hedstrom@uvicctr.UVic.ca.UUCP (Brad Hedstrom) (10/21/89)
I'm looking for a stack that acts as a front end of a library data base
(on-line card catalogue). I don't want to interface it to any particular data
base, I just want to ``show'' some people what a HyperCard library interface
might look like. If you have such an animal (or know where I can get on),
please let me know.
Thanks,
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Brad Hedstrom, University of Victoria, ECE Dept.
Internet: hedstrom@sirius.uvic.ca
UUCP: ...!{uw-beaver,ubc-vision}!uvicctr!hedstrombusey@blake.acs.washington.edu (Thomas Busey) (11/03/89)
In article <821@uvicctr.UVic.ca.UUCP> hedstrom@uvicctr.UVic.ca.UUCP (Brad Hedstrom) writes: >I'm looking for a stack that acts as a front end of a library data base >(on-line card catalogue). I don't want to interface it to any particular data >base, I just want to ``show'' some people what a HyperCard library interface >might look like. If you have such an animal (or know where I can get on), >please let me know. > Cornell University Library Services have developed an excellent front end stack for their online computer services. Not only does the stack use buttons to automate the commands, but also allows users to cut out references into a temporary scrapbook, edit this and print or save to their own floppy. The whole system is far superior to any other library access program I have ever seen, and the stack itself is undergraduate-proof. More info can be reached from: (and this is just a guess, but they can direct further inquiries) Director of Online Services Mann Library Cornell University Ithaca NY 14853 Re: Online hypercard script. Good Luck... Tom Busey busey@blake.acs.washington.edu
ubmaria@vax87.aud.auc.dk (11/03/89)
In article <821@uvicctr.UVic.ca.UUCP>, hedstrom@uvicctr.UVic.ca.UUCP (Brad Hedstrom) writes: > I'm looking for a stack that acts as a front end of a library data base > (on-line card catalogue). I don't want to interface it to any particular data > base, I just want to ``show'' some people what a HyperCard library interface > might look like. If you have such an animal (or know where I can get on), > please let me know. > > Thanks, I HAVE MADE SUCH A THING, AND IT WORKS VERY WELL. PEOPLE SEEM TO BE ABLE TO LEARN THE QUERY LANGUAGE, OR USE IT, WITHOUT KNOWING IT. THE STACK IS MADE AS A FRONT END TO THE LIBRARYS MAINFRAME RUNNING THE CCL QUERY LANGUAGE.IT ACTS AS A TERMINAL EMULATION PROGRAMME, WITH BUTTONS SENDING QUERY LANGUAGE. IT INCORPORATES XCMD,S FROM I DO NOT REMENBER NOW. IT IS FREE FOR YOU, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO EXCHANGE IT FOR A DISC WITH NEW AND GOOD HYPERCARD TOOLS. BESIDES, A COMPANY CALLED MITEM HAS MADE Mitemview. It cost 1000 $ and is claimed to be able to do the same and more. But have any of you tried MitemView, and is it that much money worth? Bjarne Norup. Aalborg University, Denmark
sac@Apple.COM (Steve Cisler) (11/05/89)
Re: Mitem tools for HyperCard Texas A&M has done a program called MacNOTIS that incorporated Mitem tools in the stack. It is used to access the library NOTIS system and has been well received by other libraries running that IBM Mainframe software. Mitem is open to discussion about other uses of their toolkit. Steve Cisler Apple Library
ALC@PSUVM.BITNET (11/08/89)
We're looking into setting up and information kiosk here at out Library and I was looking for examples of other information kiosk stacks that I could try and get some ideas from. Can anybody help? I can FTP if necessary.
jgsmith@watson.bcm.tmc.edu (James G. Smith) (11/11/89)
In a (the?) recent MacWeek, their is mention of something called MacNOTIS, which I think is a front end for libraries which already use a mainframe system called NOTIS. I think MacNOTIS was is developed by Texas A&M along with Apple. That's all I can tell ya. *
33581473@vax5.CIT.CORNELL.EDU (11/22/89)
In article <89312.102501ALC@PSUVM.BITNET> ALC@PSUVM.BITNET writes: >We're looking into setting up and information kiosk here at out Library >and I was looking for examples of other information kiosk stacks that I could >try and get some ideas from. Can anybody help? I can FTP if necessary. I'm currently responsible for a Hypercard stack here at Cornell University called MacPAC. Both MacPAC and MacNOTIS, from Texas A&M, are front-ends for the NOTIS library catalog system on IBM 370s. MacNOTIS is very nicely done, but is somewhat specific to the Texas A&M environment. MacPAC is somewhat simpler, but it has been successfully used on several different NOTIS systems. For more info, write me at jeh@vax5.cit.cornell.edu, and I'll see that something gets sent your way. --jh