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Selecting and Implementing an Integrated Library System
The Most Important Decision You Will Ever Make
1st Edition - October 16, 2015
Author: Richard M Jost
Paperback ISBN:9780081001530
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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.
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
No. of pages: 126
Language: English
Published: October 16, 2015
Imprint: Chandos Publishing
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.