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Direct linkHamby, Rogan; McBride, Ray; Lundberg, Maria – Computers in Libraries, 2011
Since SC LENDS started operating in June 2009, more public libraries have come on board. All of this on the back end connects to a Mozilla-based staff client that has distributions for Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows, using SSL encryption to keep communications secure and private between remote libraries and the servers hosted at a high-end…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Library Services, Online Catalogs, Online Systems
Weare, William H., Jr.; Toms, Sue; Breeding, Marshall – Library Media Connection, 2011
Do students prefer to use Google instead of the library catalog? Ever wondered why? Google is easier to use and delivers plenty of "good enough" resources to meet their needs. The current generation of online catalogs has two main problems. First, the look and feel of the interface doesn't reflect the conventions adhered to elsewhere on the web,…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Online Catalogs, Library Services, Online Systems
Verbit, Daniel; Kline, Vickie L. – Computers in Libraries, 2011
One of the toughest challenges in an academic library systems office is how to manage and present the extensive selection of electronic resources from a variety of vendors. At York College of Pennsylvania, the authors participated in an admissions-driven web revision cycle and used a campus-provided CMS for 8 years. During this time, they tried…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Online Vendors, Library Administration, Library Automation
Meyer, Jeffrey – Computers in Libraries, 2009
It seems, at times, that a frantic race persists to ensure that a child, in the crucial learning stages of early elementary education, acquires the appropriate reading level before he or she "gets behind." Though there are obvious issues with branding a book "Grade Level One" or "Reading Level 2.2," it is nevertheless…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Public Libraries, Online Catalogs, Emergent Literacy
Cervone, Frank – Computers in Libraries, 2007
Given the recent spate of library system vendor acquisitions and consolidations, integrated library system (ILS) migrations have become a hot topic again. Although ILS migrations happen all the time, they tend to be cyclical in nature. Today, people are thinking broadly about what options might be available to them. These include changing vendors,…
Descriptors: Information Systems, Library Development, Vendors, Computer Software Selection
Smith, Lisa – Cataloguing Australia, 1997
Describes the Electronic Resources Directory of Monash University (Melbourne, Australia), designed for locating electronic resources of the library. It both provides information about these resources as well as direct links to them where appropriate. Use of the World Wide Web for the directory has obvious advantages for a university where global…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Electronic Publishing, Information Retrieval
