NEW INTEGRATED LIBRARY SYSTEM

A welcome addition to the University Library in 2002 will be a new integrated library system, Innovative Interfaces Millennium.  Unlike some systems on the market today, Millennium is not just an old creaky system with cosmetic changes, but a new system from the ground up.  The product is entirely programmed in Java, a computer language more sophisticated and secure than older programming languages such as C++.  In the last couple of years the instability of the Library's present integrated system has increased, with a corresponding decrease in its ability to grow with library needs.  The new Millenium system is built for patron empowerment and effectively utilizes integration with the Internet, providing a sophisticated and attractive Web interface to the library catalog. It also allows patrons remote access and management of their library accounts. 

 Headquartered in Emeryville, California, Innovative Interfaces Inc. is one of the premier integrated library systems vendors, exclusively dedicated to serving the needs of libraries.  Founded in 1978, the company was the first to offer the ability to download bibliographic data from OCLC to a local circulation system in real time, and continues to show itself as a leader in library solutions. 

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by Todd Boostrom
tboostrom@csudh.edu

INTERNET CAFE GRANT APPROVED

The Library is pleased to announce that its grant application with Associated Students for an Internet Cafe on the second floor has been approved. The Internet Cafe will be a self-serve center of tasteful furnishings and twelve up-to-date computer workstations with flat-screen monitors, CD read-write, and fast AMD Athelon processors. The purpose of the cafe is to provide a place for students to relax, casually surf the Web, chat, play games, and check their email. Food and drinks will be allowed. We hope to have construction completed by mid-June
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by Todd Boostrom
tboostrom@csudh.edu