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Title: | Automating a school library : with special reference to Mosta Girls' Secondary School library |
Authors: | Sammut Zammit, Claudia (2011) |
Keywords: | Lily of the Valley Girls' Secondary School (Mosta, Malta) Public schools -- Malta -- Mosta Girls -- Education (Secondary) -- Malta -- Mosta School libraries -- Malta -- Mosta School libraries -- Malta -- Mosta -- Automation |
Issue Date: | 2011 |
Citation: | Sammut Zammit, C. (2011). Automating a school library: with special reference to Mosta Girls' Secondary School library (Diploma long essay). |
Abstract: | This long essay investigates primarily the situation in one state secondary school library and promotes computerization as the way forward in the 21st century. Several school libraries in Maita have become computerized by adopting Oliver, Softlink's library management system software. Time has come for Mosta Girls' Secondary School Library to take this plunge into automation. It is quite a modern library which appeals to the students and teachers attending the school. However, it is in need of a facelift because users, in today's information society, need to reach new heights. Change is inevitable and the library in question needs to respond to the developments done in technology and start utilizing them for the benefit of its users. It needs to become automated. The guidelines of CILIP state that the "library and the library management system should sit at the centre of ICT developments, because this will help students access the resources they need and enable the school to make the most effective use of the considerable investment it has made in its online environment" (cited in Gatt (2009)). This long essay therefore gives the reasons for automation and suggests ways how to prepare the way for its implementation. |
Description: | DIP.L.I.S. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/97865 |
Appears in Collections: | Dissertations - FacMKS - 1988-2012 Dissertations - FacMKSLIAS - 1988-2011 |
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