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The Library Corporation (TLC) creates and distributes automation and cataloging software to public, school, academic, and special library systems worldwide.〔Marshall Breeding. "Automation Marketplace 2011." Library Journal, (), April 1, 2011〕 Based in Inwood, W.Va., with additional offices in Denver, Singapore, and Ontario, the company is owned and operated by the same family that established it in 1974.〔American Libraries, (), Nov. 17, 2010〕 In 1985, it became the first organization in the world to successfully use CD-ROM technology for data storage when it released its BiblioFile Cataloging software. The CD-ROM drive used to read those first commercially produced discs, as well as the original BiblioFile Cataloging CD-ROMs, are now in the Smithsonian Institution.〔TLC History, (), Jan. 29, 2011〕 TLC, a GSA-certified company, earned a 2009 Best in Tech Award from Scholastic Administrator magazine.〔Scholastic Administrator, (), March/April 2009〕 Also in 2009, its senior product developer, Matt Moran, was selected by Library Journal magazine as one of the library industry's top 51 "Movers and Shakers."〔Library Journal, (), March 16, 2009〕 == Library Automation Systems == The company offers three integrated library systems: Library•Solution for public, academic, and special libraries; Library•Solution ''for Schools'' for public and private school libraries; and CARL•X, the next-generation version of the legacy CARL•Solution automation system. Each system automates the standard operations of a library, including the check-in/check-out process, cataloging, inventory, authority control, reports, and management of floating collections. Facilities that utilize a TLC ILS include Los Angeles Public Library in California, Dallas Independent School District in Texas, Ministry of Home Affairs in Singapore, Anchorage School District in Alaska, Chicago Public Schools in Illinois, and National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Library in Washington, D.C. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Library Corporation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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