Titlebook: Information Management Technology; A librarian’s guide Paul F. Burton,J. Howard Petrie Book 1991 Paul F. Burton and J. Howard Petrie 1991 i

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Microcomputers: the building blocks,which is sometimes called a microprocessor unit (MPU). Adding devices, similar to the one shown in Figure 1.13, are part of the CPU. Instructions and data are read in by the CPU and processed data come out. The operation of the CPU is determined by a set of machine instructions (ADD is one); there a

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Systems for information retrieval and data management,icrocomputers as intelligent terminals for accessing remote databases are described. Chapter 5 deals mainly with systems for library housekeeping but the line between the two areas is difficult to draw and hence some overlap is inevitable.

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Applications in information retrieval and management, services (LIS). For the sake of convenience, these have been divided into discrete topics, but the LIS manager must always look for ways in which to integrate these functions in order to reduce duplication of effort, eliminate transcription errors, etc. Much off-theshelf software now on the market

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The microcomputer as a resource,rvices. However, some indication must be given of the demands created when the LIS manager includes microcomputers and software as a resource, alongside the more ‘traditional’ non-book materials. Provision of software and some (more limited) provision of hardware is now commonplace in the public sec

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Selecting the software, the development of an application, it is probably the most important aspect of the whole process — to select the wrong program from the wide range now available for all aspects of information management will only cause frustration and disappointment on the part of both staff and users.

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Selecting the hardware,of a particular application will determine the software needed and the software will, in turn, determine the hardware on which it will operate. To choose the hardware first may place an unnecessary restriction on the programs which can be used and thus on the ways in which the application can be aut

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Implementation and system management, automated system. In an introductory book such as this, it is not possible to go into the fine detail of systems analysis: the reader can be referred to standard textbooks on the subject (such as that by Daniels and Yeates [1]). In this chapter, however, we do look at the importance of staff partic

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owever, we are no longer surprised to encounter these adaptable mate­ rials in almost every place we look. We find them in our cars, tools, electronic devices, building materials, etc. The use of polymeric mate­ rials in medicine is also well documented in previous books by one of the Editors (Gebel