The article really isn't clear about this — the Aeon product is meant
for Special Collections and Archives. It's a request module that links
up to EAD finding aids and OPACs so patrons can request that containers
or items be pulled for them.
I saw a demo of this tool in its early stages about 2 years ago.
Leslie
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Leslie Johnston
Digital Media Project Coordinator
Office of Strategic Initiatives
Library of Congress
202-707-2801
lesliej_at_loc.gov
>>> "B.G. Sloan" <bgsloan2_at_YAHOO.COM> 8/11/2009 10:01 AM >>>
Sort of an odd article in the Chronicle of Higher Education's "Wired
Campus" blog...sounds like it could have been written 30 years ago.
Maybe I'm missing something?
The article discusses a "new system" which librarians are supposedly
calling "the first of its kind". With this "new" system patrons can
"request items directly from online catalogs". Librarians "can also
better monitor statistics thanks to histories that track patrons and
items and generate analyses."
Here's a sample paragraph:
"Before, Mr. Miller said, users who wanted to request an item from any
of the university’s collections had to first register with a paper
form and then request each item -- even those in the same collection --
with additional paper forms. For his library, the system has saved time
by streamlining that process in a database, which allows librarians to
process requests faster and eliminates the need for paper records, which
take up 'enormous time and space.'"
Full text of article at:
http://chronicle.com/blogPost/Online-Request-Software/7635/
Bernie Sloan
Received on Tue Aug 11 2009 - 10:09:07 EDT