id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crl-12867 Montague, Eleanor Library Automation Systems 1976-07-01 2 .pdf application/pdf 1402 89 62 The book is divided into ten chapters: (1) Background and Beginnings; (2) Ac- quisition Systems; (3) Cataloging Systems before MARC; (4) MARC and Off-line Systems after MARC; (5) On-line Catalog- ing Systems; (6) The Effect of Automation on Cataloging Practice; (7) Serials Sys- tems; (8) Circulation Systems; (9) The Problems of Library Automation Systems; and, (10) The Prospects of Library Auto- mation Systems. The author's purpose for this bo~ is to present a reasonably comprehensive dis- cussion of library automation systems for the librarian without previous knowledge or experience in the field, and for the in- telligent layman. cache/crl-12867.pdf txt/crl-12867.txt