Data bases for special libraries a strategic guide to information management

• Main Author: Moulton, Lynda W (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York Greenwood Press 1991
• Series: Greenwood library management collection
• Subjects: Libraries, Special > Management > Automation; Information technology > Management; Database management
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 Using examples to which special librarians and their colleagues in information management can relate, Lynda Moulton takes a practical approach to the process of planning a data base application. She identifies organizational considerations as the primary issue to be addressed by the librarian as project manager. Ways of justifying and placing a value on automation applications are explored. An entire chapter is devoted to a method for deciding whether to develop or buy an automation solution. The book emphasizes the need for a cooperative approach that uses the expertise of in-house specialists throughout the planning and implementation of any data base project. Moulton includes lists of issues, functions and features that must be considered in the design, selection, and implementation process. The importance of electronic networks and the integration of all information operations in an institution are also highlighted. Finally, new technologies that should be considered and studied are summarized.