University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Determining the number of terminals required for an on-line catalog through queueing analysis of catalog traffic data

Borgman, Christine L.; Kaske, Neal K.

Permalink

https://hdl.handle.net/2142/1110

Description

Title
Determining the number of terminals required for an on-line catalog through queueing analysis of catalog traffic data
Author(s)
  • Borgman, Christine L.
  • Kaske, Neal K.
Issue Date
1980
Keyword(s)
  • Libraries --Automation
  • Library science --Data processing
  • Public services (Libraries)
  • Transaction logs
Abstract
In assessing equipment needs for the conversion loan on-line catalog, the Dallas Public Library initiated a study of current catalog use, with plans to incorporate the findings from the investigation into its design and planning process. This investigation was limited by the available data. The data collected on current card catalog use were analyzed and used to project equipment requirements for an on-line catalog. Usage levels and patterns for the new catalog were assumed identical to those of the present card catalog. While there will be significant changes in both level and patterns of catalog use with the implementation of an on-line catalog, until such changes can be quantified there is no way to incorporate them into the study.
Publisher
Graduate School of Library Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Series/Report Name or Number
Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing (17th : 1980)
ISSN
0069-4789
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
Permalink
http://hdl.handle.net/2142/1110
Copyright and License Information
Copyright owned by Copyright 1980 Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois

Owning Collections

1980: Public Access to Library Automation PRIMARY
17th Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing (1980). Edited by J.L. Divilbiss.