LIBRARY AUTOMATON: DEFINITION TO IMPLEMENTATION Kamal Kumar Chaurasia( INTRODUCTION The term Library automation connotes the use of automatic data processing machines to perform routine library activities. It implies a high degree of mechanization of various routine and repetitive tasks & operations and processes are left to be performed by human beings. Simply Library Automation is the application of computers and utilization of computer based products and services in the performance of
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What is Library Automation? Library automation can be defined simply as the use of computer and networking technologies in the library. Areas of Library Automation: Automation of library functions Use of electronic resources within the library (e.g. CD-ROMs) Accessing remote electronic resources (e.g. the Internet) Office automation (e.g. word-processing‚ spreadsheets‚ databases‚ etc.) Patron services (e.g. computer laboratory‚ multimedia center) Objectives of Library Automation:
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An automated library is one where a computer system is used to manage one or several of the library’s key functions such as acquisitions‚ serials control‚ cataloging‚ circulation and the public access catalog. When exploring the history of library automation‚ it is possible to return to past centuries when visionaries well before the computer age created devices to assist with their book lending systems. Even as far back as 1588‚ the invention of the French ’Book Wheel’ allowed scholars to
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aviation/aerospace agencies‚ aircraft manufactures‚ aerospace governing bodies and national weather organizations gave birth to new technology and information that can be used to prevent weather related problems. I will also shed some light on how the use automation can improve situational awareness. Together‚ these findings suggest that in up-coming years‚ a new generation of top class‚ highly sophisticated equipment will be used by industry people to prevent meteorological accidents for occurring. Keywords:
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Brief History of Library Automation: 1930-1996 An automated library is one where a computer system is used to manage one or several of the library’s key functions such as acquisitions‚ serials control‚ cataloging‚ circulation and the public access catalog. When exploring the history of library automation‚ it is possible to return to past centuries when visionaries well before the computer age created devices to assist with their book lending systems. Even as far back as 1588‚ the invention of
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Advantage and Disadvantage of Sales Force Automation. SFA is one of the applications of information technology to support the process in sale functions (Buttle. 2006). Managers and salespeople were require to use SFA technology in marketing actions such as use computer and telecommunication technology in their sale or promotion actions (Morgan et al. 2001). Some organizations believe the SFA means adding fax machines‚ automate the sales process by prepare the salesperson with a laptop‚ cell phones
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Force Automation systems (SFA) are sales management systems that record all the stages in a sales process. SFA tracks all contact that has been made with customers‚ the purpose of the contact‚ and any information that might be needed. This ensures that sales efforts would not be duplicated. This eliminates unnecessary procedures and the risk of irritating customers. SFA also includes a sales lead tracking system‚ sales forecasting‚ order management and product knowledge. 2.0 Advantages of Sales
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Introduction It is a technology dealing with the application of Mechatronics Computers For production of goods and services.Automation is broadly classified into- 1.Manufacturing automation 2.Service automation The use of automatic machinery and systems‚ particularly those manufacturing or data-processing systems which require little or no human intervention in their normal operation. During the 19th century a number of machines such as looms and lathes became increasingly self-regulating
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Introduction. Sales Force Automation is a technique of using software to automate the business tasks of sales‚ including order processing‚ contact management‚ information sharing‚ inventory monitoring and control‚ order tracking‚ customer management‚ sales forecast analysis and employee performance evaluation(Thomas‚ M.S & Michael‚ S.M 1996). This revolution that is sweeping through society is changing the nature of selling. For last 150 years‚ traditional selling process bases on the two ways communications
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norms.hence automation is the achievement of self directing productive activity as a result of combination of mechanization and computation. * The use of computer to control machine functions seperate cnc from automated lathe * Computerised numerical control is the most sophisticated form of automation for controlling machine tools‚equipments in cnc machines * Automation of is used to control machine part without human assistance * What is automation? Automation is a technology
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