Edinburgh City Libraries' Capital Information System

Abstract

In May 1996, the City of Edinburgh Council received the Society of Public Information Networks — EPl Today award for excellence and innovation in electronic public information for its council information system, CapInfo ‘96. The award is in its inaugural year and CapInfo ‘96 has effectively set a benchmark for other public information systems to follow. This article looks at the history of the Capital Information project — a Libraries project (developed by the Community Information Service) which was adopted by the then Edinburgh District Council for the decentralisation of council information. The article then details the first phase of the project from 1993–5, the strategy and the technology, and goes on to describe the recent restructuring and launch of CapInfo ‘96 for the new unitary authority, the City of Edinburgh Council. Finally, it considers the future of Capital Information and electronic information in public libraries.

Citation

Kerr, S. (1996), "Edinburgh City Libraries' Capital Information System", VINE, Vol. 26 No. 1, pp. 15-19. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb040590