VINE: Volume 27 Issue 4
Table of contents
Library management systems: an overview
I.R. MurrayWhat can be written about Library Management Systems (LMS) that might make interesting reading? This may seem a rather downbeat opening to an overview of the various makes of…
Towards a new HORIZON
Brian HackettThis article reviews Ameritech's Horizon. It describes hardware and operating system requirements and then considers in detail the functionality of the principal modules. It also…
Libero liberates
Denise MetcalfThe installation of Libero has enabled the staff of the Business Information Centre of the EBRD to take control of their LMS as never before. We have found the system simple…
Laying down the law with OLIB at the Bar Library Belfast
David SmithThe Bar Library is the base of all practising barristers in Northern Ireland, serving as office environment and resource centre, providing both administrative support and library…
UNICORN at the London Business School
Jonathan EatonIn summer 1996 one of Europe's leading business libraries, the library at the London Business School chose Sirsi's UNICORN Collection Management system. The article explains how…
A new system for new circumstances: Adlib at ACAS
Richard WilsherACAS is an independent statutory body formerly under the sponsorship of the Department of Employment (DE). ACAS formerly shared a library management system, BookshelF, with the DE…
Starting from scratch: The Jersey Archives Service and ADLIB
Denise WilliamsJersey Archives Service are developing their database with ADLIB.
Admusing adventures at Wolverhampton Art Gallery
Philippa TinsleyAs part of the Museum & Galleries Commission Registration process, museums set out detailed plans to show how well they currently document their collections, and how well they…
BIBSYS — 25 years of library automation and co‐operation in Norway
Roy Gundersen, Rune BrandshaugThe Norwegian shared library system BIBSYS is presented with a sketch of BIBSYS' 25 years of history and a brief view of BIBSYS strategy. The importance of library co‐operation in…
URICA in the Durban Metropolitan Library System
Carol BarracloughThe article describes the background to public libraries in South Africa, and the Durban Metropolitan libraries in particular, including the IT infrastructure. It then looks at…
Microsoft futures
Alan PoulterIn the ‘old days’, throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, the adage in the IT industry used to be ‘Nobody ever gets fired for buying IBM’. IBM would sell complete solutions…
Trends in Web Standards and techniques
Simon HumeThis article summarises recent developments and trends in Web Standards and techniques. It is based on a technical workshop given by the World Wide Web Consortium (known as W3C …