville by Intype, London

ISBN 13: 978-1-138-32779-5 (hbk)
ISBN 13: 978-0-429-44906-2 (ebk)

Contents

Managing Library Automation provides a concise, easy-to-read guide to the main factors which librarians and information workers should be aware of when considering computerization. The second edition has been revised and updated with the assistance of Chris Batt to ensure a fresh perspective. The book retains, however, its original brief of not attempting to cover every detail of an extensive topic, but instead gives the essential facts and indicates significant trends. Historical accounts have been kept to the minimum and no attempt has been made to describe or explain computing techniques except where an understanding of these assists the effective use of systems by librarians. References to further reading are given where appropriate.

The book begins by setting library automation within the context of a wider strategy for the use of Information Technology. The importance of careful planning the first skill of management is stressed. Subsequent chapters explore the nuts and bolts of hardware and software and reveal some of the more significant changes that have taken place in the five years since the first edition was published.

Trends have been towards smaller but more powerful computers, allowing micro and mini computers to predominate over the mainframe in the library automation marketplace. The rise of Unix as an operating system capable of running on different hardware platforms provides the librarian with more freedom of choice in terms of hardware and software vendors and, most important, eases the path towards easy exchange of information. Ease-of-use is a consistent goal of both suppliers and customers. Although there have been notable advances in this direction, particularly through the development of graphical user interfaces for standard business packages, developments advancing Online Public Access Catalogues (OPACs) have been disappointingly slow.

The chapters considering networking and the exchange of data and information highlight that one of the fastest developing areas is the interface with the book trade and the adoption of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI). These advances emphasize the value of the tools for bibliographic control, such as MARC, which librarians have been developing since the earliest days of library automation. They are also allowing libraries and other bibliographic agencies to realize more fully their considerable investment in the creation of large databases of high standard bibliographic records.

Optical storage generally and the CD-ROM in particular have, since the first edition, become major resources for librarians who wish to exploit large databases cost effectively. The book provides background to the use of these systems and identifies their potential uses over the coming years.

The human aspect of automation is considered throughout the book. Although a more commonplace activity than five years ago, the successful integration of automation into the total library system is still a considerable managerial achievement. It requires a blend of technical, organizational and interpersonal skills and these are also considered in later chapters. Finally, advice is offered on monitoring the working system. Continuous improvement should be the goal of every manager. It is hoped that this second edition of Managing Library Automation will be your guide.

In addition to all those who helped prepare the groundwork for the previous edition, thanks must go to the representatives of the vendors who helped to update product information: Janet Mitchell (OCLC), Frank Watson (Geac), Robert Watson (BLCMP Library Services Ltd) and Brian Kefford of BLAISE Information Services.

Particularly warm thanks go to Tony Hall.

AACR	Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules
ADONIS	Article Delivery Over Network Information Service
AFR	automatic format recognition
AGRIS	International System for the Agricultural Sciences and Technology
ANSI	American National Standards Institute
ASR	automatic send-receive
BEDIS	Book Trade Electronic Data Interchange Standards Committee
BIC	Book Industry Communications
BIDS	Bath ISI Data Service
BISAC	Book Industry Systems Advisory Committee
BLDSC	British Library Document Supply Centre
BNB	British National Bibliography
BTECC	Book Trades Electronic Communications Committee
CAD	computer-aided design
CAL	computer-assisted learning
CAR	computer-assisted retrieval
CCF	common communication format
CCITT	Comit Consultatif International de Telephonie et de Tlgraphie
CCL	Common Command Language
CCTA	Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency
CD	compact audio disk
CDI	Compact Disk Interactive
CD-ROM	compact disk read-only memory
CDTV	Commodore Dynamic Total Vision
CDXA	Compact Disk eXtended Architecture
CEPT	Confrence Europene des Administrations des Postes et TlTcommunications
CIP	Cataloguing-in-Publication
CLR	Council on Library Resources
CNRS	La Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique
COM	computer output microform
CPM	Critical Path Method
CPU	central processing unit
CRT	cathode ray tube
CSMA/CD	carrier sense multiple access with collision detection
CURL	Consortium of University Research Libraries

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