A Hardware and Software Primer for Librarians: What Your Vendor Forgot to Tell You

Provides a basic introduction to terminology and concepts—an indispensable tool for librarians who received their training before the current emphasis on technology or directors faced with writing budgets and specifications for technology they understand only as low-end users. The primer discusses hardware down to the level of individual components such as expansion cards, CPUs, memory, and printers, but discusses whole systems as well. The software discussion aims to compare the benefits and…