MANAGEMENT OF LIBRARY SOFTWARE: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS

Abstract

Competitive and survive in the rapidly changing environment. As information practitioners and as organizations involved in the acquisition, processing, packaging, storing and dissemination of information, the libraries and librarians should not be left behind in this race.

The two keywords in the topic are management and library software which shall be explained herewith. 'Management' is a generic term and it is subject to many interpretations. For our purpose in this paper, management can be regarded as activities taking place within a structured organizational setting and with prescribed roles directed towards the attainment of aims and objectives. This paper highlights some issues to be taken into consideration by librarians and information managers in the management of library software. It also identifies what is needed to manage application packages in Library for successful operations