Selecting and Implementing an Integrated Library System
The Most Important Decision You Will Ever Make
- 1st Edition - October 16, 2015
- Imprint: Chandos Publishing
- Author: Richard M Jost
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 1 0 0 1 5 3 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 1 0 0 2 1 6 - 2
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Request a sales quoteSelecting 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.
- Embraces both technology and management issues as co-equals in successful library migration projects
- Based on the experiences of a 20+ year career in libraries, including three major automation project migrations
- Includes increasingly relevant subject matter as libraries continue to cope with shrinking budgets and expanding library demands for services
- Contains the direct experiences of the University of Washington system in the Orbis-Cascade Alliance project, a project uniting 37 libraries across two states that combined both technical and public service functions
Library directors and systems librarians who are beginning to explore the idea of migrating to a new integrated library system
- Dedication
- About the Author
- List of Figures
- Introduction
- 1. Brief History of Library Technology
- Abstract
- Brief history of library automation
- 2. Record Types and Print Library Workflows
- Abstract
- Components of library operations
- Library workflows
- 3. Electronic Resources
- Abstract
- Electronic resources life cycle
- 4. Systems Librarians
- Abstract
- Systems librarianship
- Hiring technical staff
- Human resources
- 5. Project Management
- Abstract
- Project management
- 6. Change Management
- Abstract
- Definition
- Change models
- Support for change
- 7. Needs Assessment and the Library Automation Marketplace
- Abstract
- Needs assessment
- Library automation marketplace
- Software as a Service
- Cloud computing
- 8. Open Source
- Abstract
- Open source
- Open source vendors
- Tools
- 9. Decision Trees and Consultants
- Abstract
- Consultants
- 10. Request for Proposal
- Abstract
- RFP process
- 11. Data Migration, Retrospective Conversion, and Barcodes
- Abstract
- Step 1
- Step 2
- Step 3
- Retrospective conversion
- Barcodes and RFID
- 12. Staff Training and Troubleshooting
- Abstract
- Staff training
- Troubleshooting
- User groups
- 13. Staffing the Libraries of the Future
- Abstract
- 14. The Library Transformation in the Digital Age
- Abstract
- Library transformations
- Social media
- Conclusion
- Appendix. The Orbis-Cascade Project
- Impact of technology
- Orbis-Cascade project
- References
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: October 16, 2015
- No. of pages (Paperback): 126
- No. of pages (eBook): 126
- Imprint: Chandos Publishing
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780081001530
- eBook ISBN: 9780081002162
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Richard M Jost
Richard Jost is currently the Information Systems Coordinator at the University of Washington Marian Gould Gallagher Law Library in Seattle. Prior to that, he served as the Assistant Librarian for Technical Services at the Gallagher Law Library from 1992 – 2008 and Assistant Librarian for Technical Services at the University of Colorado School of Law Library, Boulder campus, from 1988-1991. He has taught a class on library technology systems at the University of Washington Information School since 2000 and has been active in local, regional and national law library associations. He holds a Master’s in Library and Information Science from the University of Denver (1985), a Master of Arts in International Studies from the American University (1980), and a Bachelor of Arts in History from the State University of New York (SUNY) College at Cortland (1976).
Affiliations and expertise
Information Systems Coordinator,University of Washington Marian Gould Gallagher Law Library,Seattle, USA.Read Selecting and Implementing an Integrated Library System on ScienceDirect