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1 Library System Specifications Hardware Page 1 HARDWARE Available Importance Quality Impression Bryce Bockman Yes No In Dev. 0,1-5 0,1-5 0,1-5 Comments Compaq Alpha 5 Sun Solaris MB RAM+, expandable for 5-yr life cycle 5 Support for UPS, graceful shutdown 4 Redundant power supplies 5 Critical mass of installed sites on same hardware platform 5 Modem and port for support 5 Rack mountable 5 KVM adaptable 5 Local control of hardware and operating system 5 Hardware can be purchsed separately from software 4 Storage GB hard disk, expandable for 5-yr life cycle 5 RAID 5 compliant 5 Hot swapping drives 5 Tape drives (one or more as needed) 5 Expansion slots for tape drives and hard disks 5 Network Equipment 100-Base-T network card 5 Printing System printer 5 Notice printer 5 Printer server 5 Ability to network print 5

2 Library System Specifications Software Page 1 OPERATING SYSTEM SOFTWARE Available Importance Quality Impression Bryce Bockman Yes No In Dev. 0,1-5 0,1-5 0,1-5 Comments OS Licensing Separate vendor can license OS via site license 4 UNIX True 64 or Solaris 5 Database License Either no markup or go through outside vendor 4 Application License 48 staff users 5 OPAC user unlimited site license 5 General OS Perl support 5 Interactive login to shell 5 PLU has root access 5 Security Root access 5 Enhanced security 5 Security auditing tools 4 Account creation tools from application 3 Upgrade Distribution Download 5 CD-ROM 5 Push 4 Tape 3 Web Server Netscape or Apache 4

3 Library System Specifications Database Page 1 DATABASE Available Importance Quality Impression Fran Lane Rasmus Yes No In Dev. 0,1-5 0,1-5 0,1-5 Comments Oracle 5 Informix 4 Sybase 4 Other All information represented by values in a table 5 Every datum logically accessible with table name, primary key, and column name 5 Null values supported in systematic way independent of data type 5 Database description represented at the logical level in same way as ordinary data 5 SQL compliance 5 Access to data dictionaries 5 Access to table structures 5 Customizable data dictionaries 5 Customizable table structures 4 Customizable views 4 Relational data model uses primary keys and foreign keys to represent relationships 5 Ability to use standard report generator such as Crystal Report Writer 5 Supports ANSI/ISO SQL standard X3.135 (1986) 5 Supports ANSI/ISO SQL standard SQL-1 or SQL-89 (1989) 5 Supports ANSI/ISO SQL standard SQL2 (1992) 5 ODBC compliance 5 Provides SQL access for middleware 4 Provides security for selected data fields 5 Global change capability on database fields 5 Find and replace on database fields 5

4 Library System Specifications Networking Page 1 NETWORKING Available Importance Quality Impression Bryce Bockman Yes No In Dev. 0,1-5 0,1-5 0,1-5 Comments Support for TCP/IP - Ethernet paradigm 5 Vendor implemented protocols are standard TCP/IP-based 5 Protocols are lightweight 4 Similar to telnet or on a by session basis 4

5 Library System Specifications Interfacing Page 1 INTERFACING AND DATA MIGRATION Available Importance Quality Impression Layne Nordgren Yes No In Dev. 0,1-5 0,1-5 0,1-5 Comments Printing Provides printing of spine labels 5 Provides printing of media reservations 5 Provides printing of bibliographic records and holdings 5 Provides printing of selected bibliographic records and holdings fields 5 Provides printing of check-in/check-out receipts 4 Provides printing of receipts for financial transactions 4 Provides printing of general reports to greenbar 5 Provides printing of notices to crash mailers 5 Provides printing of workslips 5 Provides printing of routing slips 5 Provides option of selecting print location (screen, system, aux, network) 5 Limits printing of PAC records to definable number 3 Provides chargeback system options for printing 3 Import/Export, Patron Records Import from Banner 5 Export charges to Banner 4 Export overdues and notices to 4 block messages to patrons 3 to patron group by patron type 4 Support for telxon unit or portable 4 Supports use of LDAP for patron authentication or PIN number 3 Import circulation backuup records to system 5 Import portable inventory data to system 5 Bibliographic Records Import form OCLC (match points?) 5 Import holdings info (949, 984) from OCLC 5 Import form Blackwell (match points?) 4 Export to OCLC 5 Support for Z Authority Records Import from OCLC 5 Serials Records Import Copy records 3

6 Library System Specifications Interfacing Page 2 Import Publication Patterns 5 Export Publication Patterns 4 Media Records Import equipment 4 Import rooms 3 Import reservation data 4 reservation to patron 4 Import reservation request from web 4 Community Resources Records Import records 3 Acquisitions Export orders 5 Import acknowlegements 5 Import invoices 4 Export charges to Banner 3 Import book order request from web 5 notification of status changes to requesting patron 4 Support for BISAC 5 Support for X.12 EDI 4 Support for Edifact 4 Reserve Records Select instructors from patron database 4 Import courses from Banner 4 links to faculty for processing, withdrawing, etc. 4 Data Migration & Mapping Patron Records Patron records 5 Items out 5 Track file 5 PURF file (fines, overdues, etc.) 5 Block messages 5 BIB Records MARC 5 Dynix Records 5 Short BIB records 5 Fast Adds 5 Authority Records 5

7 Library System Specifications Interfacing Page 3 Holdings Records Holdings records 5 Call numbers (984/949) 5 Prefixes 5 Serials Records Copy Records 5 Publication Patterns 5 Media Records Groups or sets 3 Equipment 4 Rooms 2 Reservations 5 Community Resources Records 5 Acquisitions Orders 5 Acknowledgements 5 Invoices 5 History 5 Fund Hierarchies 5 Reserve Records Instructors 5 Courses 5 Reserves 5

8 Library System Specifications System Administration Page 1 SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION Available Importance Quality Impression Layne Nordgren Yes No In Dev. 0,1-5 0,1-5 0,1-5 Comments Reports SQL compliant access to data 5 Ability to channel reports to printer, file, screen, etc. 5 Compatible with standard SQL report writers 5 Access to data dictionaries 5 Access to table structures 5 Ability to generate, save, and recall custom reports 5 Ability to create locally defined dictionaries 5 Ability to create locally defined tables 3 Ability to sort by fields 5 Ability to break on fields 5 Ability to summarize fields 5 Bibliographic index records with multiple records 5 Bibliographic index records with no holdings 5 Statistics Tracking of index building, rebuilding times 4 Year end item circulation reports 5 Circulation by call number grouping 5 Logins 5 PAC use 4 Total items by item 5 Total items by item stat 5 Total items by collection code 5 Patron use counts 5 Inventory item status reports by collection 5 Student and faculty lost, fines, etc. 5 User Administration Account creation tools at application level 4 Account generation API 4 Import of LDAP data for account creation 4 Provides mechanisms for account password sysnchronization with LDAP 4 Password expiry 5 Account locking 5 Password usage checks 5 Enhanced security features 5

9 Library System Specifications System Administration Page 2 Separate system login and application login 4 Separate functional password(s) 5 Tracking of session and User ID at root level 5 Tracking of session and User ID at application level 5 Tracking of record locks, session, and user ID 5 Maintenance Utilities URL validation 4 Crontab or similar scheduling function 5 File resizing utilities 5 Indexing User adjusted indexing 4 New index creation 4 Indexing of non-marc records 5 Adjustment of stop words by index 5 Adding or deleting tags for indexings 4 History of previous indexing times 3 Ability to reindex single title or patron 5 Ability to reindex select group of titles or patrons 4 Codes Access to all codes throughout system 4 Ability to access codes from record level in PAC (passworded) 3 Displays Ability to customize display field names and lengths 5 Ability to orgranize fields in displays 5 Ability to order appearance of searches on menu screens 5 Ability to add new searches 5 Help Provides context-sensitive help online 5 Ability to display local help screens 4 Ability to customize local help screens 4 Remapping Ability to add fields to map of MARC to display 4 Ability to combine fields for display in a single field 4 Miscellaneous POP or IMAP integration with staff modules 5 Previous search history available in searching 3 Previous search history selectable for reuse 3

10 Library System Specifications Standards Page 1 STANDARDS Available Importance Quality Impression Jeanine Barndt Yes No In Dev. 0,1-5 0,1-5 0,1-5 Comments Support for Codabar barcodes 5 Support for barcode check digits 5 Support for agency/patron code on barcodes 5 support for Z support for Unicode Version 3 5 SQL compliant 5 Support for MARC 21 and previous versions 5 EDI compliant acquisitions 5 BISAC compliant ordering and acknowledgements 5 Support for UN/Edifac 4 ILL ISO 10160/10161 support 5 XML compliant 4 SGML compliant 4 EAD complaint 4 Accessible by standard report generators (e.g., CrystalReports) 5 Follows ADA accessibility guidelines (allows text-only version) 5 Community resource format description 3 Support for Dublin CORE, metadata 4 LDAP support for patron management/authentication 4 Unlimited bibliographic record size 5 Ability to link to URLs via 856 tags 5

11 Library System Specifications Company Page 1 COMPANY Available Importance Quality Impression Fran Lane Rasmus Yes No In Dev. 0,1-5 0,1-5 0,1-5 Comments Viability 5 Support reputation 5 Ability to create deliverable products 5 Ability to meet deadlines and contract obligations 5 Marketshare 4

12 Library System Specifications Support Page 1 SUPPORT Available Importance Quality Impression Layne Nordgren Yes No In Dev. 0,1-5 0,1-5 0,1-5 Comments Hardware: Provides access to company's support line 5 Provides less than 4-hour response time 5 Provides 24/7 access to hardware support 4 Provides alternate methods for tracking support requests Web access to status 4 notification of status changes 4 Telephone access to status 5 Provides alternative contact methods for support people Phone 5 4 Pager 4 Cell 4 Have predetermined criteria for determining urgency 5 Provides OS upgrade notification mechanism 5 Provides OS software patches and upgrades CD-ROM 5 Download 5 Provide alternative documentation formats Print 5 Online 4 CD-ROM 4 Web 4 Provides OS support web site Downloads 4 Known problems 4 Bug lists/errata 4 Delta documents for new software and patches 4 Operating System Support: Provides access to company's support line 5 Provides less than 4-hour response time 5 Provides 24/7 access to OS support 4 Provides rapid distribution mechanism for patches, upgrades 4 Provides alternate methods for tracking support requests Web access to status 4

13 Library System Specifications Support Page 2 notification of status changes 4 Telephone access to status 5 Provides alternative contact methods for support people Phone 5 4 Pager 4 Cell 4 Have predetermined criteria for determining urgency 5 Provides OS upgrade notification mechanism 5 Provides OS software patches and upgrades CD-ROM 5 Download 5 Provide alternative documentation formats Print 5 Online 4 CD-ROM 4 Web 4 Provides OS support web site Downloads 4 Known problems 4 Bug lists/errata 4 Delta documents for new software and patches 4 Application/Database Support: Provides access to company's support line 5 Provides less than 4-hour response time 4 Provides 24/7 access to applications support 3 Provides rapid distribution mechanism for patches, upgrades 4 Provides alternate methods for tracking support requests Web access to status 4 notification of status changes 4 Telephone access to status 5 Provides alternative contact methods for support people Phone 5 4 Pager 4 Cell 4 Have predetermined criteria for determining urgency 5

14 Library System Specifications Support Page 3 Hardware component upgrade mechanism Provides sofware upgrade notification mechanism 5 Provides software patches and upgrades CD-ROM 5 Download 5 Have active Listserv 5 Have active user group 5 Provide alternative documentation formats Print 5 Online 5 CD-ROM 4 Web 4 Provides application support web site Downloads 5 Known problems 5 Bug lists/errata 5 Delta documents for new software and patches 5 Provides custom programming services 5 Help Provides context-sensitive help 5 Provides user manuals 5 Provides user training materials 5 Provides training database with subset of real records and codes 5