Although the dominant trend in stand‐alone library systems is for libraries to buy in either turnkey systems or software packages from commercial suppliers, there is still in the…
Abstract
Although the dominant trend in stand‐alone library systems is for libraries to buy in either turnkey systems or software packages from commercial suppliers, there is still in the university library sector a considerable amount of in‐house development. At the time of the LIB‐2 study last year, nearly one‐third of university libraries owning a dedicated minicomputer had developed or were developing software in‐house. This article describes one such system; it is of greater general interest than some because of the portability and availability of the software, which is, in fact, already being adapted for use by another university library ‐Ed