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On-Line and Back at S.F.U.

Author(s) -

Marie Sanderson

Publication year - 1973

Publication title -

information technology and libraries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.502

H-Index - 34

eISSN - 2163-5226

pISSN - 0730-9295

DOI - 10.6017/ital.v6i2.5765

Subject(s) - circulation (fluid dynamics) , deliberation , line (geometry) , library circulation , computer science , loan , interlibrary loan , library classification , phase (matter) , operations research , management , library automation , finance , political science , library science , business , economics , law , physics , engineering , mathematics , geometry , politics , quantum mechanics , thermodynamics

Simon Fraser University library began operation with an automated circulation system. After deliberation, it mounted the first phase of a two-phase online circulation system. A radically revised loan pol·icy caused the system design and assumptions to be called into question. A cheaper, simpler, and more effective off-line system eventually replaced the on-line system. The systems, fiscal, and administrative implications of this decision are reviewed

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