Fall 1998
Wednesday 3:00 - 5:50 p.m.
Room 501
Taught by:
Arlene G. Taylor
Description of Course
Course Plan
Assignment Schedule
Books on Reserve
Articles on Reserve
Websites
Serials Related to Automation
Course Information
To become conversant with levels of automation, ranging from a single personal computer to a full-blown infrastructure using mainframe(s) and/or networked workstations.To understand the common set of decisions that need to be made in the process of adding new components or replacing existing applications in all library automated systems.
To become acquainted with functions of the standard components of an information infrastructure, including: Computer hardware, Operating Systems, and Networks,
To learn what is involved in preparing the RFP (Request for Proposal), selecting vendors, evaluating systems and software, and then implementing a system once a decision has been made.
To become acquainted with tools and concepts of significance to systems librarians.
To understand the library functions that have been automated and how automation enhances the operability of the functions.
To become acquainted with the place of the local integrated system in a global information society.
To acquire the ability to analyze and evaluate vended systems.
Week 1: Sept. 2, 1998 |
Overview
Why automate? |
Boss, Chapters 1-2, pp. 1-30
Borgman, "From Acting Locally ..." Lancaster & Sandore, Chapter 1, pp. 1-5 |
Week 2: Sept. 9, 1998 Speaker: Dan Iddings |
Systems in libraries;
Delivering public service via the WWW |
Imhoff, especially Chapter 4, pp. 61-74,
Chapter 6, pp. 97-116 Lancaster & Sandore, Chapters 2-4, pp. 6-46 |
Week 3: Sept. 16, 1998 Speaker: Mary Sue Iddings
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Vendor: Endeavor -- Voyager
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Karetzky, "Choosing an Automated System" Endeavor web site Berry, Bilal & Penniman, "The Competitive Struggle" |
Week 4: Sept. 23, 1998 Speakers: Erika Linke Alice Bright
Meet at CMU
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Automation process -- RFP, bidding, selection Serials control Demo: SIRSI |
Bernard, "10 Proposal Related Questions..."
Boss, Chapter 11, pp.145-165. "Questions frequently asked ..." "Research and Planning are Key..." Wilkinson & Bordeianu, "In search of the Perfect ..." Meghabghab, Automating Media..., Chapter 4, pp. 39-83. Sirsi's website |
Week 5: Sept. 30, 1998 Speakers: Hong Xu Pat Clemson |
Systems librarianship; Infrastructure: General |
Boss, Chapter 3, pp.31-40
Foote, "The Systems Librarian..." Inmon, Chapters 1-3, pp. 1-62 Lavagnino, "Networking and the Role ..." Parkhurst, "The Inhouse Expert ..." |
Week 6: Oct. 7, 1998 Speakers: Ida Flynn Chris Tomer |
Operating Systems; Networking | Flynn & McHoes,
Chapter 1, pp. 3-16, Chapter 10, pp. 225-244.
Boss, Chapter 4, pp. 41-58; Chapter 7, pp. 83-105; Chapters 9-10, pp. 119-143. Boss, "Standards for Automated Library Systems" Meghabghab, Chapter 3, pp. 31-38, and Chapter 7, pp. 129-140 |
Week 7: Oct. 14, 1998 Speaker: John Rose |
Vendor: Ameritech -- Horizon | Horizon web site Berry, Bilal & Penniman, "The Competitive Struggle" |
Week 8: Oct. 21, 1998 Speakers:
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Acquisitions; EDI and Standards Infrastructure; Serials |
Barber, "Vendor Profiles" in Library Technology
Reports 31(5): 567-575. Boss, Chapter 6, pp. 73-75 Richter & Roca, "An X12 Implementation in Serials" Wilhite, "Templates: Providing Structure" Davis, "EDI and the Library..." Libicki, pp. 166-172. McKay, "EDI and X12" |
Week 9: Oct. 28, 1998 Speaker: Charlotte Tancin |
Preservation | Boomgaarten, "Preservation..." |
Week 10: Nov. 4, 1998 Speaker: Diane Lucas |
Cataloging Authority control |
Andres, "Original cataloging with BiblioFile" Boss, Chapter 6, pp. 75-77 Joseph & Fricke, "Issues in Managing Automated Cataloging" |
Week 11: Nov. 11, 1998
Speakers: Pat Duff Audrey Sites |
Circulation, Interlibrary Loan, Management data, etc. |
Boss, Chapter 6, pp. 77-81 Ogg, Chapter 13, pp. 193-204 Lancaster & Sandore, Chapters 5-6, pp. 47-82; Chapter 11, pp. 145-60. |
Week 12: Nov. 18, 1998 Speakers: Dennis Smith Fern Brody |
Online public access catalogs (OPAC's); General system choice/management |
Behesti, "The Evolving OPAC" Yee & Layne, "Online Public Access Catalogs" Dennis, Carter & Bordeianu,"Vision vs. Reality" |
Week 13: Dec. 2, 1998
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Miscellaneous topics |
Boss, Chapter 8, pp. 107-117; Chapter 12, pp. 167-171. Greene, "Innopac Millennium" Klingler & Wiggins, "Managing a Campus-Wide Information Service" Maas & Mabry, "Automating Information and Referral" Lancaster & Sandore, Chapter 9, pp. 117-127 |
Week 14: Dec. 9, 1998
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Group presentations | . |
Week 15: Dec. 16, 1998
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Group presentations | . |
Oct. 21: Evaluation of a vendor due - 40% of grade
Dec. 9 and 16: Group presentations - 40% of grade
Sept. 2 - Dec. 16: Participation in class discussions and on class alias expected - 10% of grade
Flynn, Ida M. and
McHoes, Ann McIver . Understanding Operating Systems. 2nd ed. Boston:
PWS Publishing, 1997.
SIS: QA76.76 O63F59 1997
Gallimore, Alec. Developing an IT Strategy
for Your Library. London: Library Association Publishing, 1997.
SIS: Z678.9 A4G7 1997
Grosch, Audrey N. Library Information Technology
and Networks. New York: Marcel Dekker, 1995.
SIS: Z678.9 A4U64 1995
Hirshon, Arnold, and Barbara Winters. Outsourcing Library
Technical Services: a How-to-do-it Manual for Librarians. New York: Neal-Schuman
Publishers, 1996.
SIS: Z731 H57 1996
Imhoff, Kathleen R.T. Making the Most of New Technology:
a How-to-do-it manual. New York: Neal Schuman Publishers, Inc., 1996.
SIS: Z678.9 A4U645 1996
Inmon, W.H. and Caplan, Jeffrey H. Information Systems
Architecture: Development in the 90's. Boston : QED Pub. Group, c1992.
SIS: QA76.9 S88I553 1992
Introducing
and Managing Academic Library Automation Projects. Westport, CT: Greenwood
Pr., 1996.
SIS: Z675 U5I597 1996
Johnson, Peggy, Guide to Technical Services Resources, Chicago: American Library Association, 1994.
Lancaster, Wilfrid, and Beth Sandore. Technology and Management in Library and Information Services. Urbana, IL: , 1997.
Libicki, Martin C. Information Technology Standards:
The Quest for the Common Byte. Boston: Digital Pr., 1995.
SIS: T58.5 L54 1995
Meghabghab, Dania Bilal. Automating Media Centers and Small Libraries: A Microcomputer-Based Approach. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 1997.
Ogg, Harold C. Introduction to the Use of Computers
in Libraries: A Textbook for the Non-Technical Student. Medford NJ: Information
Today, Inc., 1997.
SIS: Z678.9 O28 1997
Rowley, Jennifer. Computers for Libraries. 3rd
ed. London: Library Association Publishing, 1993.
SIS: Z678.9 R68 1993
Andres, Mark. "Original cataloging with BiblioFile: Some Experiences and Their Implications." Library Software Review 12, no. 4 (Winter 1993): 6-9.
Barber, David. "Vendor Profiles." Library Technology Reports 31, no.5 (Sept./Oct. 1995): 567-575.
Behesti, Jamshid. "The Evolving OPAC." Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 24, nos. 1/2 (1997): 163-185.
Bernard, Paul. "10 Proposal-Related Questions Customers Should be Prepared to Answer." IIE Solutions 1, no. 1: 34-38.
Berry, Jeff, Dania Bilal, & W. David Penniman. "The Competitive Struggle: Automated System Market Place." Library Journal 123, no. 6 (April 1, 1998): 43-52.
Boomgaarten, Wesley. "Preservation..." (in Johnson, Peggy, Guide to Technical Services Resources, Chicago: American Library Association, 1994), pp.
Borgman, Christine L., "From Acting Locally to Thinking Globally: A Brief History of Library Automation." Library Quarterly 67, no. 3 (July 1997): 215-249.
Boss, Richard W. "Standards for Automated Library Systems and Other Information Technologies." Library Technology Reports 32, no. 4 (July/Aug. 1996): 461-564.
Davis, Susan. "EDI and the Library: A Preconference on Electronic Data Interchange Standards for the ..." Serials Review 19, no. 1 (Spring 1993): 92-94.
Dennis, Nancy K., Christina E. Carter, and Sever Bordeianu, "Vision vs. Reality: Planning for the Implementation of a Web-Based Online Catalog in an Academic Library," Library Hi Tech 15, no. 3-4 (1997): 159-171.
Foote, Margaret. "The Systems Librarian in U.S. Academic Libraries: A Survey of Announcements from College & Research Libraries." College and Research Libraries 58, no. 6 (Nov. 1997): 517-526.
Greene, David J. :"INNOPAC Millenium: Preparing Libraries for the 21st Century: A perspective and Commitment." Library Hi Tech 14, no. 4 (1996): 45-56.
Joseph, Myrtle, and Nancy C. Fricke, "Issues in Managing Automated Cataloging." (in Introducing and Managing Academic Library Automation Projects, pp. 110-122.)
Karetzky, Stephen. "Choosing an Automated System." Library Journal 123, no. 10 (June 15, 1998): 42-44.
Kilpatrick, Thomas L. "Integrated Systems." Library Software Review 10, no. 3 (May/June 1991), 202-210.
Klingler, Tom, and Rick Wiggins. "Managing a Campus-Wide Information Service." (in Introducing and Managing Academic Library Automation Projects, pp. 37-52.)
Lavagnino, Merri Beth. "Networking and the Role of the Academic Systems Librarian: An Evolutionary Perspective." College and Research Libraries 58, no.3 (May 1997): 217-231.
Lynch, Clifford A. "Evolution in Action: The Demise of the Integrated Library System and the Rise of Networked..." Library Software Review 10, no. 5(Sept./Oct. 1991): 336-337.
Maas, Norman, and Mariana Mabry. "Automating Information and Referral: One Library's Experience." Public Libraries (February 1997): 49-50.
McKay, Sharon Cline, and Piazza, Charles J. "EDI and X12: What, Why, Who?" Serials Review 18, no. 4 (Winter 1992): 7-10.
Mitchell, Maruice, and Saunders, Laverna M. "The Evolution of Library Automation: Libraries and Telecommunications." Library Software Review 10, no. 5 (Sept./Oct. 1991): 342-343.
Muir, Scott P. "Automation of a Small Corporate Library." Library Software Review 10, no. 5 (Sept./Oct. 1991): 316-318.
Parkhurst, Carol A. "The Inhouse Expert: The Role of the Systems Librarian." Library Software Review 9, no. 2 (March/April 1990): 96-97.
"Questions Frequently Asked by Library Automation Purchasers." Media & Methods 33, no. 4 (March/April 1997): 12.
"Research and Planning are Key to Securing Best Library Software." T H E Journal 22, no. 3 (Oct. 1994): 81-82.
Richter, Linda, and Roca, Joan. "An X12 Implementation in Serials: MSUS/PALS and Faxon." Serials Review 20, no. 1 (Spring 1994): 13-25.
Southard, Duke. "Library Automation: First Steps, Next Steps." Media & Methods 33, no. 3 (Jan./Feb. 1997): 68-69.
Wilhite, Marjorie. "Templates: Providing Structure for Implementing NOTIS LSER Module Receiving Records." Serials Review 21, no. 4 (Winter 1995): 35-60.
Wilkinson, Francis C., and Bordeinu, Sever. "In Search of the Perfect Cover: Using the RFP Process to Select a Commercial Binder." Serials Review 23, no. 3 (Fall 1997): 37-47.
Yee, Martha M., and Layne, Sara Shatford. "Online Public Access Catalogs" (in Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science, v. 58, suppl. 21. New York: M. Dekker, 1996, pp. 149-238.)
Library Automation Page, maintained by Andrew Osborne. http://www.home.gil.com.au/~aosborne/libauto.html
Library Automation Vendors http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/cps/automation/vendors.html
Library Computer Accessories on the Internet http://www.auburn.edu/~fostecd/docs/accessories.html
The Public Service Librarian's Professional Guide to Internet Resources http://k12.oit.umass.edu/libguide.html
Vendors of Related Products and Services http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/cps/automation/vendors2.html
Organization
The course consists of lectures by teachers and guests, discussions in class
and on the class discussion list (set up as an alias), class/lab demonstrations,
out-of-class assignments, and in-class student presentations.
Requirements
As a student you are expected to attend class, read the assigned readings,
participate in class discussions and on the class electronic discussion list, complete
in-class and homework assignments, and to be present on days when you are to
make presentations to the rest of the class. You are responsible for using
the resources of the department and the university to learn how to use PITTCAT
and other public retrieval systems, the University of Pittsburgh libraries,
electronic mail and newsgroups, and OCLC.
Reserve Materials
A list of reserve materials is included in this syllabus. The reserve list
includes some supplemental texts that may be of interest to you to examine or
read. Additional materials may be put on reserve during the semester.
Assignments
Due dates for assignments are included in this syllabus. You are
encouraged to ask for assistance with them when needed. You may discuss your
work on these assignments with each other, but the ultimate work you turn in
should be the result of your having done the work yourself, not having copied
from other students.
Evaluation
Evaluation of your work is based on the percentages given with the assigment
due dates provided in this syllabus.
Late Policy
All assignments must be turned in on time. Late assignments will not be accepted
except in dire circumstances. Incompletes will be given only under the most
extreme of conditions and with the understanding that the final grade will
usually then be one letter grade less than it would have been had the work been
completed on time.
Language Courtesy
Inclusive language: Gender-inclusive language is required in all course work
and presentations. The use of respectful language in any situation is not a
matter of political correctness but one of simple courtesy.