A Brief Look at Automation Activities in Turkish University Libraries

Tonta, Yaşar A Brief Look at Automation Activities in Turkish University Libraries. Program : electronic library and information systems, 1990, vol. 24, n. 1, pp. 73-80. [Journal article (Paginated)]

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Turkey, one of the cradles of civilisation, is a republic founded by Kemal Ataturk in 1923 after the collapse of the 600-year-old Ottoman Empire. Its location in two continents (Europe and Asia) has been a central factor in its history, culture and politics; Turkey has often been called a bridge between East and West. Turkey, Islamic in tradition, is a newly industrialised democratic nation of 55 million people. In Turkey, there are 29 universities (28 state and one private). They are governed by a common law, namely the Higher Education Act. The majority of universities have decentralised libraries, which is largely due to the fact that there has been no legislation or by-laws that specifically govern the establishment and organisation of libraries within a university. The importance of computers for library and information centres has long been recognised in Turkey. The history of computer use goes back to the early 1970s when university libraries started to use computers mainly for 'batch' jobs, such as the production of a union catalogue of serials, acquisition lists and the like. In a recent survey it was shown that almost all university libraries have a strong interest in automation1. Some have been planning to computerise their operations, whilst others are considering this option seriously. The existing computer use in university libraries is heavily centred in the following operations: union lists of serials and books, circulation control, acquisition, cataloguing and current awareness.

Item type:	Journal article (Paginated)
Keywords:	Automation activities, Turkish university libraries, Housekeeping systems,Telecommunications in Turkey
Subjects:	D. Libraries as physical collections. > DD. Academic libraries.
Depositing user:	prof. yasar tonta
Date deposited:	29 Aug 2010
Last modified:	02 Oct 2014 12:17
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10760/14752

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