Browse 1978: Problems and failures in library automation by Title

  • So you want to build a network 
    Kunkel, Douglas F. (Graduate School of Library Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign., 1978)
    WARNING: Building a network may be hazardous to your health. Depending on network philosophy and guidelines, networking may demand unparalleled cooperation and communication among libraries. If cooperation within a ...

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  • The ups, downs, and demise of a library circulation system 
    Corey, James F. (Graduate School of Library Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign., 1978)
    The automated circulation system discussed in this paper was in existence in the spring of 1978 when the fifteenth annual Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing was held. The system was not a failure in the ...

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  • What hath technology wrought? 
    Veaner, Allen B. (Graduate School of Library Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign., 1978)
    I believe it was Adlai Stevenson who said: "Man does not live by words alone, but he sometimes has to eat them." No one wants to be reminded of anything but his successes! So, I sense that in putting together their papers ...

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