[[alternative]]A Study on Library Information Management System in an Elementary School

[[abstract]] 目前國民小學圖書館（室）的兩大困境是：經費拮据與人力不足，因此，在本研究嘗試引進一套屬於自由軟體的圖書資訊管理系統，且完成此系統的簡易操作手冊與使用介面介紹，並實際應用於國民小學圖書管理實務中。根據賴苑玲（1997）、胡貴美（2002）、賴雅真（2003）等人的研究顯示：流通模組、編目模組與查詢功能，是圖書管理系統最重要的功能。為了比較曾琳富版本與林連發版本兩者的不同，本文引用其研究結果，以作為評估依據，並且針對義工媽媽與學校老師，設計一項滿意度問卷調查，統計分析結果可作為圖書管理系統修改或微調的參考。經此研究顯示，善用資訊科技可以減輕圖書館（室）的人力負擔，大學院校若能提供進修課程當可提昇圖書館（室）管理人員的人力素質，建議教育部補實人力缺口可以解決超額教師的窘境。文末並提出三個研究方向，供後續研究者參考。[[abstract]] Tight budget and manpower shortage are the two major issues that our elementary school libraries are currently facing. In this research, we install an open source software of library information management system. In order to use it easily, an operation manual is written for this system where users are able to access directly via a computer. We have also put in use of this new system. In various studies, reader service, database, and material search are the major functions of a library (Lai, 1997; Hu, 2002; Lai, 2003). Based on these three functions we have compared the current library information management system, designed by Tseng, with the old library information management system designed by Lin. We have surveyed school teachers and library volunteers. The results show that most aspects the current library information management system are satisfied except on the shortcomings of book search capability, which is in agreement with previous research works. On the other hand, our study finds that the use of information technology could greatly reduce the library workload. In addition, personnel's professional skills can be improved through suitable training courses that might be offered by universities