United Kingdom Computer‐based Loans Systems: A Review
- 1 March 1975
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Emerald Publishing in Program: electronic library and information systems
- Vol. 9 (3) , 102-114
- https://doi.org/10.1108/eb046720
Abstract
The spread of systems is traced from 1966, when two were operational, to the present time when there are at least 59. The options now available to a librarian contemplating the adoption of an automated loans system are discussed under the following headings: off‐line, on‐line, or hybrid?; source of computing power; data collection devices; book identification; borrower identification; involvement of bibliographic data; source of software. Local considerations and constraints which might affect each decision are pointed out.Keywords
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