Library automation has developed in the industrialised world over the last 25 years and progress in developing countries cannot be separated from trends worldwide. However there are different criteria for success in developing countries which are brought out in this review. Open Source has been hailed as a solution to the economic problems but there are still organizational problems to be surmounted. There is also the possibility to develop one's own system. Nigeria, Thailand and India are taken as case studies, illustrating different kinds of solutions that are available and various pitfalls. Predictions into the future are difficult. Internet bandwidth will improve in developing countries and open source may prove useful but economics may not improve and power supply problems are likely to remain.
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Purpose -To describe the first year of the implementation of RFID in Middlesex University Learning Resources. Design/methodology/approach -The technology is explained in detail to set the scene. Information on the implementation is presented in chronological order. Findings -Problems which would generally be applicable to other installations in these early days of the use of RFID in libraries are pointed out. Practical implications -It is possible to implement RFID without too much lead time, though had longer been available some aspects would have gone more smoothly.
Purpose -This paper evaluates issues of different scripts in the same record (in MARC21 and Chinese MARC(CMARC)) and Chinese internal codes (i.e. double byte character set) when implementing Koha. It also discusses successful efforts in promoting the adoption of Koha in Taiwan, particularly, the contributions from Koha-Taiwan.
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