Beginning this summer, those logging onto Orbis, the Yale Library's online catalogue, will notice some changes.
A new interface to Orbis will debut in July as part of a two-and-a-half-year project to replace the computer system that manages library operations.
After a yearlong investigation, the library purchased Voyager from Endeavor Information Systems, Inc. This system has already been installed in over 900 academic and research libraries in North America, the United Kingdom and Australia, including Princeton and Cornell universities, the University of Pennsylvania, the National Library of Medicine and the Library of Congress.
Voyager will completely replace the current system, which was developed over a quarter century ago and has been running at Yale for almost 13 years.
According to library officials, the current system's older technology is expensive to maintain and difficult to enhance, while the Voyager system will enable a more rapid implementation of new features for readers and productivity enhancements for staff.
In addition to providing readers with a new online catalogue, Voyager components will replace circulation, cataloging, and acquisitions systems.
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