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Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 16:36:34 -0500
From: "Hufeld, Sheila" <Sheila@EXCHANGE1.MLB.ILSTU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Serials modules (Gail K. Moss)

My library just upgraded from Innovaq to Innopag (both through
Innovative Interfaces) within the last year. I can't say enough good
things about it about Innopaq.

Sheila M. Hufeld
Milner Library-Periodicals Acquisitions
Sheila@exchange1.mlb.ilstu.edu

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        Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 22:06:23 -0400
        From: "Gail K. Moss" <afn64689@AFN.ORG>

        Our medium-size public library is looking to purchase a
completely new
        automated system.  Three vendors will be visiting soon to demo
their
        products.  Currently we do not have cataloged records for our
periodicals
        and newspapers.  As the Library
        Assistant in charge of the serials desk, I check in and claim
using a
        standalone database - EOS (formerly Datatrek).  I'm new at this,
but over
        the past year my database and I have become very close.  While
cataloged
        records will be a great plus for the rest of the staff and
patrons, I'm
        just afraid I may be giving up a pretty good little system for a
fancier
        system that no longer meets my needs.
        Assuming that the demo gives a good general overview of how the
system
        works, can anyone out there suggest some key
        questions I should ask these vendors to get a sense of what I
will be
        losing in exchange for the intergrated system?
        Can you give me the name of a serials module that you can't
        say enough good things about?  Can anyone spare some Advil?
        Many thanks.
        Gail Moss