Vine Volume 14 Issue 4 1984

Abstract

This guide was commissioned by the British Library Research and Development Department, on the advice of the Group for Research into Public Libraries. It was produced as the result of a research project, the first stage of which was a survey of automated issue systems in public libraries in the United Kingdom. The survey was published as a special issue of VINE (No. 52, December 1983), and showed a clear trend towards the provision of online, stand‐alone systems, often including functions other than circulation control, and usually provided on a turnkey basis. For the second stage of study, it was decided to concentrate on these systems, and to compile a guide and checklist on their selection and installation, which could be used by librarians considering automation, or in the process of replacing a system. The study was carried out over the period December 1983 — February 1984.

Citation

(1984), "Vine Volume 14 Issue 4 1984", VINE, Vol. 14 No. 4, pp. 2-36. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb040310