We're not fully active in library automation consulting anymore. But we're happy to hear from library people from time to time:
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A splendid new library at the Buckley Country Day School in Roslyn, NY has one of the best online library sites ever. See if you don't agree. Under Library Director, Patricia Russac, the K-8 Hagedorn Library Learning Center is in line to become a New York State Electronic Doorway Library, a status shared by few libraries in the state.
At Buckley, we used Follett's WebCollection Plus.
The Ramaz School's libraries in Manhattan encompass three collections in three buildings. This two year project for us started with not a single item electronically cataloged to all libraries up and running, circulating books and a catalog available throughout the school, the student homes and online worldwide.
At Ramaz, we worked with Sagebrush's Athena system.
The Friends AcademyKumar-Wang Library in Locust Valley, NY is a new library project we worked on for 2 1/2 years. Led by Library Director Judy James, we had the honor and pleasure of being Library Technology Consultants on what is one of the most notable new K-12 library buildings in the Northeast.
"The Kumar Wang Library is a fully networked PC facility with access to the school network, the library catalog, and the Internet from locations throughout the building. There are two Multi-Media Laptop Computer labs, two electronic classrooms, and two student study rooms, all of which have full connectivity."
At Friends, we upgraded from Dynix to Epixtech's Horizon WebPAC catalog, then to IPAC as above..
Click on the image of any of the online catalogs above to try it yourself.
In other words, we get libraries computerized, on-site and hands-on.
We are, first and foremost, customized services. We get to know your library, your expectations, your collection, staff and patrons. We take the time and trouble to answer your questions, and spend the right number of days in your library, plus follow-up visits. And, in this changing world of technology, we keep you up-to-date.
We can bring full management and a real electronic resource center to your library. one click to search your library's catalog, a click to search an encyclopedia, a click to search magazines, one click to newspapers, one click to the internet and the whole world wide web.
We can often render these services at a total cost less than a librarian would typically pay trying to piece together an automation project from many different sources.
Library Automation Management is independent of any one software company. But we do make it our business to know the ins and outs of the many choices. We help you pick and order the right ones for you. Then, we bring them in and MAKE THEM WORK together.
Q: Tell me about some interesting library-oriented places on the Web I could browse.
A: OK.Here’s a sample of what I like currently (updated January, 2007). Just one click on the recommended links below and you’re there.
Why use searchers, when you can search every which-way with Google? Despite its silly name, Google has recently outdistanced all other searchers. And it now add the ability to search images, the Open Directory (like Yahoo) and 600 million posts in Groups.
Google, of course, was destined to become a great resource for libraries! Google Scholar even has aspects of Bookwhere. Read about it here.
If you are looking for a site with links to places of substance, my favorite all-around page, used by the reporters of the New York Times, is at CyberTimes Navigator. You may have to register but it's free. And The Library of Congress' Virtual Reference Shelf is outstanding as well.
If you've been hearing about E-texts, you owe it to yourself to look around at the many shelves of full-text classical fiction and non-fiction at the Official and Original Project Gutenberg Web Siteand the On-Line Books Pages. Also, you’ve probably heard that E-books are coming. Get conversant at the E-book Ring.
If anyone thinks the Web can't be a serious and powerful repository for books, check out 3,567,044 pages at the University of Michigan's Making of America site. More than a century of the actual pages of books and periodicals. More than a century of the actual pages of books and periodicals. And after a rocky start, Cornell Universityfinally has their Making of America site online. This time 907,750 more pages including most of the 124 volumes of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies in the War of the Rebellion and vast amounts of other 19th century materials are here, and unlike microfilm, its all keyword searchable with no scratches!
Setting the trend for online library resources: The New York Public Library. See especially the Electronic Resources, a few of which require a NYPL library card for entry.
Biggest and best library catalog on the Web? At The Library of Congress, of course. The new LC OnLine Catalog based on Voyager software has many nice features and 12,000,000+ bibliographic records. Let’s you save a downloadable MARC record, one at a time.
If you have questions about automating your library, send them to 101 Clark St, Brooklyn Heights, NY 11201 or email them to Q&A@libraryautomation.com
Looking for The New York City School Library System Public Access Catalog? It's the Union Catalog of all their public school library records compiled so far. Just clickhere.
Questions or comments about these or other links here? Email us at bob@libraryautomation.com or phone at 718-834-1414.
LINKS These links have been weeded and updated (January, 2007) in an attempt to comment on personal favorites but to avoid trying to compete with sites that compile links more extensively. The Library Spot and Reference Desk are currently my nominations for Best All-Around Resources for Librarians.
Library Technology Resources Marshall Breeding is a well-known writer on library tech topics. His new website has a directory of library web pages, online catalogs, and system profiles, descriptions of current trends in library automation and a bibliographic database of literature in library automation.
Solo Librarians' Listserve Survey Of Library Automation Systems in Use at Various Libraries has a mix of resources but looks hopelessly out-of-date.
Library WWW Servers- pretty good anchor to libraries on the Web around the world.
LM_NET On The Web is a good guide to the whole world of the Library Media Net server for school librarians. If you need to search the full text of LM_NET's archived messages, click here. Neat! And a little known resource.
Tax forms? All those IRS forms are in one place at IRS-PDF Library. Ready to print.