Expert systems in technical services and collection management

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The Geac Acquisitions System as a Source of Management Information

The University of Houston-University Park Libraries have been using the Geac Acquisitions System since September 1984. The system supplies management information in the areas of fund accounting, vendor performance, collection development, order control, and system management. Benefits, such as comprehensive versus summary reports, as well as shortcomings, such as length and paging of reports, were noted.No embarg

Report of the ALCTS Midwest Collection Management and Development Institute, August 17-20, 1989

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ALCTS SS Research Libraries Discussion Group, January 25, 1992

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OhioLINK: Implementing Integrated Library Services Across Institutional Boundaries

This paper discusses the issues and challenges associated with the implementation of the OhioLINK system, which primarily serves public academic institutions in Ohio as well as the State Library. It provides a brief history of OhioLINK, discusses its organizational structure, presents decision-making procedures, examines public relations strategies, and analyzes issues related to cooperative circulation, collection development, and database management efforts.No embarg

The Integrated Library System of the 1990s: The OhioLINK Experience

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Building and Managing an Acquisitions Program

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Internal Control, Auditing, and the Automated Acquisitions System

As automated acquisitions systems become more prevalent, the importance of the issues and procedures involved in their auditing increases. This paper examines those issues and procedures, clarifies the audit process, and identifies internal controls as they relate to the automated acquisitions system. General control mechanisms, such as access to equipment, and application controls, such as segregation of functions, are described.No embarg