Automation of Libraries: Trends and Strategies

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Part 1: Summary
The author of this article is Marshall Breeding. He is an expert in this topic because he
has been researching and producing articles on automation of libraries since 2007 (Breeding,
2017). He has provided numerous recommendations on the strategies that can be implemented in
order to automate library.
This article describes regarding some main features as well as trends of current
procedures of library automation (Rao, 2014). This article also highlights some of the
technology, business as well as product trends. The observations that are mentioned about in this
article are broadly elaborated with the research carried out by the author. The research has been
based on the previous seven editions of “Automation System Marketplace” (Breeding, 2017).
This had been published in Library Journal annually, the information collected as well as
organized in Library Technology Guides and many more projects that are related to documenting
as well as interpretation of events, products and technologies in the topic of automation of
libraries.
The main points that are mentioned in this article are as follows
 The present state of the industry of library automation.
 The article describes regarding the products as well as technology trends.
 It discusses regarding the ways to extend the present model of library automation.
 The article provides a vision of next generation of library automation.
 The article discusses regarding the implications for serials specialists.
Some ideas that are provided by the author in order to manage a diverse set of collections are
documentation and metadata, this ensures that the user understands his own data, this also