Program: electronic library and information systems: Volume 21 Issue 4

A market study of library automation systems in the UK

John Blunden‐Ellis

This paper undertakes a brief marketing analysis of the major library automation products and suppliers in the UK, focusing on aspects such as market growth, market share, market…

OST—a training package for end‐users of online systems

C.J. Armstrong, J.A. Large

The Online Search Tutor (OST) was developed under funding from the British Library Research and Development Department as a self‐contained training package for end‐users of online…

Implementing CLSI in Warwickshire County Library

Peter Baker

Computer projects in Warwickshire County Library from 1974 led to separate system development for cataloguing, ordering and circulation. Problems with both the reliability and…

Use of CAIRS at the Tropical Development and Research Institute Library

V.K. Datta

The purpose of this paper is to describe the computer system implemented in the Library and Information Services Section of the Tropical Development and Research Institute (TDRI)…

The SPRIG Union Catalogue of Periodicals on dBASE III

Christopher F. Atton

When the Sport & Recreation Information Group (SPRIG) was founded in 1984 one of its aims was to improve bibliographic control of the literature of sport, physical education and…

Recent developments in library automation in Mexico and Venezuela

Ian Johnson

In March 1987, during a visit to Latin America concerned with education for librarianship, I noted a number of interesting developments in library automation. The main library of…