DOBIS/LIBIS AT LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

Abstract

Introduction DOBIS/LIBIS, the integrated library system from IBM, has established a considerable customer base outside the UK, encompassing some 90 sites worldwide. Though first released in 1979, it is only in the last two years that it has been positively marketed in Great Britain, primarily thorough IBM's Academic Systems Marketing as part of a strategy for the academic sector. The first British library to acquire DOBIS for running as a stand alone system was the University of Liverpool which took delivery of the hardware in September 1985. A phased implementation of the various modules is underway: data take‐on began in April 1986, online cataloguing in early July, and acquisitions went live at the beginning of September. Circulation control will be introduced with the new academic year in mid‐1987. Serials is also available but its implementation at Liverpool has not yet been timetabled.

Citation

(1986), "DOBIS/LIBIS AT LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY", VINE, Vol. 16 No. 3, pp. 3-14. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb040357