title: Automation of internal library operations in academic health sciences libraries: a state of the art report.
abstract: A survey of automated records management in the United States and Canada was developed to identify existing on-line library systems and technical expertise. Follow-up interviews were conducted with ten libraries. Tables compare the features and availability of four main frame and four minicomputer systems. Results showed: a trend toward vendor-supplied systems; little coordination of efforts among schools; current system developments generally on a universitywide basis; and the importance of having the cooperation of campus computer facilities to the success of automation efforts.
mesh_terms: D001331:Automation; D003201:Computers; D007993:Libraries, Medical; D008001:Library Technical Services; D008905:Minicomputers; D014481:United States; D014495:Universities