Library automation : core concepts and practical systems analysis
Recent advances in technology such as cloud computing, recent industry standards such as RFID, bibliographic standards like RDA and BIBFRAME, the increased adoption of open source integrated library systems (ILS), and continued shift in users' expectations have increased the complexity of the decision regarding ILS for all types of libraries.
Print Book, English, 2014
Third edition View all formats and editions
Libraries Unlimited, Santa Barbara, California, 2014
xxix, 279 pages ; 26 cm
9781591589228, 1591589223
503073120
Integrated library system (ILS) defined
Library automation life cycle (LALC). Phase I, System identification and planning
LALC phase 2 : gathering user requirements
LALC phase 3. Structuring user requirements and selecting a system
LALC phase 4. System implementation. Part 1. Preparing the collection for the integrated library system
LALC phase 4. System implementation. Part II. Installation, testing, facility, training, and tracking system use
Software, hardware, and network architecture
System (ILS) migration
LALC phase 5. Evaluating system use through usability
Library automation "on the move."
Reshaped and expanded edition of: Automating media centers and small libraries. Second edition. 2002