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Book:Name: 1967-02-9666432-Urbana-Illinois
Format: pdf
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Description:Title: 1967-02-9666432-Urbana-Illinois
Author: Leigh Kimmel
Language: japo
Year: 2023
Subjects: History, United States History, United States History - Midwestern Region, Midwestern Region - History - General & Miscellaneous
Publisher: Starship Cat Press
ISBN: 9784088742854
Total pages: 21
Download from RapidGatorOriginally the author's thesis for a master's degree at Illinois State University, this work examines the history fo library automation at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from the earliest beginnings through the implementation of the Library Computer System (LCS) under the leadership of Hugh Atkinson to the creation of the ILLINET Online (IO) system. All of the chainges are studied in teh contest of the Illinois Board of Higher education (IBHE) mandate for library resource sharing throughout Illinois' academic libraries to reduce expenditures while maintaining quality scholarship and education, and of the effects these changes had on library services to the user population.
The process of implementing LCS is studied to show the way in which the library administration handled the various crises as they arose and what effects these decisions had on the long-term structure of the system. Following implementation, it continues to study the subsequent developments of the online computer system to increase service to the library's users. In addition, three doctoral dissertation are examined which used LCS as a research tool for the study of collection and use patterns in academic libraries. Finally, the author examines the results of automation at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the context of the academic community and the state of Illinois at large, and draws conclusions from them.
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