Designing a Computer-Based Circulation Control System: With Reference to the Needs of the of University of Zambia Library

Zulu, Saul Floyd Chadzanso (1986) Designing a Computer-Based Circulation Control System: With Reference to the Needs of the of University of Zambia Library. Masters thesis, College of Librarianship Wales Aberystwyth.

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Abstract

In this study a case for the automation of circulation control is made. The philosophy of circulation control is presented. A circulation control model upon which various. manual-based and computer-based systems are compared for effectiveness, is developed. A general review of the environment of the automation of circulation control is presented. Design issues pertaining to the planning for the automation of circulation control are considered. The study also presents a case study of the manual-based circulation control system of the University of Zambia Library where a case for automation of its circulation function is made. It ends with an outline of the hardware configuration of the proposed UNZA CIRC system.

Item Type: Thesis (Masters)
Subjects: Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > Z665 Library Science. Information Science
Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > Z719 Libraries (General)
Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > ZA Information resources
Divisions: Africana
Depositing User: Geoffrey Obatsa
Date Deposited: 29 Jan 2019 08:47
Last Modified: 22 Nov 2019 07:44
URI: http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/8927

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