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Dissertation Information for Louise Sharon Sherby

NAME:
- Louise Sharon Sherby

DEGREE:
- Ph.D.

DISCIPLINE:
- Library and Information Science

SCHOOL:
- Columbia University (USA) (1988)

ADVISORS:
- Jane Anne Therese Hannigan
- Heike Kordish

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
- None

MPACT Status: Incomplete - Ambiguous

Title: The design and implementation of an online public access catalog in a large, multi-unit library; a case study

Abstract: This study is a management case study of the design and implementation of the online public access catalog (OPAC) at the Columbia University Libraries. The Libraries, using the structure of a Decision Team, selected the Biblio-Techniques Library & Information System (BLIS) as their online catalog in January 1983. Once the decision to go ahead had been made, the implementation process was under the aegis of the BLIS (later CLIO) Steering Committee. The Columbia University Libraries relied on a committee structure comprised primarily by staff from the Libraries and the Columbia University Center for Computing Activities (CUCCA) to implement the online catalog. This committee structure proved to be an effective way to implement such a system, although a costly one in terms of staff effort.

A technological model designed by John Corbin in Managing the Library Automation Project was used to structure the data for the study in terms of the nine phases he describes. The study follows the design and implementation process from the work of the Decision Team in selecting the system to the Fall of 1987 when an evaluation review of the BLIS system was conducted. The study looks at the process from the point of view of the Libraries' management structure. Due to unique factors that affected the Columbia University Libraries, additional variables were identified beyond those considered in the Corbin model. These variables are discussed at length and provide additional areas for further research.

MPACT Scores for Louise Sharon Sherby

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Students under Louise Sharon Sherby

ADVISEES:
- None

COMMITTEESHIPS:
- None