Linking Library Automation Systems in the Internet: Functional Requirements, Planning, and Policy Issues

Abstract

Historically, library catalogs have been rather insular, often based on specialized hardware and/or operating systems lacking industry‐standard networking capabilities. Network access was not a major consideration in the design or selection of these specialized systems. But when library automation systems are attached to the network as an afterthought, they often display unsatisfactory functional characteristics; libraries now face the realities of the wired campus environment and the collision between library automation tradition and the new world of networks.

Citation

Lynch, C.A. (1989), "Linking Library Automation Systems in the Internet: Functional Requirements, Planning, and Policy Issues", Library Hi Tech, Vol. 7 No. 4, pp. 7-18. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb047770