Yale University Library Systems Office

Projects and Priorities
1997 - 1998

Retrospective Conversion, Authority Control, Technical Services Productivity

Automated Authority Control
Current Recon Projects
Online Shelflist (In Production 8/1/97)
OCLC Batch Matching for Capture of Cataloging Copy
Online MARC Record Transfer through Workstation (CLARR)
Casper: Automated Workflow for Catalog Management

Digital Library Initiatives

Library Web Server
Server Enhancement and Development
Databases on the Web (Borland IntraBuilder)
Finding Aids Project (SGML EAD with Open Text Livelink)
OED; Chadwyck-Healey; Bible SGML
Project Open Book Conversion
Beinecke Digital Library Project
CoPY Document Delivery Project (Dec 1997 - Feb 1998)
Authentication and Identity Server Project
Digital Media Center for the Arts
Tercentennial Yale Archives Project (Text, Image, Data, Video Archive)
Support for Electronic Publishing and Collections Specialist
Archiving of Electronic Resources
Online Course Reserves

Workstation Support

Windows NT 4.0 Implementation
Expert Users Training
General Staff Workstation and NT Training
Public/Staff Workstation Development (Software Analysis / Upgrades)
Network Connections for Laptops in SML Main Reading Room (Done 9/97)
Automated Equipment Request Process
LC Cataloger's Desktop Server
Network Management Software
Second Electronic Classroom
Large-scale Library CD-ROM Server

Enhancement of Vital Library Services

NOTIS Release 6.4 (January - August 1998)
New Circulation Module
Elimination of macro level code
PACLink Z39.50 server enhancements
Year 2000 mods
Orbis Enhancements
Replacement of Obsolete RLIN Record Loader
New MDAS Loader for PsycInfo
Remove Faulty Law Library Records from Orbis
Batch Update of Location-based Searching Codes (940 tag)
GPO Load (Government Documents)
Set Processing Loads (OPAC Records for Microform Sets)
Access to CRL Records (Center for Research Libraries)
Upgrade of Orbis Mainframe Software and Hardware
IBM System 390 in Production 8/9/97
Complete Migration by 10/15/97
Begin Search for New LMS to Replace NOTIS
Custom Orbis Reports (Mainframe Software & NOTIS Files)
WebPac (WWW Orbis) Upgrade and Enhancement
MDAS Replacement for BIOSIS (SilverPlatter, Ovid)
New University Oracle Databases
Access to People File and Banner (Bursar)
Project X (Financial Systems)
Off-Campus Shelving Facility (Workflow, Inventory Control Software, Custom Reports)

Systems Office staff are currently working on the Projects shown in Boldface.

September 20, 1997 -- FMM for LibTech