Computer Spreadsheets for Library Applications

by Lawrence W. Auld

Overview

This is the only detailed and perfectly understandable look at how 2- and 3-dimensional spreadsheets can perform the tasks and data analysis needed by all types of library administrators. Most major software programs are explained along with such library applications as tracking circulation, estimating shelving capacity, and budgeting. Completely new applications such as computing fines, calculating currency exchanges rates for serials, tracking CD-ROM use, figuring preservation and reference work values

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780897747240
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	01/05/1993
Edition description:	2nd ed
Pages:	168
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.35(d)

About the Author

Lawrence W.S. Auld, PhD, is chair and associate professor, Department of Library Studies & Educational Technology, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina. He is past-president of the National Librarians Association and is a book review editor for Library Resources & Technical Services. Dr. Auld is a member of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (a division of the American Library Association), the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) and the Southeastern Library Association.

Editorial Reviews

[U]pdated with new and reworked applications including some that take advantage of three-dimensional spreadsheet software. . . . [T]he approach is generic, and a user should, without too much difficulty, be able to use the problems to adapt to similar packages in a DOS, Windows, or Macintosh environment. . . . [I]ts aplications make it useful for someone starting use of spreadsheets in a library environment. After a familiarization period, an imaginative person should be able to use it as a basis for more complicated applications.” —ALR

From the Publisher

In this revised and updated edition of his Electronic Spreadsheets for Libraries (Oryx, 1986), Auld presents 35 spreadsheet models in which real or imaginary "what if" data can be assembled, analyzed, and displayed. Using library terminology, he shows users who are familiar with microcomputers how to translate familiar library statistical compilations into automated, appealing spreadsheet formats. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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