http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/01/21/ala-midwinter-2007-mars-hot-topics-discussion-on-opacs/ David Lee King is the Digital Branch & Services Manager at the Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, where he plans, implements, and experiments with emerging technology trends. He has spoken in the U.S. and Canada about emerging trends, website usability and management, digital experience planning, and managing techie staff, and has been published in many library-related journals. David writes the Internet Spotlight column in Public Libraries Magazine with Michael Porter. David maintains a blog at http://www.davidleeking.com Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/01/21/ala-midwinter-2007-mars-hot-topics-discussion-on-opacs/comment-page-1/#comment-8487 Dan Coleman Thu, 12 Jul 2007 02:57:01 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/01/21/ala-midwinter-2007-mars-hot-topics-discussion-on-opacs/#comment-8487 After 14 years with a frustratingly inaccurate, user unfriendly, and out of date Winnebago Spectrum OPAC, the Haines Borough Public Library just replaced our old OPAC with Aquabrowser and our users are actually excited to search the catalog again. We're the first installation in the state and while it's been a leap of faith totally replacing our old OPAC, we figured we didn't have anything to lose because our patrons stopped using the OPAC years ago. We've had a few glitches that we're working through on the installation, but overall Aquabrowser has impressed everyone who's used it. Our collection is finally getting used again. No OPAC is perfect, but this one goes a long way to solving our issues at a reasonable cost without the need and much larger costs of replacing our ILS too. After 14 years with a frustratingly inaccurate, user unfriendly, and out of date Winnebago Spectrum OPAC, the Haines Borough Public Library just replaced our old OPAC with Aquabrowser and our users are actually excited to search the catalog again. We’re the first installation in the state and while it’s been a leap of faith totally replacing our old OPAC, we figured we didn’t have anything to lose because our patrons stopped using the OPAC years ago. We’ve had a few glitches that we’re working through on the installation, but overall Aquabrowser has impressed everyone who’s used it. Our collection is finally getting used again. No OPAC is perfect, but this one goes a long way to solving our issues at a reasonable cost without the need and much larger costs of replacing our ILS too.

]]> http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/01/21/ala-midwinter-2007-mars-hot-topics-discussion-on-opacs/comment-page-1/#comment-25372 Dan Coleman Thu, 12 Jul 2007 02:57:00 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/01/21/ala-midwinter-2007-mars-hot-topics-discussion-on-opacs/#comment-25372 After 14 years with a frustratingly inaccurate, user unfriendly, and out of date Winnebago Spectrum OPAC, the Haines Borough Public Library just replaced our old OPAC with Aquabrowser and our users are actually excited to search the catalog again. We're the first installation in the state and while it's been a leap of faith totally replacing our old OPAC, we figured we didn't have anything to lose because our patrons stopped using the OPAC years ago. We've had a few glitches that we're working through on the installation, but overall Aquabrowser has impressed everyone who's used it. Our collection is finally getting used again. No OPAC is perfect, but this one goes a long way to solving our issues at a reasonable cost without the need and much larger costs of replacing our ILS too. After 14 years with a frustratingly inaccurate, user unfriendly, and out of date Winnebago Spectrum OPAC, the Haines Borough Public Library just replaced our old OPAC with Aquabrowser and our users are actually excited to search the catalog again. We’re the first installation in the state and while it’s been a leap of faith totally replacing our old OPAC, we figured we didn’t have anything to lose because our patrons stopped using the OPAC years ago. We’ve had a few glitches that we’re working through on the installation, but overall Aquabrowser has impressed everyone who’s used it. Our collection is finally getting used again. No OPAC is perfect, but this one goes a long way to solving our issues at a reasonable cost without the need and much larger costs of replacing our ILS too.

]]> http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/01/21/ala-midwinter-2007-mars-hot-topics-discussion-on-opacs/comment-page-1/#comment-5132 Michelle Mon, 22 Jan 2007 01:16:12 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/01/21/ala-midwinter-2007-mars-hot-topics-discussion-on-opacs/#comment-5132 Hello David! I believe the person from KCLS who presented Aquabrowser is named David Wasserman. Hello David! I believe the person from KCLS who presented Aquabrowser is named David Wasserman.

]]> http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/01/21/ala-midwinter-2007-mars-hot-topics-discussion-on-opacs/comment-page-1/#comment-25371 Michelle Mon, 22 Jan 2007 01:16:00 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/01/21/ala-midwinter-2007-mars-hot-topics-discussion-on-opacs/#comment-25371 Hello David! I believe the person from KCLS who presented Aquabrowser is named David Wasserman. Hello David! I believe the person from KCLS who presented Aquabrowser is named David Wasserman.

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