[267] in Public-Access_Computer_Systems_Forum
Short automation survey
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Anne Myers)
Fri May 15 15:32:36 1992
Date: Fri, 15 May 1992 14:12:21 CDT
Reply-To: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <PACS-L%UHUPVM1.BITNET@RICEVM1.RICE.EDU>
From: Anne Myers <lawi2hn%buacca.BITNET@RICEVM1.RICE.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list PACS-L <PACS-L@UHUPVM1.BITNET>
Please reply to author, not PACS-L. Thanks, Jill
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I am gathering some information for a conference presentation this summer
on the topic "Automation in Hard Times" and would greatly appreciate your
input. Please answer the few questions attached and send your response
directly to me rather than to this group. I am posting this request to
PACS-L, TEKNOIDS, and INNOPAC and apologize for any duplicates you may
receive. Thanks in advance for your help.
Anne K. Myers Bitnet: lawi2hn@buacca
Head of Technical Services Internet: lawi2hn@buacca.bu.edu
Boston University Law Library
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AUTOMATION IN HARD TIMES SURVEY
1. My library is presently:
__ Fully automated (OPAC, Circ, Acq, Ser)
__ Partially automated (some of the above)
__ Fully manual (none of the above)
2. The library's budget for automation this year has:
-- Increased
__ Remained the same
__ Decreased
3. Given our budget situation:
__ We upgrade and expand our system as needed
__ We maintain what we already have but have not added more
modules or features that we would like to have
__ We cut back on systems hardware
__ We cut back on systems software (modules, features)
__ We cut back on systems maintenance
__ We selected a system with fewer features than what we really
wanted
Please explain:
4. The number of staff who are responsible for administering the
autmated system has:
__ Increased
__ Remained the same (same position)
__ Remained the same (shifted to different position)
__ Decreased
5. The number of bibliographic utility terminals (OCLC, RLIN, WLN)
has:
__ Increased
__ Remained the same
__ Decreased
6. Comments on how tight budgets have affected your automation setting:
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Name:___________________________________________________________
Position: ______________________________________________________
Library: _______________________________________________________
E-mail address: ________________________________________________
All responses will be kept confidential
Return survey to: Anne Myers
Bitnet: lawi2hn@buacca
Internet: lawi2hn@buacca.bu.edu
