Alanet: the American Library Association's electronic information system

Abstract

Librarians in every type of library — public, academic, school, special — are aware of how important computers have become in the day‐to‐day management of the library. So many types of Hardwareand software are available that many librarians and information professionals feel perpetual “information overload” as they try to decide which system or program is best for various uses in their libraries. Along with automated cataloguing, circulation, and acquisition systems, libraries are presented with bibliographic databases, “front‐end” systems, and electronic mail services, and staff and management are faced with the problem of choosing different types of services from various vendors without really knowing which system is best.

Citation

Melton, E. (1986), "Alanet: the American Library Association's electronic information system", The Electronic Library, Vol. 4 No. 5, pp. 290-294. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb044715