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The Associate library uses NewGenLib at
the Host library’s web site without
any installation of its own |
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The Associate libraries work with one or
more modules of the software as though
these
modules were installed only for them, i.e.,
they can configure parameters, specific
to
their environment. |
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The hardware, server and application software
are shared between the Host and one
or more
Associate libraries |
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An Associate library, if permitted to do
so, may define its own network |
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Access to the union catalogue and/or the
online catalogues of any of the libraries
on the network. Records retrieved will show
status information |
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Access to one or more external databases
that the network may have agreed to obtain
for the benefit of its users |
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The possibility to download metadata or
the full text of records, where such records
are
available, into their desktops. |
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The possibility to request the acquisition
of new publications from their library |
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Access to their circulation records |
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The possibility to access electronic journals
across all the libraries in the network |
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Improved services to both
the end user and the library staff. The end
user's resource
base is broadened and made
more accessible. For the library, reduced
staff effort, with
resultant savings in cost |
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Permits varying degrees of sharing
as desired by the libraries in the network,
yet enables
each library to remain independent
to the extent required. From the sharing of
just hardware
all the way to the sharing of
practically everything--from patron records
to authority files |
