Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

The library systems market: a digest of current literature

The library systems market: a digest of current literature This paper is based on a survey of the literature on integrated library management systems published between 1999 and 2003, with a bias towards the academic market in the UK and North America. It describes how new functionality within ILMSs and products complementary to these integrated systems are being offered by software vendors, causing libraries to replace legacy systems with next generation systems and spend more money on add‐on products. Recent trends in integrated library management systems are noted and predictions for their future identified in the literature, are described. Open source software is highlighted as being likely to have a growing impact on the ILMS of the future, after an initial resistance to this from vendors. The paper concludes that the growth of Web services may enable a new approach to the procurement of library management systems. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Program Emerald Publishing

The library systems market: a digest of current literature

Program , Volume 38 (2): 9 – Jun 1, 2004

Loading next page...
 
/lp/emerald-publishing/the-library-systems-market-a-digest-of-current-literature-waDZyp5Yvh

References (79)

Publisher
Emerald Publishing
Copyright
Copyright © 2004 Emerald Group Publishing Limited. All rights reserved.
ISSN
0033-0337
DOI
10.1108/00330330410532805
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

This paper is based on a survey of the literature on integrated library management systems published between 1999 and 2003, with a bias towards the academic market in the UK and North America. It describes how new functionality within ILMSs and products complementary to these integrated systems are being offered by software vendors, causing libraries to replace legacy systems with next generation systems and spend more money on add‐on products. Recent trends in integrated library management systems are noted and predictions for their future identified in the literature, are described. Open source software is highlighted as being likely to have a growing impact on the ILMS of the future, after an initial resistance to this from vendors. The paper concludes that the growth of Web services may enable a new approach to the procurement of library management systems.

Journal

ProgramEmerald Publishing

Published: Jun 1, 2004

Keywords: Library automation; Information management; Research work; United Kingdom; North America

There are no references for this article.