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Library Automation

Notes Questions
1. Write down the case facts.
2. What do you infer from it?
Source: http://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/~mbolin/chetansharma.pdf

5.4 Summary

A library planning to automate should undertake a process by which representative staff
and users can identify service needs and objectives.
Computer technology and software applications are changing and evolving at an incredibly
rapid pace.
Plans must be regularly revisited and updated as the environment and needs change.
Standards are documented agreements containing technical specifications or other precise
criteria to be used consistently as rules, guidelines, or definitions of characteristics, to
ensure that materials, products, processes and services are fit for their purpose.

The MARC 21 formats are standards for the representation and communication of
bibliographic and related information in machine-readable form.
A MARC 21 format is a set of codes and content designators defined for encoding machine-
readable records.
The MARC 21 formats were designed to facilitate the exchange of bibliographic and
related information.

UNIMARC is an international standard maintained by the International Federation of
Library Association and Institutions (IFLA) to facilitate the international exchange of data
in machine-readable form between national bibliographic agencies.
CCF is a structure format for creating bibliographical records and for exchanging records
between groups of information agency and libraries.

Retrospective conversion usually entails using catalogue cards (with a minimum of data
like call number, author, title, ISBN and/or LCCN information) to find or create
bibliographic record in a database of machine readable record such as OCLC (World Cat)
and brining those records into the existing local database.

5.5 Keywords

Agreements: A negotiated and usually legally enforceable understanding between two or more
legally competent parties.
Common Communication Format (CCF): CCF is a structure format for creating bibliographical
records and for exchanging records between groups of information agency and libraries.
Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC): The Dewey Decimal Classification is a system of library
classification made up of ten classes, each divided into ten divisions, each having ten sections.
Directory: A directory or folder is nothing more than a location on a disk used for storing
information about files.

Format: A format is a pre-established layout for data.
Guidelines: Recommended practice that allows some discretion or leeway in its interpretation,
implementation, or use.

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