Program: electronic library and information systems: Volume 31 Issue 4

Assessing the effect of new generation library management systems

I.R. Murray

This paper examines 10 libraries, from the academic, public and special sectors, all of which have recently purchased a new library management system (LMS). The systems can be…

An overview of some libraries and their computer systems in the Czech Republic and Slovenia: a visitor’s impressions

Lucy A. Tedd

Before running workshops on electronic library developments in the Czech Republic and Slovenia in 1996 and 1997, visits were made to several libraries in order to become aware of…

EARL: collaboration in networked information and resource sharing services for public libraries in the UK

Peter Smith, Peter Stone, Colin Campbell, Hugh Marks, Helen Copeman

EARL (Electronic Access to Resources in Libraries) is a collaborative approach to establishing a national networked information and resource sharing service for public libraries…