Introduction to automation; An overview of library automation; Determining needs and making decisions; Implementing the system.

The advent of computers in libraries made library automation a hot topic in the 1980s and 1990s, but this focus has dropped off over time, leaving much library automation research outdated. Library Automation and OPAC 2.0: Information Access and Services in the 2.0 Landscape brings library automation back to the forefront of cutting-edge research. In today's age of Web 2.0 and social networking, libraries are entering the new Library 2.0 era, and this reference will present current and future librarians with the necessary new library automation research they will need to keep their institutions up-to-date in today's constantly changing technological environment.

Covers use of new technologies for libraries and the European Commission plan for libraries. Contains papers covering new technologies and data collecting for preservation, networking between publishers, distributors and libraries, data and access, co-operative library systems and more.

Volume 2 of Inside Major East Asian Library Collections in North America presents an extensive collection of interviews that give key insights into Chinese, Korean, and Asian American librarianship