| FEATURES
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Fac-Back-OPAC:
An Open Source Interface to Your Library System
The
new Fac-Back-OPAC (a faceted backup OPAC) is built on code that was
written earlier this year. It represents a convergence of two trends:
decoupling discovery tools from the traditional ILS and using open
source components to rapidly produce leading-edge technology to meet
our needs. The authors call it “one of the canonical examples
of the next generation of OPACs coming to the market.”
By Mike Beccaria and Dan Scott
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Dreaming
of a Better ILS
Lots of people dream about
what they’d want in a “new and improved”
ILS. CIL asked this author to put the question to
a number of library tech experts, then study their responses. Here she
reports on the wishes they all have in common and the dreams of the
individuals.
By Ellen Bahr
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Plug Your Users Into Library Resources With OpenSearch Plug-Ins
To bring the library catalog and other online resources right into
users’ workspace, this tech librarian learned to build and
use OpenSearch plug-ins. He explains how an OpenSearch description
document can allow other programs (like Web browsers) to integrate
elements of a search engine into their interfaces. It makes searching
from the library’s page easier for users.
By Nicholas C. Baker
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| COLUMNS
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Libraries
in Computers
Delivering
What People Need, When and Where They Need It
By Daniel Chudnov
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31 |
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The Systems Librarian
The Birth of a New Generation of Library Interfaces
By Marshall
Breeding
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34 |
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AccessibleIT
Otherworldly Accessibility
By Tom Peters
and Lori Bell
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Page
38 |
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Online Treasures
Will the
ILS Soon Be as Obsolete as the Card Catalog?
By Janet L. Balas
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| DEPARTMENTS |
Editor’s
Notes
Frustrated and Dreaming of Better Tools
By Kathy Dempsey |
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4 |
Tech
Tips for Every Librarian
Cache Me
if You Can
By Michael
Stephens and Rachel Singer Gordon |
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48 |
| Noted
& Quoted |
Page
50 |
| Books
to Check Out |
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52 |
| SPECIAL
SECTIONS |
Helping You Buy
ILS
By Richard Wayne
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Page
23 |
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How
to Write for CIL |
Page
44 |
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Internet
Librarian Conference Preview |
Page
45 |
| ADVERTISING |
| Library
Tech Connection |
Page
55 |
| Index
to Advertisers |
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