Publisher's Synopsis
An up-to-date survey of current computer technology and library applications. Written in accessible, non-technical language, the book emphasizes the concepts and terminology which are essential to librarians who must communicate with data processing personnel, equipment vendors and others involved with the design and implementation of automated information systems.;The book provides an introduction to computer software and hardware and discusses various modes of data processing. It then surveys historical and current trends in automated control and discusses the various approaches to the automation of cataloguing activity. The book ends with an investigation of automated reference services and deals with automated acquisitions and serials processing systems.
