Automated Systems in Australian Libraries: A 1987 Perspective.

Henty, Margaret; Steele, Colin

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Publication Date: 1988

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Automated Systems in Australian Libraries: A 1987 Perspective.

Henty, Margaret; Steele, Colin

Electronic Library, v6 n2 p100-18 Apr 1988

Reports on a 1987 survey of automation in Australian academic and state libraries. The current situation is described in several areas: (1) turnkey integrated "proprietary" library system suppliers; (2) networks; (3) modules; (4) database issues; and (5) staffing trends. The questionnaire and data on proprietary systems and modules used by responding libraries are appended. (14 references) (MES)

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Developed Nations, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Library Automation, Library Surveys, National Libraries, Questionnaires, State Libraries, State of the Art Reviews

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