A Bibliography of Books, Articles and Presentations
by Lynda Moulton

Special libraries assoc.
Competencies for special librarians of the 21st century, Executive summary  prepared for the SLA Board of Directors by the Special Committee on Competencies for Special Librarians, Joanne Marshall, Chair; Bill Fisher; Lynda Moulton; and Roberta Piccoli. Washington: SLA, 1996. http://www.sla.org/content/SLA/professional/meaning/competency.cfm

Constructing databases - professional issues. 10/87
(Spec. lib.,78:281-287; Fall 1987)

Data bases for special libraries; a strategic guide to information management, by Lynda Moulton. 1st ed. Westport, CT: Greenwood press, 1991, 154p.
(Greenwood library management collection) ISBN: 0313273693 ISSN: 9894-2986
   Role of data base in special libraries; making practical decisions; develop or buy options; data base management systems; implementation; maintaining your system; planning for future improvements.

Government documents at Harvard - preliminary guide to locating report literature at the Harvard University libraries. Cambridge, MA, 1978, n.p.

Integrated text and image management systems, presentation at InfoTech '94, January 25, 1994, Dallas, Texas. Dallas: SLA, 12/25/1994, 9p. (slides); 26p. (glossary, biblio., readings)

Is groupware destined to fail? improving the odds. [In: Computers in libraries, annual conference proceedings, 1999. 9 p.

Leading the library automation project. 3 p.
(Integrated lib. sys. reports, online; 11/30/1998)
http://www.ilsr.com/leading.htm
   Describes key considerations when planning for and implementing library automation.

A planning guide for managers: establishing a company library/information center, prepared by Lynda Moulton. Boston, MA: Boston chap., SLA, 1985, 23 p.
    Manual developed by practicing company librarians and information specialists to assist corporate managers develop a plan for improved information resource management and services within their companies. Includes bibliography and list of consultants.

Preparing for EDI: an IOLS vendor’s perspective.  [In: Assoc. of college and research libraries. EDI and the serials business cycle. ACRL/NEC serials interest group, NASIG & SISAC fall workshop.]Wellesley College, Nov. 8, 1995]

The Procurement Process Making Major Purchases for Corporate Libraries. 06/10/1991, 10P.
   Stresses key issues that are often missed in procurement of IT products during selection, evaluation and justification process. http://www.sla.org/pubs/books/master.html

Professional project management: procuring and implementing a major automated system by Vicary Maxant and Lynda Moulton [In: Special libraries assoc. The information professional: an unparalleled resource. Papers contributed for the 81st annual conference of the Special Libraries Association, June 9-14, 1990, Pittsburgh, PA. pp. 55-59] 1990
   Joint presentation of Lynda Moulton (Comstow) and Vicary Maxant (Raytheon) on how vendors and customers worked together  to achieve a successful, goal orientated implementation of library automation.

Putting the Benefits of an integrated library systems to work for your corporate library; enhance your career through a clear strategy. White paper sponsored by Inmagic, Inc. Woburn, MA. January, 2002. 24p. http://www.inmagic.com/news/white_papers/moulton_request.html (link to abstract/request paper)

Starting a New Data Base? - Be Prepared But Get Started. For the Insurance and Employee Benefits Division, SLA, June 1991.  06/1991, 7p.
Makes these eight key points:
- Produce a resource your clients need and want.
- Concentrate on the most critically important resources first, not just those easiest to handle.
- Commit to a schedule for turnaround that insures that your product will be timely to meet the organization's competitive interests.
- Plan to expand access to include all relevant collections; provide for new inclusions as they appear.
- Automate for the benefits that will be derived for your clients first.
- You must not allow indecision stifle the project; get on with it.
- Be specific about objectives.
- Develop objectives, solutions, and delivery vehicles with input from other organizational departments including your client base.

Unleashing the Value of Your Document Content: Publishing on the Web. Medford, NJ: Information today, 2001, (presented at Computers in Libraries, Washington, D.C.) 14 PowerPoint slides
   Describes the project management aspects of implementing a document management system; decision-making requirements and pitfalls in selecting the technologies. CIL2001.ppt

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