The Urgency of Inter-Library Integration in the Digital Era

Analytical Study of Inter-Library Integration at Hartford International University in the United State of America

Abstract

Abstract

Inter-library integration services are a necessity in the digital era. Cooperation in the form of system integration (database) is an important element in improving literacy in libraries. The purpose of this study is to provide constructive motivation to libraries in Indonesia (especially in this case university libraries) that are still or in the process of collaborating in the form of libraries with larger libraries or even already using inter-library system integration. This integration service is so that libraries that do not yet have their own references needed by library users can use integrated libraries to obtain the references they need.

With the cooperation in the form of inter-library integration such as at Hartford International University (HIU) in the United States of America, users feel satisfied with the HIU library service.

The research method used in this study is a qualitative descriptive informative method. The purpose of this study is so that digital era libraries are always used as a place to forge themselves and develop global knowledge through cooperation and integration with various libraries, so that integration can be applied within the university scope in an effort to improve communication between visitors and libraries. The results of this study are that the planning of high integration library management at the Hartford International University United State of America library begins with planning the functions and objectives of the library itself and then continues with entering the database into the server.