Trends in integrated library systems

Open Source Integrated Library Systems in Public Libraries

Integrated online library systems: Principles, planning and implementation

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What Would be the Future of the Integrated Library Systems?

Since the advent of Integrated Library Systems (ILSs) in 1970s, they have gone from being innovative to stagnant. In recent years, the rapid advancement of web technologies and the exponential growth of electronic resources and digital contents have increasingly exposed the weakness of traditional ILSs. The lack of flexibility, interoperability, and efficiency makes the ILSs hardly meet the nee...

Recent Trends in Statewide Academic Library Consortia

HISTORICALLY, FORMED consortia for the primary purpose ACMEMlC LIBRNES of sharing printed materials. Recently, academic libraries are forming consortia to provide common access to electronic resources across the Internet, and they are forming these consortia on a statewide basis. This article describes five of these newer statewide efforts: GALILEO in Georgia, the Louisiana Library Network, Ohi...

Recent Trends in Academic Library Materials Expenditures

LIBRARY EXPENDITURES HAVE INCREASED faster than inflation over the last six years. Ironically, libraries are losing ground economically in several key areas. How can this be? Claims on the library dollarnot only unit prices but the full spectrum of library budgetary demands-are growing even faster than the library budget. Not only have the prices of monographs and serials increased, but journal...