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Small Libraries Online: Automating Circulation and Public Access Catalogs. Participant Workbook.
Garcia, C. Rebecca; Bridge, Frank R. – 1989
This workbook, meant to be used in a workshop, presents information on and guidelines for automating small libraries: (1) planning for automation; (2) automated system procurement and evaluation; (3) data conversion issues; (4) sample configuration worksheets; (5) sample configuration costs; (6) site preparation; (7) training; and (8) acceptance…
Descriptors: Costs, Integrated Library Systems, Library Automation, Library Circulation
Data Conversion. A Fundamental Step toward Library Automation. Participant Workbook [For a Workshop].
Bridge, Frank R.; Garcia, C. Rebecca – 1988
This workbook for participants in a 1988 Texas State Library workshop is designed to provide a step by step outline for the full process of bibliographic, item, and patron conversion from paper files to an online environment; to orient participants to various methods and major vendors of bibliographic retrospective conversion; and to provide a…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Library Automation, Library Planning, Machine Readable Cataloging
Are We There Yet? Evaluating Library Collections, Reference Services, Programs, and Personnel.
Robbins-Carter, Jane; Zweizig, Douglas L. – American Libraries, 1985
This second in a five-lesson tutorial on library evaluation focuses on the evaluation of library collections. Highlights include the seven-step evaluation process described in lesson one; quantitative methods (total size, unfilled requests, circulation, turnover rate); and qualitative methods (impressionistic, list-checking). One required and…
Descriptors: Courses, Formative Evaluation, Library Circulation, Library Collection Development
Fundamentals of Library Automation and Technology. Participant Workbook.
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Bridge, Frank; Walton, Robert – 1987
This workbook presents outlines of topics to be covered during a two-day workshop on the fundamentals for library automation. Topics for the first day include: (1) Introduction; (2) Computer Technology--A Historical Overview; (3) Evolution of Library Automation; (4) Computer Hardware Technology--An Introduction; (5) Computer Software…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Computer Software, Contracts, Costs
Orientation Course in Educational Media. Primary Schools.
Transvaal Education Dept., Pretoria (South Africa). – 1984
This orientation course in educational media for teachers in primary schools consists of 10 illustrated lectures. Lecture topics are: (1) effective media use; (2) educational media for teaching and learning; (3) the use of pictures and illustrations as an educational medium in the primary school; (4) books and other printed media; (5)…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Audiovisual Instruction, Course Descriptions, Educational Television
Orientation Course in Educational Media. Secondary Schools.
Transvaal Education Dept., Pretoria (South Africa). – 1984
This orientation course in educational media for teachers in secondary schools consists of nine illustrated lectures. Lecture topics are: (1) effective media use; (2) educational media for teaching and learning; (3) books and other printed media; (4) transparencies and the overhead projector; (5) slides, slide-sound programs, filmstrips, and…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Audiovisual Instruction, Course Descriptions, Educational Television
Reinvention of the Public Library for the 21st Century.
Whitesides, William L., Sr., Ed. – 1998
This book, written by graduate students at the Catholic University (District of Columbia) School of Library and Information Science, examines current priorities, policies, and practices of public libraries. Following an introduction, "Reinventing Libraries: Responding to the Forces of Change" (Lisa Crisman), chapters include: (1) "A…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Appropriate Technology, Change, Cultural Context