Library Hi Tech: Volume 7 Issue 2

Competitive Procurement of Integrated Library Systems

Evan A. Reader

The California Slate University (CSU) successfully procured integrated library systems for five of its nineteen campuses during the fiscal year ending June 1988. The procurements…

Selecting a Relational Database Management System for Library Automation Systems

Alex Shekhel, Mike O'Brien

As the heart of a computer system's software, the database management system is the key to the maintenance of data and effective management reporting. Since it is involved in…

Uninterruptible Power Supplies

Bennett J. Price

Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) systems are typically designed to provide power to computers for five to thirty minutes after all utility company power has failed. In addition…

The Small Library and Fund‐Raising for Automation

Dwight F. Burlingame

Small libraries can take advantage of alternative funding sources to address their automation needs and thus make available to their patrons the advantages of an “information…

From Telecommunications to Networking: The MELVYL Online Union Catalog and the Development of Intercampus Networks at the University of California

Clifford A. Lynch

Over the past eight years, the MELVYL catalog has become one of the largest public access catalogs in the world, and now plays a central role in providing access to the library…

The Statewide Automation Planning Process in New York

Frederick E. Smith, George E.J. Messmer

The New York Stale Library and the library systems in New York State have a long‐standing commitment to the use of technology to improve services, increase efficiency, and…

The Trailing Edge: Gurus, Guides, and Ghosts

Walt Crawford

Microcomputer consultants can help a library install and use a complex software package but different styles of consulting will have different results. The first section of this…

Developing Managerial Competence for Library Automation

William Miller, Richard R. Rowe, L. James Gosier, Richard E. Luce, Brian Nielsen, Richard M. Dougherty

While there exists a small and perhaps growing cadre of mature library managers skilled in automation, not enough new MLS holders are being educated to support and extend the…