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This fascinating tale of the rise and fall of mini-computer-based integrated library systems (ILS) offers both an explanation of the technical workings--still being used daily--and a historical investigation.

Parents of Invention: The Development of Library Automation Systems in the Late 20th Century traces the rise and fall of mini-computer-based ILS. In doing so, it offers an insider's view of the process of creation, the technical challenges, and the lasting contributions of librarians and programmers at a time when librarians and their automation needs forced computer companies to innovate.

Organized around a series of interviews with computer programmers, librarians, and salespeople, the book discusses developments from the late 1970s to the mid-1990s, focusing on the 1980s when both ILS and the mini-computer were dominant. It documents the time when a small group of computing vendors joined with large libraries around the world to perfect systems that automated functions such as circulation, acquisitions, cataloging, and online public access catalogs. A concluding chapter, contributed by Louise O'Neill, brings the story up to date with a discussion of current developments in library automation, including the adoption of open-source systems, open-access principles, and the Semantic Web.

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  • Title Parents of Invention: The Development of Library Automation Systems in the Late 20th Century
  • Author Christopher Brown-Syed
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 172
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Libraries Unlimited
  • Publication date 2011-06-07
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9781591587927 / 1591587921
  • Weight 0.82 lbs (0.37 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.02 x 7 x 0.45 in (25.45 x 17.78 x 1.14 cm)
  • Category Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2011011067
  • Dewey Decimal Code 025.04

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  • Reference and Research Bk News, 08/01/2011, Page 301

About the author

The late Christopher Brown-Syed was editor of the journal Library & Archival Security; and taught at Seneca College, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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