Program: electronic library and information systems: Volume 20 Issue 1

Geac with local enhancements: the integrated real‐time system at the University of Sussex Library

R.C. Young, P.T. Stone, J.S. Pickles, S.R. Lee, P.J. Lambert

The Sussex Geac system went live in June 1981, taking over from (and absorbing features of) the various batch systems which had been developed in‐house during the previous ten…

Building services and environmental needs of information technology in academic libraries

Denis Heathcote, Peter Stubley

Guidelines are suggested for dealing with the impact made on the physical environment of the library by the introduction of information technology. The implications for building…

Choosing a microcomputer‐based circulation system for the College of Librarianship Wales Library

Alan J. Clark

Factors involved in the choice of a microcomputer‐based circulation system, Bibliolend, marketed by Biblio Tech Ltd., for the library of the College of Librarianship Wales are…

A public library online stock control system reviewed

Martin P. Dudley

The original criteria for library automation in Hertfordshire are reviewed. The ALS system eventually installed is described. Its operation and performance are discussed, with…

Using standard software for small‐scale library projects: experience at Newcastle upon Tyne Polytechnic with WordStar and dBase II

Catherine E. Hare, Ian R. Winship

WordStar and dBase II are used for a very wide range of small‐scale applications within a general policy of making computers available to all library staff. Ease of use is aided…

Current library automation research supported by the British Library

Neil McLean

There would be few in the library world who would dispute the fact that information technology is having an impact on management perspectives, service goals, organisational…

Planning for automation: catalogue use survey at Humberside College of Higher Education

Elizabeth Holgate, JANE LENTON

Humberside College of Higher Education is comparable to a polytechnic in its size and range of courses, and is the largest of the six major higher education colleges in England…

Computer‐based library systems in the National and University Library in Zagreb

Dubravka Skender, Mirna Willar

The beginnings of the Yugoslav National and University Library (Nacionalna i sveučilišna biblioteka), Zagreb reach back as far as the first years of the 17th century when the…