SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                       MEDIWARE INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC.
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

        New York                                      11-2209324
(State or other jurisdiction             (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
of incorporation or organization)

            1121 Old Walt Whitman Road, Melville, New York 11747-3005
               (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

                            Stock Option Plan of 1982
                              Equity Incentive Plan
                  Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors
                            (Full title of the plan)

                                   Les N. Dace
                President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
                       Mediware Information Systems, Inc.
                           1121 Old Walt Whitman Road
                          Melville, New York 11747-3005
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

                                 (516) 423-7800
          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Title of            Amount to Be     Proposed          Proposed     Amount of
Securities          Registered(1)    Maximum           Maximum      Registration
To Be Registered                     Offering Price    Aggregate    Fee(1)
                                     Per Share(1)      Offering
                                                       Price(1)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Common
Stock, Par
Value $.10
Per Share           1,200,000(2)     $3.625            $4,350,000   $1,500

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

(1)      Calculated  under Rule 457(h)  with  respect to the  estimated  maximum
         number of registrant's  securities issuable under the Plans and a price
         per  share of  $3.625, the  average  of the high and low  prices on the
         NASDAQ Over-the-Counter Market on July 1, 1996.

(2)      Subject to adjustment to prevent dilution  resulting from stock splits,
         stock dividends or similar transactions.


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                                     PART II

                     INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

Item 3.           Incorporation of Documents by Reference
                  _______________________________________

         The following documents filed by Mediware  Information  Services,  Inc.
("Company") with the Securities and Exchange Commission  ("Commission") pursuant
to the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act") are hereby incorporated
by reference in this Registration Statement:

         1.       The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended
                  June 30, 1995.

         2.       The Company's  Quarterly Reports on Form 10-QSB for the fiscal
                  quarters ended September 30, 1995, and December 31, 1995,  and
                  March 31, 1996, and  the  Company's  Quarterly  Report on Form
                  10-QSB/A for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 1996.

         3.       The   Company's   Current  Report  on  Form  8-K  filed  on   
                  July 1, 1996.

         4.       The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in its
                  registration statement filed under the Exchange Act as updated
                  by  the  Company's  Annual  Report on  Form  10-KSB  and  Plan
                  Information Document.  See Item 4.

         All documents filed by the Company  pursuant to Sections 13(a),  13(c),
14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after the date of this  Registration  Statement
and prior to the filing of a  post-effective  amendment which indicates that all
securities  offered  have been sold or which  deregisters  all  securities  then
remaining  unsold,  shall be  deemed to be  incorporated  by  reference  in this
Registration  Statement  and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents.

         The Company will provide  without  charge to each person to whom a copy
of the material describing the Plans is delivered, upon written or oral request,
a copy of each document  incorporated  by reference in this Item 3 of Part II of
the Registration Statement (not including the exhibits to such documents, unless
such exhibits are  specifically  incorporated  by reference in such  documents).
Such  documents are  incorporated  by reference in the documents  comprising the
prospectus.  The Company will also provide without charge,  upon written or oral
request,  copies of other  documents  required to be delivered to  participating
employees pursuant to Rule 428(b) under the Securities Act of 1933. Requests for
such copies  should be directed to Mediware  Information  Services,  Inc.  Stock
Option Plan of 1992, Mediware Information  Services,  Inc. Equity Incentive Plan
or Mediware  Information  Services,  Inc.  Stock  Option  Plan for  Non-Employee
Directors, as the case may be, at Mediware Information Services,  Inc., 1121 Old
Walt Whitman Road, Melville, New York 11747-3005, telephone:
(516) 423-7800.




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Item 4.           Description of Securities
                  _________________________

         The  Company's  Common  Stock is  registered  under  Section  12 of the
Exchange Act.

Item 5.           Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
                  ______________________________________

         Jonathan H.  Churchill,  a Director of the Company,  is of counsel with
Winthrop,  Stimsom,  Putnam & Roberts,  counsel for the Company.  Mr.  Churchill
holds 17,024 shares and options to purchase  7,363 shares of Common Stock of the
Company.

Item 6.           Indemnification of Directors and Officers
                  _________________________________________

         Article X of the Company's by-laws as amended provides that the Company
will  indemnify  to the  fullest  extent  permitted  by the  New  York  Business
Corporation Law (the "NYBCL") any officer or Director of the Company.  Article X
of the  Company's  by-laws  further  requires  the  advancement  of expenses and
permits  the   maintenance   of   insurance  in   connection   with  claims  for
indemnification by officers and Directors. Other provisions of Article X contain
procedures to be followed by Directors and officers claiming indemnification and
by the Company's representatives in determining an indemnitee's entitlement. The
indemnification  of officers  and  Directors  under  Article X of the  Company's
by-laws is intended to be as extensive as is permitted under  applicable law. No
statute,  charter  provisions,  by-laws,  contract  or other  arrangements  that
insures or  indemnifies a Director or officer of the Company  affects his or her
liability in such capacity.

Item 7.           Exemption from Registration Claimed
                  ___________________________________

         No restricted  securities  will be reoffered or resold  pursuant to the
Registration Statement.

Item 8.           Exhibits
                  ________

Exhibit No.                       Description
___________                       ___________

   4                       Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company.

   5                       Opinion of Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts.

   15                      Not Applicable.

   23                      Consent of Richard A. Eisner & Company, LLP.

   24                      Powers of attorney.


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   28                      Not applicable.

   99                      Not applicable.

Item 9.      Undertakings
             ____________

             (a)      The undersigned registrant will:

               (1)  File,  during  any  period  in  which  it  offers  or  sells
securities, a post- effective amendment to this registration statement to;

                    (i) Include any prospectus  required by Section  10(a)(3) of
the Securities Act of 1933;

                    (ii) Reflect in the  prospectus  any facts or events  which,
individually or together,  represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase
or  decrease  in volume of  securities  offered  (if the total  dollar  value of
securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation
from  the  low or  high  end of the  estimated  maximum  offering  range  may be
reflected in the form of prospectus  filed with the Commission  pursuant to Rule
424(b) if, in the aggregate,  the changes in volume and price  represent no more
than 20%  change  in the  maximum  aggregate  offering  price  set  forth in the
"Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement;
and

                    (iii) Include any additional or changed material information
on the plan of distribution.

               (2) For  determining  liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
treat each  post-effective  amendment  as a new  registration  statement  of the
securities  offered,  and the offering of such securities at that time to be the
initial bona fide offering.

               (3) File a post-effective  amendment to remove from  registration
any of the securities that remain unsold at the end of the offering.


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                                   SIGNATURES

                  The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, the registrant  certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused
this  Registration  Statement  to be  signed on its  behalf by the  undersigned,
thereunto  duly  authorized,  in the City of New York, and State of New York, on
the 3rd day of July, 1996.

                                   MEDIWARE INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC.




                                   By/s/ Lawrence Auriana
                                     _________________________________
                                      Lawrence Auriana
                                      Chairman of the Board

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         Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of  1933,  this
Registration  Statement  has been signed below by the  following  persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.


Signature                  Title                                  Date
_________                  _____                                  ____

                           President, CFO &CEO
                           (Principal Executive
Les Dace*                  Officer/Director)                     July 3, 1996
________________________            
(Les Dace)                 


/s/ Lawrence Auriana       Chairman of the Board, Treasurer      July 3, 1996
________________________   and Director
(Lawrence Auriana)                                                              


Jonathan Churchill*        Director                              July 3, 1996
________________________
(Jonathan H. Churchill)


Roger Clark*               Director                              July 3, 1996
________________________
(Roger Clark)

Joseph Delario*
________________________   Director                              July 3, 1996
(Joseph Delario)


John Frieberg*             Director                              July 3, 1996
________________________
(John C. Frieberg)


________________________   Director
(Walter Kowsh, Jr.)


________________________   Director
(Hans Utsch)


Clinton Weiman*            Director                              July 3, 1996
________________________
Clinton Weiman)






* By /s/ Lawrence Auriana
_________________________
Lawrence Auriana,
Attorney-in-Fact



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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX



Exhibit No.                    Description
__________                     ___________

   4                           Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
                               the Company.

   5                           Opinion of Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam
                               & Roberts

  23                           Consent of Richard A. Eisner &
                               Company, LLP

  24                           Powers of Attorney



                                      II-6

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                       MEDIWARE INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC.
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

        New York                                      11-2209324
(State or other jurisdiction             (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
of incorporation or organization)

            1121 Old Walt Whitman Road, Melville, New York 11747-3005
               (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

                            Stock Option Plan of 1982
                              Equity Incentive Plan
                  Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors
                            (Full title of the plan)

                                   Les N. Dace
                President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
                       Mediware Information Systems, Inc.
                           1121 Old Walt Whitman Road
                          Melville, New York 11747-3005
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

                                 (516) 423-7800
          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Title of            Amount to Be     Proposed          Proposed     Amount of
Securities          Registered(1)    Maximum           Maximum      Registration
To Be Registered                     Offering Price    Aggregate    Fee(1)
                                     Per Share(1)      Offering
                                                       Price(1)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Common
Stock, Par
Value $.10
Per Share           1,200,000(2)     $3.625            $4,350,000   $1,500

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

(1)      Calculated  under Rule 457(h)  with  respect to the  estimated  maximum
         number of registrant's  securities issuable under the Plans and a price
         per  share of  $3.625, the  average  of the high and low  prices on the
         NASDAQ Over-the-Counter Market on July 1, 1996.

(2)      Subject to adjustment to prevent dilution  resulting from stock splits,
         stock dividends or similar transactions.
PART II

                     INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

Item 3.           Incorporation of Documents by Reference
                  _______________________________________

         The following documents filed by Mediware  Information  Services,  Inc.
("Company") with the Securities and Exchange Commission  ("Commission") pursuant
to the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act") are hereby incorporated
by reference in this Registration Statement:

         1.       The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended
                  June 30, 1995.

         2.       The Company's  Quarterly Reports on Form 10-QSB for the fiscal
                  quarters ended September 30, 1995, and December 31, 1995,  and
                  March 31, 1996, and  the  Company's  Quarterly  Report on Form
                  10-QSB/A for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 1996.

         3.       The   Company's   Current  Report  on  Form  8-K  filed  on   
                  July 1, 1996.

         4.       The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in its
                  registration statement filed under the Exchange Act as updated
                  by  the  Company's  Annual  Report on  Form  10-KSB  and  Plan
                  Information Document.  See Item 4.

         All documents filed by the Company  pursuant to Sections 13(a),  13(c),
14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after the date of this  Registration  Statement
and prior to the filing of a  post-effective  amendment which indicates that all
securities  offered  have been sold or which  deregisters  all  securities  then
remaining  unsold,  shall be  deemed to be  incorporated  by  reference  in this
Registration  Statement  and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents.

         The Company will provide  without  charge to each person to whom a copy
of the material describing the Plans is delivered, upon written or oral request,
a copy of each document  incorporated  by reference in this Item 3 of Part II of
the Registration Statement (not including the exhibits to such documents, unless
such exhibits are  specifically  incorporated  by reference in such  documents).
Such  documents are  incorporated  by reference in the documents  comprising the
prospectus.  The Company will also provide without charge,  upon written or oral
request,  copies of other  documents  required to be delivered to  participating
employees pursuant to Rule 428(b) under the Securities Act of 1933. Requests for
such copies  should be directed to Mediware  Information  Services,  Inc.  Stock
Option Plan of 1992, Mediware Information  Services,  Inc. Equity Incentive Plan
or Mediware  Information  Services,  Inc.  Stock  Option  Plan for  Non-Employee
Directors, as the case may be, at Mediware Information Services,  Inc., 1121 Old
Walt Whitman Road, Melville, New York 11747-3005, telephone:
(516) 423-7800.
Item 4.           Description of Securities
                  _________________________

         The  Company's  Common  Stock is  registered  under  Section  12 of the
Exchange Act.

Item 5.           Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
                  ______________________________________

         Jonathan H.  Churchill,  a Director of the Company,  is of counsel with
Winthrop,  Stimsom,  Putnam & Roberts,  counsel for the Company.  Mr.  Churchill
holds 17,024 shares and options to purchase  7,363 shares of Common Stock of the
Company.

Item 6.           Indemnification of Directors and Officers
                  _________________________________________

         Article X of the Company's by-laws as amended provides that the Company
will  indemnify  to the  fullest  extent  permitted  by the  New  York  Business
Corporation Law (the "NYBCL") any officer or Director of the Company.  Article X
of the  Company's  by-laws  further  requires  the  advancement  of expenses and
permits  the   maintenance   of   insurance  in   connection   with  claims  for
indemnification by officers and Directors. Other provisions of Article X contain
procedures to be followed by Directors and officers claiming indemnification and
by the Company's representatives in determining an indemnitee's entitlement. The
indemnification  of officers  and  Directors  under  Article X of the  Company's
by-laws is intended to be as extensive as is permitted under  applicable law. No
statute,  charter  provisions,  by-laws,  contract  or other  arrangements  that
insures or  indemnifies a Director or officer of the Company  affects his or her
liability in such capacity.

Item 7.           Exemption from Registration Claimed
                  ___________________________________

         No restricted  securities  will be reoffered or resold  pursuant to the
Registration Statement.

Item 8.           Exhibits
                  ________

Exhibit No.                       Description
___________                       ___________

   4                       Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company.

   5                       Opinion of Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts.

   15                      Not Applicable.

   23                      Consent of Richard A. Eisner & Company, LLP.

   24                      Powers of attorney.

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28                      Not applicable.

   99                      Not applicable.

Item 9.      Undertakings
             ____________

             (a)      The undersigned registrant will:

               (1)  File,  during  any  period  in  which  it  offers  or  sells
securities, a post- effective amendment to this registration statement to;

                    (i) Include any prospectus  required by Section  10(a)(3) of
the Securities Act of 1933;

                    (ii) Reflect in the  prospectus  any facts or events  which,
individually or together,  represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase
or  decrease  in volume of  securities  offered  (if the total  dollar  value of
securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation
from  the  low or  high  end of the  estimated  maximum  offering  range  may be
reflected in the form of prospectus  filed with the Commission  pursuant to Rule
424(b) if, in the aggregate,  the changes in volume and price  represent no more
than 20%  change  in the  maximum  aggregate  offering  price  set  forth in the
"Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement;
and

                    (iii) Include any additional or changed material information
on the plan of distribution.

               (2) For  determining  liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
treat each  post-effective  amendment  as a new  registration  statement  of the
securities  offered,  and the offering of such securities at that time to be the
initial bona fide offering.

               (3) File a post-effective  amendment to remove from  registration
any of the securities that remain unsold at the end of the offering.

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SIGNATURES

                  The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, the registrant  certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused
this  Registration  Statement  to be  signed on its  behalf by the  undersigned,
thereunto  duly  authorized,  in the City of New York, and State of New York, on
the 3rd day of July, 1996.

                                   MEDIWARE INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC.

                                   By/s/ Lawrence Auriana
                                     _________________________________
                                      Lawrence Auriana
                                      Chairman of the Board

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Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of  1933,  this
Registration  Statement  has been signed below by the  following  persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature                  Title                                  Date
_________                  _____                                  ____

                           President, CFO &CEO
                           (Principal Executive
Les Dace*                  Officer/Director)                     July 3, 1996
________________________            
(Les Dace)                 

/s/ Lawrence Auriana       Chairman of the Board, Treasurer      July 3, 1996
________________________   and Director
(Lawrence Auriana)                                                              

Jonathan Churchill*        Director                              July 3, 1996
________________________
(Jonathan H. Churchill)

Roger Clark*               Director                              July 3, 1996
________________________
(Roger Clark)

Joseph Delario*
________________________   Director                              July 3, 1996
(Joseph Delario)

John Frieberg*             Director                              July 3, 1996
________________________
(John C. Frieberg)

________________________   Director
(Walter Kowsh, Jr.)

________________________   Director
(Hans Utsch)

Clinton Weiman*            Director                              July 3, 1996
________________________
Clinton Weiman)

* By /s/ Lawrence Auriana
_________________________
Lawrence Auriana,
Attorney-in-Fact

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.                    Description
__________                     ___________

   4                           Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
                               the Company.

   5                           Opinion of Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam
                               & Roberts

  23                           Consent of Richard A. Eisner &
                               Company, LLP

  24                           Powers of Attorney

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