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Intranet Applications and the Library. Mary Peterson Royal Adelaide Hospital / Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide, Australia. Background. Institute of Medical & Veterinary Science Pathology laboratory & research institute http://www.imvs.sa.gov.au
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Intranet Applications and the Library Mary Peterson Royal Adelaide Hospital / Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide, Australia
Background • Institute of Medical & Veterinary Science • Pathology laboratory & research institute • http://www.imvs.sa.gov.au • Royal Adelaide Hospital • Teaching hospital affiliated with University of Adelaide • http://www.rah.sa.gov.au/homepage.htm
Our users: • Clinicians (doctors, nurses, physios) • Researchers (laboratory scientists) • Students on clinical placement • Diagnostic laboratory staff statewide
Outline: Intranet development What we really need to know about What we’ve done at RAH/IMVS
Intranet development • Server • Conversion/creation of HTML pages • Web authoring software • Spiders/search tools • Link checkers
What we need to know • Web authoring software • HTML • Adobe PageMaker, Front Page etc • Link checkers • BiggByte, Dr Watson, CyberSpider, Linklint • Access checkers • Bobby • Our IT people!
Finding software: • Internet search • Tucows: http://www.tucows.com/ • source of free and shareware for downloading • rated • local mirror sites available
Our experience • HTML editor - Arachnophilia • FrontPage • Link checker/validator - CyberSpider
The next step • Static - dynamic - XML
Some resources: • The Librarian’s Guide to Intranet Resources: • http://slis.cua.edu/ihy/SP/KT.htm • Understanding the Impact of Core Intranet … • http://www.3com.com/technology/tech_net/white_papers/500691.html • Intranet applications • http://www.iorg.com/intranetorg/chpt6.html (but not all the links work!)