Publisher's Synopsis
Libraries and the Internet: Impact on library Services The Concept of the Digital Library Impact on Professional Roles Communication Changing Perspectives on Service Provision Instruction and Training Networking, Data Sharing, and Standards Cataloguing, Indexing, and Metadata World Wide Web: Simplified Access to the Internet Evaluation of Automated Systems Evaluation Criteria Purposes of Evaluation User-Free Evaluation User-Involved Evaluation The Role of Advisory and Working Groups Limitations of Evaluation Evaluating the Digital Library Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems Cataloguing Applications Subject Indexing Database Searching Question Answering Acquisitions and Collection Development Achievements and Promise - Management Data from Automated Systems: Available Management Reports Desirable Reports Automated Systems in Collection Management Analysis of the collection Comparison with external databases Circulation Analysis Building of Special Databases Data Comparisons Monitoring OPAC Interactions Present System Capabilities Materials Availability in an Automated Environment Profiles of Interest Expert System Approaches Collection Management and Electronic Resources Electronic Publishing and Scholarly Communication Role of the Library Collection Development and Management Archiving and Preservation Resource Sharing Library-Vendor Relationships Relationships and Roles : Publishers, Vendors, and Libraries Effects of Change on Vendors Impact of the Internet on Communication and Vendor Services Outsourcing Combined Effects of Technology and Role Changes The Future - Principles of Systems Design: Review of Goals Economic Feasibility Unit Costs Elements of Design Phase Objectives of New Design Manuals of Procedures and Operations Manual Procedures Criteria of Procedures Design of Printed Forms Aspects of Design The Computer-based System Systems Installation Systems Follow-up Systems Design-Computer-Based Acquisitions System Characteristics of the Available Computer System Systems Chart Requirements and Input/Output Media Computer Processing Storage and Output Media Formatting Records Sorting and Utility Programmes and Macro Instructions Update and Update Programme Changes in the Acquisitions System Aspects of Integrated Systems Design... -
