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Re: Advice on OPAC for small library?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dr. William C. Martin)
Mon Nov 3 20:01:09 2003
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 16:13:06 -0600
From: "Dr. William C. Martin" <wmartin@ABCNASH.EDU>
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I'd be interested in what your recommendation will be. I am at a larger
library, with less students and faculty.
Doc
William Conway Martin, D.Min,
Associate Professor
Chairman of the Division of Christian Vocation
Director of the Th.B. Program
Director of the Library
Director of Student Ministries
American Baptist College
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wmartin@abcnash.edu
----- Original Message -----
From: "Noel W Anderson" <noel@UTA.EDU>
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Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 9:59 AM
Subject: Advice on OPAC for small library?
> This Friday I will meet with the library committee of a small private
> school in Dallas, and discuss
> plans to provide their library with an OPAC. This library has less than
5000
> volumes, and the school
> is unlikely to grow beyond 250 students and 25 teachers. Supposedly I am
> there to add my
> library expertise.
> I presume that the major questions we will need to address are those
> related to using a
> microcomputer both as online public catalog and as a circulation system.
I
> am planning to use
> this book as my basic guide: Automating Media Centers and Small Libraries
> (2002) by Dajnia Bilal,
> though it now looks like I won't have it in time for the meeting.
> If anyone knows of a book, or report, or article that I should
consult,
> I would appreciate your
> telling me about it. Yes, this is my first day on this listserv. Thank
you.
>
> Cheers,
>
> >>> Noel Anderson
> Humanities Librarian
> Univ. of Texas at Arlington Libraries
