Bilal, Dania. Library Automation: Core Concepts and Practical Systems Analysis, 3rd edition. Libraries Unlimited, 2014. ISBN: 978-1-59158-922-8
Description
Planning a library catalog migration? This book is a great starting point! The author explains how next-generation discovery services supported in the library services platforms (LSPs) provide a single point of access to library content in all types and formats, thereby offering a unified solution to managing library operations. The book covers methods of analyzing user requirements, describes how to structure these requirements in RFPs, and details proprietary and open-source integrated library systems (ILSs) and LSPs for school, public, special, and academic libraries.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Integrated Library System (ILS) Defined
Chapter 2: Library Automation Life Cycle (LALC)--Phase I: System Identification and Planning
Chapter 3: Library Automation Life Cycle (LALC)--Phase II: Gathering User Requirements
Chapter 4: Library Automation Life Cycle (LALC)--Phase III: Structure User Requirements and Selecting a System
Chapter 5: Library Automation Life Cycle (LALC)--Phase IV: System Implementation, Part 1: Preparing the Collection for the Integrated Library System
Chapter 6: Library Automation Life Cycle (LALC)--Phase IV: System Implementation, Part 2: Installation, Testing, Facility, Training, and Tracking System Use
Chapter 7: Software, Hardware, and Network Architecture
Chapter 8: System (ILS) Migration
Chapter 9: Library Automation Life Cycle (LALC)--Phase V: Evaluating System Use Through Usability
Chapter 10: Library Automation "On the Move"
Appendix A: Sample Request for Proposal by the Brentwood Library, Brentwood, TN
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