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Use of Computers in Small Libraries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

E. Sachtschal*
Affiliation:
European Southern Observatory, Karl-Schwarzschild-Str. 2, D-8046 Garching bei München, F.R.Germany

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The library of the European Southern Observatory exists in its holdings since about 1970. The library is still a small one. It contains about 15–20000 books, 240 journal titles, approximately 70 m shelf-space for Observatory Publications and has about 220 square meters surface area. With about the same size we have a second library in La Silla in Chile, the mountain where our telescopes are installed. In Garching we have one and a third (!) librarian(s) and in Chile one librarian as staff. The question is: is it possible and is it necessary to computerize such small libraries and how can we do it with such limited personnel? The answer is yes; it is possible and even worthwhile.

Type
Part 7. Other Library Activities
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