Old Front Door / Research Workstation

[Frederick Martz <frederick.martz@YALE.EDU>]

Now that the new Library Front Door has been so successfully launched, I 
thought some of you might be interested in the following historical view of 
early Research Workstation and Orbis web pages from 1996 - five full years ago.

May 1996 text-only Research Workstation page and associated trial version 
of the Orbis "quilt":
http://www.library.yale.edu/~fmartz/history/WORKSTN2.HTM
http://www.library.yale.edu/~fmartz/history/orbis.htm

August 1996 public introduction of the RW "shapes" page and final version 
of the Orbis "quilt" with "Standard Orbis" in the primary position 
(designed by John Coleman).
http://www.library.yale.edu/~fmartz/history/WORKSTN3.HTM
http://www.library.yale.edu/~fmartz/history/orbis3.htm

An alternative card-catalog-based graphical theme for the Front Door and 
Orbis pages considered, hotly debated, and rejected in favor of the bolder 
modern design.
http://www.library.yale.edu/~fmartz/history/CARDCAT8.GIF
http://www.library.yale.edu/~fmartz/history/CARD2.GIF

-- Fred


         Frederick Martz
         Library Systems Office
         Yale University Library
         (203) 432-1856
         frederick.martz@yale.edu