Computers in Library Science

Library and Information science (LIS) is the study of issues related to libraries. This includes academic studies about how library resources are used and how people interact with library systems. These studies tend to be specific to certain libraries at certain times. The organization of knowledge for efficient retrieval of relevant information is also a major research goal of LIS. Basic topics in LIS include the acquisition, cataloging, classification, and preservation of library materials. 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. This book discusses 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 multi-user systems compares the bibliographic hardware and software of numerous 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.