COMPUTER‐BASED LIBRARY SYSTEMS: A REVIEW OF THE LAST TWENTY‐ONE YEARS
- 1 February 1987
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Emerald Publishing in Journal of Documentation
- Vol. 43 (2) , 145-165
- https://doi.org/10.1108/eb026807
Abstract
The developments in the use of computer systems in libraries from 1966 to date have been great. This report, written to coincide with the twenty‐first anniversary of the publication of Program, looks at some of these developments, in Britain, in North America, and in other countries. It traces the history of library automation from the early experimental systems through to the co‐operative systems, the locally developed systems, the mini‐ and microcomputer‐based and stand‐alone integrated systems that are available today.Keywords
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