The Varied Uses of Computer Automation in British Libraries

This paper describes automated systems and processes at various British libraries, including two public libraries, Oxfordshire County Central Library and Henley County Library; two academic libraries, Bristol University Library and the Bodleian Library, Oxford; a special library, the Rutherford Laboratory Library; a special library department of Oxford University, the Forestry Library; and Britain's National Library. The author observed automated processes and interviewed librarians and systems technicians at these libraries during the Oxford/Oklahoma Library Seminar, "Libraries and Librarianship in England," held in Oxford from May 23-June 11, 1982.