AUTOMATION IN THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON

Abstract

The University of London's far‐reaching plan for a new generation of library automation has become a casualty of the UGC's latest round of cuts in funding for universities. A strategy had been developed over recent years to replace the four existing shared systems and to introduce a five to seven year phase of expansion. The integration of all library functions, the provision of online access, and emphasis on resource sharing and a rational approach to library provision in London for the remainder of the century were the main objectives. A distributed network was planned to link all the diverse libraries of the University in a common system, affording online access to shared bibliographic and, where appropriate, shared borrower data. Considerable interest in the scheme was being shown by libraries both at home and abroad.

Citation

Parry, V.T.H. (1986), "AUTOMATION IN THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON", VINE, Vol. 16 No. 2, pp. 26-27. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb040351