Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 16:23:10 +0200
From: "Dean, CE, Caroline, Miss" <caroline@UCTLIB.UCT.AC.ZA>
Subject: Re: jake

Does Jake allow one to view one's list of journal titles? In other
words to browse rather than search?

Caroline

> Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2001 18:26:39 -0600
> From: Dan Lester <dan@riverofdata.com>
> Subject: Re: jake (Bob Scheier)
>
> We run Jake at Boise State.  You can check our implementation at
>  http://library.boisestate.edu/jake/   where we also link to "Big
> Jake".  Jake is quite popular here.  We're anxious to see some more
> updates in jake, but considering the cost and the fact that it is done
> for love, not money.....I can't really complain.
>
> I agree that Jake is a wonderful took, but it doesn't do everything
> some commercial systems do, or that some homemade systems do, either.
> I think we'll always have people
>   a) doing their own thing instead of working cooperatively
>   b) trying to make a buck with a needed service
> Neither of those is bad, but I'm strongly in favor of working
> cooperatively on things like Jake.
>
> cheers
>
> dan
>
>
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>

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