There are a number of articles on "next generation" library catalogs
in the latest (print) issue of Computers in Libraries:
* Fac-Back-OPAC by M Beccaria and D Scott describing how they
wrote a catalog using open source software
* Dreaming of a better ILS by E Bahr includes a number of
extended quotes from luminaries on the features of a future ILS
* Plug your user's into library resources with OpenSearch
plug-ins by N Baker describes how to embed a (library catalog)
search box into your Firefox browser using the OpenSearch
protocol
* Helping you buy by R Wayne is primarily a matrix of products
and features
* The birth of a new generation of library interfaces by M
Breeding providing an overview of the NGC landscape
* Will the ILS soon be as obsolete as the card catalog? by J
Balas also provides an overview of the NGC landscape
FYI.
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Eric Lease Morgan
University Libraries of Notre Dame
Received on Fri Sep 28 2007 - 14:47:23 EDT