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Selecting and Implementing an Integrated Library System: The Most Important Decision You Will Ever Make.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Chandos information professional seriesPublication details: Oxford : Chandos Publishing, 2015.Description: viii, 112 p. : ill. (b & w); 23 cmISBN:
  • 0081001533 [pbk].
  • 9780081001530 [pbk].
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 025.04 JOS

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Selecting and Implementing an Integrated Library System: The Most Important Decision You Will Ever Make focuses on the intersection of technology and management in the library information world. As information professionals, many librarians will be involved in automation projects and the management of technological changes that are necessary to best meet patron and organizational needs.

As professionals, they will need to develop numerous skills, both technological and managerial, to successfully meet these challenges. This book provides a foundation for this skillset that will develop and acquaint the reader with a broad understanding of the issues involved in library technology systems.

Although a major topic of the book is integrated library systems (a fundamental cornerstone of most library technology), the book also explores new library technologies (such as open source systems) that are an increasingly important component in the library technology world. Users will find a resource that is geared to the thinking and planning processes for library technology that emphasizes the development of good project management skills.

Selecting and implementing an integrated library system poses an important decision for a library. The library investment, in both financial and human resources, represents a significant wager on the future. The staff person responsible for overseeing this project not only must understand the technical aspects of an integrated library system, but also possess skills of planning, communication, and leadership. The project manager needs to be adept in leading change and understanding how it can be a factor in staff acceptance and support. This combination of technical and organizational capabilities provides the blueprint for the success of a library systems project. -- from back cover.

Includes bibliographical references (page 105) and index.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • About the Author (p. ix)
  • List of Figures (p. xi)
  • Introduction (p. xiii)
  • 1 Brief History of Library Technology (p. 1)
  • Brief history of Library automation (p. 1)
  • 2 Record Types and Print Library Workflows (p. 7)
  • Components of library operations (p. 7)
  • Library workflows (p. 12)
  • 3 Electronic Resources (p. 19)
  • Electronic resources life cycle (p. 20)
  • 4 Systems Librarians (p. 25)
  • Systems librarianship (p. 25)
  • Hiring technical staff (p. 29)
  • Human resources (p. 31)
  • 5 Project Management (p. 33)
  • Project management (p. 33)
  • 6 Change Management (p. 39)
  • Definition (p. 39)
  • Change models (p. 39)
  • Support for change (p. 42)
  • 7 Needs Assessment and the Library Automation Marketplace (p. 45)
  • Needs assessment (p. 45)
  • Library automation marketplace (p. 46)
  • Software as a Service (p. 47)
  • Cloud, computing (p. 47)
  • 8 Open Source (p. 51)
  • Open source (p. 51)
  • Open source vendors (p. 54)
  • Tools (p. 54)
  • 9 Decision Trees and Consultants (p. 57)
  • Consultants (p. 59)
  • 10 Request for Proposal (p. 61)
  • RFP process (p. 62)
  • 11 Data Migration, Retrospective Conversion, and Barcodes (p. 69)
  • Step 1 (p. 69)
  • Step 2 (p. 70)
  • Step 3 (p. 71)
  • Retrospective conversion (p. 72)
  • Barcodes and RFID (p. 74)
  • 12 Staff Training and Troubleshooting (p. 77)
  • Staff training (p. 79)
  • Troubleshooting (p. 82)
  • User groups (p. 84)
  • 13 Staffing the Libraries of the Future (p. 85)
  • 14 The Library Transformation in the Digital Age (p. 91)
  • Library transformations (p. 91)
  • Social media (p. 97)
  • Conclusion (p. 99)
  • Appendix: The Orbis-Cascade Project (p. 101)
  • References (p. 105)
  • Index (p. 107)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Richard M. Jost has worked in libraries since the mid-1980s and has been the project manager for a variety of integrated library system implementations in law libraries. In addition to his job responsibilities as the Information Systems Coordinator at the University of Washington Gallagher Law Library, he also teaches a graduate course in library technology at the University of Washington Information School.

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