Electronic searches for books and other materials in the Yale Library system have been made easier with the debut of a new interface to Orbis, the library's online catalog.
As part of a two-and-a-half-year project to replace the computer system that manages library operations, the library purchased Voyager, which is installed in over 900 academic and research libraries in North America, the United Kingdom and Australia. These include Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania, Cornell, the National Library of Medicine and the Library of Congress. The new system debuted on campus in July.
Voyager completely replaces the previous system, which was developed over a quarter century ago and had been running at Yale for almost 13 years. The older technology was expensive to maintain and difficult to enhance. The Voyager system enables a more rapid implementation of new features for readers and productivity enhancements for library staff. In addition to providing library visitors with a new online catalog, Voyager components are replacing the library's circulation, cataloging and acquisitions systems.
Noteworthy features of the new system include easier searching of prolific authors and composers; easier searching of uniform titles (e.g. "Bible" or "Arabian Nights"); options for limiting and refining searches; options for sorting search results; library account management and self-service requests for renewals, recalls and Eli Express delivery; a separate "journal titles" search; display of non-Roman characters for Chinese, Japanese and Korean records; and the ability to e-mail search results.
The library will continue to develop the Voyager system throughout 2002. Planned enhancements include simultaneous searching of Orbis, the Law Library's catalog Morris, and external library databases; support for non-Roman scripts; and the ability for readers to construct automatic searches, run at specified intervals, and to receive the results via e-mail.
The new Web-based interface is available at http://orbis.library.yale.edu.
T H I S
Bulletin Home
W E E K ' SS T O R I E S
University to welcome Class of 2006
Yale will commemorate anniversary of Sept. 11 attacks with discussion, reflection
PepsiCo president Indra Nooyi elected to Yale Corporation
Astronomy students capture asteroid's close fly-by of Earth
Levin lauds Princeton president for her response to Web violation
Howe appointed William R. Kenan Professor
Ma is named Raymond John Wean Professor
Conference to 'put a human face' on the Vietnam War
In Focus: Biodiversity and Human Health Institute
Study: Positive images of old age conducive to long life
Library's debut of Voyager makes searches easier
Show celebrates industrial art turned creative art
Wooden artworks from collection given to Yale gallery on view
Two environmental leaders to teach at F&ES as visiting faculty
Junior faculty honored
OBITUARIESRobert Apfel: Engineer pioneered use of acoustic waves
King-lui Wu: Noted architect and popular instructor
Paul Weiss: Philosopher fought against age discrimination
Dr. Gustaf Lindskog: Expert in thoracic surgery
Mark Leiserson: Noted international economist
Robert Fischelis: First dean of Morse College
Memorial service for psychologist Neal Miller
School of Architecture hosting '3D City' exhibition
Sri Lankan artist Jayasuriya's paintings on display at ISM
Ethics of studies on children to be explored in fall program
Talk focuses on technology's effect on humans
Journalists to gain insight into legal affairs as Knight Fellows
Yale Club of New Haven supports students' work in community
Proper skin care reduces chance of bedsores, say YSN researchers
Books in Brief
Campus Notes
|Visiting on Campus|Calendar of Events|In the News|Bulletin Board
Yale Scoreboard|Classified Ads|Search Archives|Deadlines
Bulletin Staff|Public Affairs Home|News Releases|
E-Mail Us|Yale Home Page