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In
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International Survey of Library
Automation Last year saw
considerable upheaval in the library automation industry. To get
some sense of the aftermath of the recent rounds of mergers,
acquisitions, product consolidations, and to gauge interest in open
source automation systems, Marshall Breeding, Director for
Innovative Technology and Research at the Vanderbilt University
Libraries and the creator and editor of Library
Technology Guides, created and executed a survey that
aims to measure the prevailing perceptions in libraries.
The survey results indicate major differences in
satisfaction in the products and companies from which libraries
acquire their automation systems. Dissatisfaction and concern
prevail, yet some companies maintain exceptional levels of
satisfaction from the libraries that use their
products.
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survey results
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Introducing
"Banswork," an ILS with a twist.
To limit the press is to insult a nation; to prohibit
reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either
fools or slaves.
Claude Adrien
Helvetius
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