Session Number
11
Description
In 1980, after more than ten years of looking at the potential advantages offered to library management by the computerization of library services, the University of Cape Town Libraries proudly possessed a periodicals list generated on the University's mainframe IBM 360, and a FAMULUS listing of projector slides in the architecture library. Attempts to obtain a word processor or microcomputer for the low cost automation of some technical processes were sidelined in the bureaucracy which controlled such things at that time. A series of library management problems which could best be solved by exploiting available computer technology has led to the evolution of a fully integrated system.
The Use of Technology for Better Management Decision-Making in a University Library
In 1980, after more than ten years of looking at the potential advantages offered to library management by the computerization of library services, the University of Cape Town Libraries proudly possessed a periodicals list generated on the University's mainframe IBM 360, and a FAMULUS listing of projector slides in the architecture library. Attempts to obtain a word processor or microcomputer for the low cost automation of some technical processes were sidelined in the bureaucracy which controlled such things at that time. A series of library management problems which could best be solved by exploiting available computer technology has led to the evolution of a fully integrated system.