These sections selectively expand on issues that are encountered in the reviews. Stand-Alone Systems Barcode Technology Publishing a Library Catalog on the Web Selecting an Operating System Platform Migration Reviewer's Observations Preceding the reviews themselves are sections on: Selecting an Automated Library System (reprise from March-April 1999 issue) MARC and Libraries (expanded from March-April 1999 issue) Searching School Interoperability Framework (SIF) Authority Control Shared vs.
While reviews are the mainstay of this report, some additional background material that is general and tutorial in nature is also included. Public and academic libraries, however, will need to consult both issues for a full view of products that may be useful to them. In particular, it should make it possible for non-subscribers with a strong interest in either the special or school library area to purchase just one issue and get most of the information they seek. It is hoped that this arrangement will meet the needs of the majority of readers. It has been necessary to divide these between the issues. Some products, of course, have a public library or even an academic library appeal, while others are of potential interest to multiple types of libraries. Most of the products with a significant special library orientation were treated in the first issue. Many of these products are also of interest to smaller public libraries as well, however. This issue contains most of the products with a presence in the school library market. Covering old software that would be obsolete at the time of publication, while never fully unavoidable, had to be minimized to the extent possible. In addition, a number of vendors were not able to supply a current, full-release version of their software in synchronization with the original organizational plan. There is no single arrangement that would meet the needs of all LTR subscribers and single-issue purchasers.
The organizational plan for this project has changed several times. The aim of this project is, through description, illustration and evaluation, to provide the most timely overview possible of microcomputer-based library automation packages, and thereby to assist libraries in making well-informed purchasing decisions in this key technology arena. The reviews in this and the previous issue offer a snapshot of rapidly changing products and technologies. Welcome to the second of two issues of Library Technology Reports devoted to integrated library system software for smaller libraries.
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