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Implementing the VTLS library management system at Tomsk State University Library: impact on management

Simon Francis (Simon Francis was a Visiting Lecturer at the Department of Information Studies, Sheffield University, UK while participating in the project described in this paper. He is a consultant with the London‐based firm Library Development Consultants. E‐mail: simon@sfrancis.demon.co.uk)

Program: electronic library and information systems

ISSN: 0033-0337

Article publication date: 1 September 2002

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Abstract

An account is given of the implications for management of the introduction of the VTLS automation system in Tomsk State University Library in Siberia, as part of a library modernisation project funded under the EU TEMPUS‐TACIS programme. The case study describes the changes brought about by the project, which included the creation of one of the first strategic development plans produced by a Russian university library and a considerable change in the attitudes of Tomsk State University Library staff. Examples are given of the effects of one of the first implementations of a full Western automation system covering all functional modules on the structure of the library.

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Francis, S. (2002), "Implementing the VTLS library management system at Tomsk State University Library: impact on management", Program: electronic library and information systems, Vol. 36 No. 3, pp. 166-175. https://doi.org/10.1108/00330330210440458

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