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Dissertation Information for Suleiman Hussein Mustafa

NAME:
- Suleiman Hussein Mustafa

DEGREE:
- Ph.D.

DISCIPLINE:
- Library and Information Science

SCHOOL:
- University of Pittsburgh (USA) (1985)

ADVISORS:
- Allen Kent

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
- E. Blanche Woolls
- Thomas J. Galvin
- Roger Flynn
- Donald Shirey
- Jay E. Daily

MPACT Status: Fully Complete

Title: MICROCOMPUTER-BASED INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY ON THE USE OF MICROCOMPUTERS IN UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

Abstract: This study was an attempt to search for factors underlying the current trends of microcomputer usage in library systems affiliated with universities granting doctoral-level degree programs. A survey of 195 university library systems was conducted in the Fall 1984 followed by a phone interview with 25 out of the 116 respondents. The thesis put forward was that the level of involvement in microcomputers, as defined by (1) the number of micros acquired; (2) the degree of their contribution to computer-based systems; and (3) the level of policy support for micros, might be accounted for by six independent variables characterizing the data processing environment in the library systems surveyed. These included, (1) the degree of available computerization; (2) the planning approach to automation adopted; (3) the level of control over computing power; (4) the data processing method being used; (5) the degree of reliance on network and database services; and (6) the degree of reliance on commercial applications software.

The results pointed out that the average number of microcomputers per library system was ten, with the minimum being zero and the maximum being 126. The majority of these micros were 16-bit machines and the IBM series was the dominant model in use. Management applications and online information retrieval were by far the most popular micro-based systems reported by the respondents. Eighty percent of the respondents expressed their support of introducing and using micros and most of the respondents having micros expressed their satisfaction with micro-based systems, in terms of both performance-effectiveness and cost-effectiveness. The inferential analysis of data showed, however, more similarities than differences among the library systems surveyed and the respondents representing them. Based on the results of this analysis, the two most promising targets for further research were the level of computerization available and the degree of control over computing resources which indicated a likelihood of providing significant results at the 0.05 level.

MPACT Scores for Suleiman Hussein Mustafa

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