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Seema Sharma, Lovely Professional University Unit 10: Library Automation
Unit 10: Library Automation Notes
CONTENTS
Objectives
Introduction
10.1 Library Automation
10.2 Barriers of Library Automation
10.3 Need of Library Automation
10.4 Library Management System
10.5 Summary
10.6 Keywords
10.7 Review Questions
10.8 Further Readings
Objectives
After studying this unit, you will be able to:
• Know about the library automation
• Discuss about the barriers of library automation
• Describe the library management system
Introduction
Librarians often referred to ILSs as library automation systems or automated systems in the 1970s
and early 1980s. Before the advent of computers, libraries usually used a card catalog to index their
holdings. Computers came into use to automate the card catalog, thus the term automation system.
Automation of the catalog saves the labor involved in resorting the card catalog, keeping it up-to-
date with respect to the collection, etc. Other tasks automated include checking-out and checking-
in books, generating statistics and reports, acquisitions and subscriptions, indexing journal articles
and linking to them, as well as tracking interlibrary loans.
10.1 Library Automation
Since the late 1980s, windowing systems and multi-tasking have allowed the integration of business
functions. Instead of having to open up separate applications, library staff could now use a single
application with multiple functional modules.
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