entary schools, and build some database uniformity across the district. The Alexandria catalog system was designed by a librarian for use on Macintosh computers, and it is a very fast and efficient program. For this reason, it is the recommended choice for the elementary schools who are still using the Circulation Plus software from the mid-1980s.
In his Small Libraries: Organization and Operation, Sager (1992) describes the steps that should be followed when implementing catalog automation:
[One must] consider the cost and time required for conversion to the system ... and the maintenance and reliability of the system. The conversion process involves bar coding all the library's holdings, building a database containing the bibliographic records for each of the items in the collection ... and building a database of borrower names and location.
In the case of Dale High School, the District Library/Media Teacher, with the help of a department head from the science department, decided to adopt the Alexandria automated catalog system. It wa
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