Research in library literature databases
From Independent Study: Library Automation
- Library Literature (peer reviewed)
1. AUTHOR: Roxanne Missingham TITLE: Victorian Association for Library Automation Inc (VALA) 13th Biennial Conference and Exhibition, Melbourne, February 8-10 2006 SOURCE: Australian Academic & Research Libraries 37 no1 74-6 Mr 2006
An overview of the 2006 VALA conference in Australia. Some of the themes were focusing on "modularised applications" and user needs.
2. AUTHOR: Booth, Mal TITLE: VALA 2004 -- Breaking Boundaries: Integration & Interoperability 12th Biennial Conference and Exhibition of the Victorian Association for Library Automation 3-5 February 2004 at the Melbourne Convention Centre SOURCE: Australian Academic & Research Libraries 35 no1 61-6 Mr 2004
Highlights of the 2004 VALA conference included talks from Hal Abelson and McKenzie Smith from MIT who discussed OpenCourseWare and DSpace respectively. Australian librarians hoped to apply similar principles to developing an Australian War Memorial.
- LISA (peer reviewed)
1. The development of the LAMP (Library Automation and Management Program) software for use in developing countries and its marketing in Pakistan Mahmood, K M Program; 32 (1) Jan 1998, p.37-48
For developing countries such as Pakistan, it makes more sense for the country itself to develop appropriate library automation software rather than using a cheap version of a system designed for a more developed nation. But this requires programming expertise and some funding.
In 1993, the Netherlands began the Netherlands Library Development Project for Pakistan (NLDP-P), which developed LAMP, an ILS for Pakistan. LAMP uses CDS/ISIS, a Unesco funded program used worldwide, and contains Acquisitions, Cataloging, Circulation, and Authority control.
The article outlines a marketing plan for LAMP since it is antcipated that some Pakistani librarians will resiste the move to automation.
