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Selection and Use of Telecommunications Consultants for Library Automation

Perry, Rodney B.

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Title
Selection and Use of Telecommunications Consultants for Library Automation
Author(s)
Perry, Rodney B.
Issue Date
1984
Keyword(s)
  • Libraries --Communication systems
  • Telecommunication in libraries
  • Library science --Technological innovations
  • Library science --Data processing
  • Libraries --Automation
Abstract
Data communications for library automation systems have emerged rapidly as a major consideration for library systems personnel, automation planners and library managers. The consequences of wrong choices in data communications are at least as serious as those for wrong choices regarding automation of library operations. Libraries installing automation systems, however, must make decisions in order to operate. It is an area where libraries should seek the best available help to assist them in clarifying options and reducing uncertainties. This article will describe the factors involved in selection and use of telecommunications consultants; particular focus will be given to Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and the characteristics of telecommunications for library automation which play a part in the selection and use of consultants. The Monroe County Library System (MCLS) in Rochester, New York is used as a primary example.
Publisher
Graduate School of Library and Information Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Series/Report Name or Number
Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing (21st : 1984)
ISSN
0069-4789
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/1226
Copyright and License Information
Copyright owned by Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. 1984.

Owning Collections

1984: Telecommunications : making sense of new technology and new legislation PRIMARY
21st Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing (1984). Edited by James L. Divilbiss