Management Information from an Automated Issue System: Design of an Archive File of Transactions

Abstract

The system was implemented at Loughborough University in 1972, with the purpose of using an archive file containing details of every issue system transaction processed, to supply information on the use of the library. The original archive file structure was not satisfactory. The original and new systems are described. Five programs were envisaged in the original system; details are given of the program for analysing the usage of books recommended on reading lists. The new archive file required ease of access by accession‐number, borrower number then date, and was on tape. The functions of each of the seven new file conversion programs are outlined; the new archives are produced annually with a 50 per cent reduction in processing compared with the old system. (Aslib.)

Citation

Senior, C.G. and Robinson, M.E. (1975), "Management Information from an Automated Issue System: Design of an Archive File of Transactions", Program: electronic library and information systems, Vol. 9 No. 3, pp. 146-157. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb046725