A Brief History of Library Automation
Title: A Brief History of Library Automation
Category: /Social Sciences/Library & Information Science
Details: Words: 1654 | Pages: 6 (approximately 235 words/page)
A Brief History of Library Automation
Category: /Social Sciences/Library & Information Science
Details: Words: 1654 | Pages: 6 (approximately 235 words/page)
An automated library is one where a computer system is used to
manage one or several of the library's key functions such as
acquisitions, serials control, cataloging, circulation and the public
access catalog. When exploring the history of library automation, it
is possible to return to past centuries when visionaries well before
the computer age created devices to assist with their book lending
systems. Even as far back as 1588, the invention of the French 'Book
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A Brief History of Library Automation: 1930-1996