AUTOMATED LIBRARY-SYSTEM MIGRATION IN THE UNITED-STATES

The application of computer technology to routine procedure's in libraries has been evolving for more than twenty years. As technology has made new applications possible and as library and vendor expertise has developed, some libraries today are working with a second or even a third system vendor. This paper reports on a survey of libraries in the United States which have changed vendors and it identifies commonality and variation in factors associated with automation system change by these libraries.