Some ergonomics factors in library automation

Ergonomics in the electronic library.

New technologies are changing the face of information services and how those services are delivered. Libraries spend a great deal of time planning the hardware and software implementations of electronic information services, but the human factors are often overlooked. Computers and electronic tools have changed the nature of many librarians' daily work, creating new problems, including stress, ...

Library Automation in Europe

Library Automation: An Overview

SINCETHE 1960s, libraries have used technology in general, and computers in particular, to automate a wide range of administrative, public, and technical services tasks. Designed as an overview of major facets of automation activity, this article surveys the current state of computer applications in six areas of library work: circulation control, descriptive cataloging, catalog maintenance and ...

Some Factors in Planning for Future Military Data Automation Systems

Human Factors/Ergonomics

The convergent scientific disciplines of human factors and ergonomics (HF/E) are primarily concerned with how human beings interact with technological systems in all their various forms. HF/E has focused particularly on ways of improving the quality and safety of human work. Contemporary HF/E encompasses the imagination, design, fabrication, operation, maintenance, and decommissioning of all te...