Introduction to automation; An overview of library automation; Determining needs and making decisions; Implementing the system.

Textbook on experiences, methodology and technology concerning the application of library automation as an information system, particularly in the USA - provides a perspective of the library functions that have been or might be mechanized ...

Assists libraries in analysis preceding any decision to automate. Presents a proven planning process, consisting of need analysis, system selection, contracting, installation, & implementation.

Here is a timely book that expertly addresses the current impact of automation on the profession of librarianship in terms of its practitioners, standards, and underlying philosophy.

In A Readable Manner The Book (Races The History Of Computer, Basics Of Hardware And Software, Input-Out¬Put Concepts And Devices.

Here is what the experts have to say about the effects of computer applications on selected facets of personnel administration in libraries.