Abstract
The automation of library processes involves by its very nature the collection of information about patrons and the materials they use. As well, because online transaction processing (OLTP) depends upon the identification of workstations and time-stamping of transactions, information about staff productivity is also present in the system. While such information is of use in collections management and for error detection and correction, its collection raises security concerns. As well, beginning in the 1980s, local library automation systems came to be linked within consortia and eventually, across the Internet. This retrospective look at local library automation summarizes developments in connectivity occurring during the 1980s and 1990s, and suggests additional concerns associated with the open computing environment of the present day.
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