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This state-of-the-art reference/text offers a unique historical perspective of the past 25 years of computers in libraries–profiling currently available processing systems according to their size and platform.
Discussing the short- and long-term future of information technology in libraries, Library Information Technology and Networks
• Covers recent advances in bibliographic utilities and library networks, including the Internet
• Examines the worldwide market potential for information technology
• Contains a brief overview of foreign library automation development
• Describes the newer breed of concurrent multiuser systems
• Compares the bibliographic hardware and software of numerous systems vendors
• Investigates procurement and evaluation factors that influence the future of information systems in every library
• Stresses how cooperation among libraries strengthens library programs and services and more!
