American Library Association, 1999. This is the 1999 update of what is becoming the classic text on library automation. This book is easy to use and is perhaps the best introductory source to the world of library automation. What Your Vendor Forgot to Tell You . This guide is an indispensable tool for librarians who received their training prior to the marriage of computer technology and librarianship.
Paling begins with the basics by discussing CPUs, printers, and extension cards.
He then moves on to cover topics such as operating systems, integrated systems and other technologies that meet the needs of librarians. This book introduces the technologically unskilled to the jargon, options, and potential of the computerized library in a manageable and understandable form. The Library Administrator's Automation Handbook . Information Today, Inc., 1997. In this text, Richard Boss gives library administrators a helping hand in facing the significant and complex decision of library automation.