Program: electronic library and information systems: Volume 23 Issue 1
Table of contents
Integrated automated systems for cataloguing, circulation and acquisitions on microcomputers: an overview of functions and products on the UK market
Pat MansonThis paper looks at what is meant by integrated automated systems in libraries and provides an overview of the UK market for microcomputer‐based products in this area. Some 17…
Entity‐Relationship analysis, the operational requirement and a buyer's view of the market for automated library systems
Peter GriffithsDatabase design using the technique of Entity‐Relationship (E‐R) modelling has become relatively common since the technique was proposed by Chen in the 1970s. However, there are…
Information skills and software use in schools
John B. HepworthIncreasing emphasis on information skills in primary and secondary schools is generating new kinds of database use arising from tuition in the search process. These small‐scale…
Design and development of an online bibliographic information storage and retrieval system under WDOS — an Indian multi‐tasking/multi‐programming operating system
Amit Kumar ChattopadhyayThe design and development of a computer‐based information system requires an understanding of the operating system of the computer. This knowledge helps in efficient file design…
A UK market study of large library automation systems vendors 1987
John Blunden‐EllisThis communication updates the original article on the UK library automation marketplace, and complements similar marketplace surveys in the US.
Interfacing CDS/ISIS with WordStar: ICIMOD's experience
Anwar Ali ChaudhryThe mini‐microcomputer version of CDS/ISIS (Computerised Documentation System/Integrated Set Information Systems), developed by the Division of UNESCO Library, Archives and…
Counterpoint: systems in a social context — report on the Library Association Information Technology Group's Fourth Annual Conference
Adie ScottBob McKee, OCLC Principal Lecturer in the Department of Librarianship and Information Studies at Birmingham Polytechnic, got the conference off to a flying start with a lively…