ERIC Number: EJ621762
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0362-8930
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Losing Our Drawers. Shopping for a New Automation System? Our Survey Asked School Librarians To Rate the Major Vendors.
Prestebak, Jane; Wightman, Konnie
School Library Journal, v46 n10 p66-73 Oct 2000
Describes the results of a survey of school librarians that investigated satisfaction with their selection of library automation systems. Discusses purchasing decisions; networking; Web-based systems; user friendliness; efficiency and usability; vendor integrity; technical support; training; documentation; authority control; links to Internet sites in the catalog; barcodes; and future considerations. (LRW)
Descriptors: Authority Control (Information), Computer Networks, Computer Selection, Computer Software, Decision Making, Efficiency, Elementary Secondary Education, Futures (of Society), Library Automation, Library Catalogs, Library Surveys, Online Catalogs, School Libraries, User Satisfaction (Information), Vendors, World Wide Web
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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