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CyberTools ® for Libraries User’s Group Meeting 2001 Tri-Chapter MLA

CyberTools ® for Libraries User’s Group Meeting 2001 Tri-Chapter MLA. Review of Past Five Months Technology Business Imminent Tasks Future Plans Closed Door Session Discussion. Review of Past Year Technology Business Imminent Tasks Future Plans Closed Door Discussion.

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CyberTools ® for Libraries User’s Group Meeting 2001 Tri-Chapter MLA

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  1. CyberTools®for LibrariesUser’s Group Meeting 2001 Tri-Chapter MLA • Review of Past Five Months • Technology • Business • Imminent Tasks • Future Plans • Closed Door Session • Discussion

  2. Review of Past Year • Technology • Business • Imminent Tasks • Future Plans • Closed Door • Discussion Recap:Major Technology AccomplishmentsMay 2000 - May 2001 • CyberTools for Libraries via Application Service Provider (ASP) • Firewall and Proxy Server Implementations. Big job. • MeSH 2001 completed, big job with 800 qualifiers changing. • Circulation completed & live, lots of enhancements. • MARC Bib Utilities completed & live with complete redesign. • Lots of major enhancements to the OPAC. • New OPAC in HTML & JavaScript demonstrable.

  3. Imminent Tasks from May 2001 • Field test & rollout HTML OPAC. • Z39.50 completion, field test & rollout. • Complete Q/A of Serials, field test & rollout. • Complete Q/A of remaining MARC Authorities, field test & rollout. • Material Type User Interface rollout. • How did we do?

  4. Field Test & Rollout of HTML OPAC Completed! • Installed at all but three sites • Fast • Reliable • Well liked • Took a lot of time to do these installs • To do: • Renews • Holds • Account • Boolean

  5. Review of Past Year • Technology • Business • Imminent Tasks • Future Plans • Closed Door • Discussion Z39.50 Completed! • Completed: • Works well with BookWhere & EndNote • Not installed at any sites yet • GU, Rush, TTUHSC, & UNT virtual installation from CyberTools server • Next: • Real installations • Server Enhancements as needed • Z39.50 Client integration in CyberTools OPAC, enabling searching a CyberTools library with the native OPAC and simultaneously searching other libraries, creating combined results.

  6. Review of Past Year • Technology • Business • Imminent Tasks • Future Plans • Closed Door • Discussion The Unexpected Bonuses... • Re-engineered Notices: • Never worked correctly in old LIS • New: uses Avery postcards to US Postal Regs • New: uses envelops with windows and/or matching labels • Improved Documentation • Improved Installation • New duplicate Bib report. • New wireless barcode internal circ program. • Converted one site server. • OPAC Web Tutorial

  7. Review of Past Year • Technology • Business • Imminent Tasks • Future Plans • Closed Door • Discussion Serials • Initial re-engineering completed in September 2000. • Waited for Q/A until this fall. • Currently in full Q/A review and second pass UI adjustments. • Should post to demo web site any day. • Field test to start early November. • Post to ASP customers live mid-to-late November. • Remaining Imminent Tasks Not Done • Complete Q/A of remaining MARC Authorities, field test & rollout. • Material Type User Interface rollout.

  8. Review of Past Year • Technology • Business • Imminent Tasks • Future Plans • Closed Door • Discussion Business • Jane Maddox Joins CyberTools for Libraries. • Adding libraries weekly. Mostly health science libraries, some • corporate, some biomedical research companies, • graduate theology school. All ASP. • Focus on health science libraries, eager to get back to academic libraries.

  9. Review of Past Year • Technology • Business • Imminent Tasks • Future Plans • Closed Door • Discussion Development through end of 2001 • October • SERHOLD Loader (for new health science libraries) • Serials Module is posted to web area for testing and comment • November • More Serials Q/A & documentation, field testing, installations? • Complete Q/A of remaining MARC Authorities, field test & rollout. • First Look at MeSH 2002 (posted Oct 15 at NLM)

  10. Review of Past Year • Technology • Business • Imminent Tasks • Future Plans • Closed Door • Discussion Development, cont.December 2001 - Serials fully functioning, active at sites. - OPAC: - Boolean Interface completed (easy in Java, difficult in HTML) - Enriched Tables of Contents; pretty display, intelligent indexing; Available from MARCIVE. - Summaries, e.g., Doody Reviews - Cataloging Enhancements: - Copy a tag in the MARC bib editor - CIP Editor option rather than MARC Editor - UI Index subfields - UI Material Types (done, needs Q/A) - UI Define Catalog Display &TOC catalog “format” - UI Global MARC editor - UI for Exporting (done, needs Q/A) - Circ: Renews & Returns by Patron

  11. Review of Past Year • Technology • Business • Imminent Tasks • Future Plans • Closed Door • Discussion Future Development Plans • January 2002: Serial Claims via EDI • Do you want any of these? • Electronic Journal Management • Loose leaf updates • Acquisitions to GUI • EDI for purchase orders, invoices, payments • Subscriptions in Acquisitions • Patron Accounting with true 2 sided ledger • DDS/ILL • Booking (note that Holds are completed in Java OPAC) • Improve management of LC Subject Headings • Ovid Weblink • PubMed interface • Electronic Reserves • Plaintree • MARC 21 Holdings

  12. Review of Past Year • Technology • Business • Imminent Tasks • Future Plans • Closed Door • Discussion Closed Door Session

  13. CyberTools for Libraries Thank you.

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