Methodological fragments for the planning and decision making related to library utomation projects

Authors

  • Wanda Maria Maia da Rocha Paranhos Secretaria Estadual de Ciência, Tecnologia e Ensino Superior - Paraná

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/1518-2924.2004v9nesp2p14

Keywords:

Library information projects, Cataloguing costs, Evaluation of library software

Abstract

Library automation processes depend in part in taking decisions on aspects of information and communications technologies (ICTs) such as operational software, application software, data base management systems, hardware and communication network. The process depend also on decisions taken on Library Science aspects, specially in relation to the creation and management of bibliographic data which support services provision, such as the funcionalities included in applications software and how software implement desirable standards. The more important standards are AACR2, MARC/XML, ISO2709 and z39.50 communication protocol. Commitment to those standards tend to impact favorably on projects final costs. The cost of construction bibliographic data base may be the more expensive element item in the whole project; that can be minimized with use of cited standards and free bibliographic information available in Internet. The bigger the library holding, the more expressive the economy on this item with this methodology, which allows for full observation of local guidelines for the database construction. A synthetic list of the variety of product solutions available in Brazil is presented appended to the article, as well as an example of a basic request list of items to observe or evaluate in integrated library systems.

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Author Biography

Wanda Maria Maia da Rocha Paranhos, Secretaria Estadual de Ciência, Tecnologia e Ensino Superior - Paraná

Assessora da Secretaria Estadual de Ciência, Tecnologia e Ensino Superior Estado do Paraná

Published

2004-01-01

How to Cite

PARANHOS, Wanda Maria Maia da Rocha. Methodological fragments for the planning and decision making related to library utomation projects. Encontros Bibli: revista eletrônica de biblioteconomia e ciência da informação, [S. l.], v. 9, n. 2, p. 14–32, 2004. DOI: 10.5007/1518-2924.2004v9nesp2p14. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/eb/article/view/1518-2924.2004v9nesp2p14. Acesso em: 30 dec. 2024.