Selecting and implementing an integrated library system : the most important decision you will ever make / Richard M. Jost.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jost, Richard M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Integrated library systems (Computer systems).

Libraries--Automation.

Libraries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (128 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, [Netherlands] : Chandos Publishing, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Selecting and Implementing an Integrated Library System: The Most Important Decision You Will Ever Make focuses on the intersection of technology and management in the library information world.

Contents:

Front Cover

Selecting and Implementing an Integrated Library System

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

About the Author

List of Figures

Introduction

1 Brief History of Library Technology

Brief history of library automation

Classification

2 Record Types and Print Library Workflows

Components of library operations

Technical services

Public services

Library records

Library workflows

Discovery

3 Electronic Resources

Electronic resources life cycle

Step 1: Evaluation

Step 2: Acquisition

Step 3: Discovery

Step 4: Manage

Step 5: Review

Step 6: Renew/cancel

4 Systems Librarians

Systems librarianship

Definition

Skills

Roles

Organizational place

Relationships

Hiring technical staff

Human resources

5 Project Management

Project management

Step 1: Set project goals

Step 2: Define the project

Step 3: Planning-decide on team members and resources

Step 4: Planning-review the technology

Step 5: Planning-write procedures

Step 6: Planning-develop schedules

Step 7: Implementation and adjustment

Step 8: Project evaluation

6 Change Management

Change models

Support for change

7 Needs Assessment and the Library Automation Marketplace

Needs assessment

Library automation marketplace

Software as a Service

Cloud computing

8 Open Source

Open source

Advantages

Disadvantages

Open source vendors

Tools

9 Decision Trees and Consultants

Consultants

10 Request for Proposal

RFP process

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Step 4

Step 5

Step 6

Step 7

Step 8

Step 9

Step 10

Step 11

11 Data Migration, Retrospective Conversion, and Barcodes

Retrospective conversion

Step 3.

Step 4

Barcodes and RFID

12 Staff Training and Troubleshooting

Staff training

Vendor training

In-house training

Patron training

Troubleshooting

User groups

13 Staffing the Libraries of the Future

14 The Library Transformation in the Digital Age

Library transformations

Library 1.0

Library 2.0

Library 3.0

Social media

Conclusion

Appendix: The Orbis-Cascade Project

Impact of technology

Orbis-Cascade project

References

Index

Back Cover.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 18, 2015).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-08-100216-5

OCLC:

926101645