VINE: Volume 21 Issue 4
Table of contents
Release 5 of UNICORN: enhancements to the OPAC
Release 5, the latest release of the UNICORN Collection Management System from SIRSI Ltd., has brought many improvements to the way the UNICORN OPAC functions. The software is now…
Circulation system development at Lancaster University Library: experiments with downsizing and fault tolerance
Ian S. RichardsonDownsizing is the concept of utilising low cost equipment (often IBM PCs or compatibles) for applications that previously required relatively large and expensive computers. At…
TERALIB: a library housekeeping system
Developed initially for the University of Essex Library, where it has been in operation since Easter, 1990, TERALIB is a modular library housekeeping system based on Release 6 of…
CD‐ROM access across a WAN: the experiences of the Polytechnic of Central London
In 1988, VINE reported on developments at the Polytechnic of Central London (PCL) which made CD‐ROM available on the Polytechnic's wide area network (WAN) to all terminals and to…
Automating the Corporation of London Libraries: the Guildhall Automation Project
During 1989, the Corporation of London Libraries embarked on an ambitious automation project. Although the project was initially called the Guildhall Automation Project (GAP for…