Unrelenting Change: The 1984 Automated Library System Marketplace.

Matthews, Joseph R.

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Publication Date: 1985

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Unrelenting Change: The 1984 Automated Library System Marketplace.

Matthews, Joseph R.

Library Journal, v110 n6 p31-40 Apr 1 1985

This annual review article examines the progress made and pitfalls encountered by the automated library system marketplace during calendar year 1984. Total marketplace activity is represented by events that occurred in four segments: turnkey systems, library-developed software, software designed to run on microcomputers, and production of computer-output-microform catalogs. (Author/EJS)

Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Output Microfilm, Computer Software, Information Systems, Library Automation, Library Catalogs, Library Equipment, Microcomputers, Online Systems, Tables (Data)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Descriptive

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