ILSR Intergrated Library System Reports

Survey

ILSR Vendor Survey

Are you concerned about the Year 2000? It looks like we don't have to worry when it comes to the IOLS industry. Our question was "What is the lowest version of the system(s) software that is Y2K compliant?" The response was almost unanimous, "All versions, all modules". I would still ask any of these vendors to clarify that when shopping for a system.

Z39.50 simply defined is an ANSI/NISO standard used to share information across a network. It allows researchers to use a single interface to search and retrieve information from disparate sources. See Peter Evan's Bibliotech Review article on Z39.50 for an excellent description of how this standard is currently being used and how its use might evolve in the future.

Vendor Name

Atlantic Rim Information Systems, Inc.

  • Z39.50 Support? No
  • Lowest Y2K version supported All versions/modules are Y2K compliant.

Aurora Information Technology

  • Z39.50 Support? Yes
  • All Aurora products are Y2K compliant

Best-Seller Inc.

  • Z39.50 Support? Yes
  • All our products are Y2K compliant.

BLCMP Library Services Ltd.

  • Z39.50 Support? Yes
  • All are Y2k compliant.

Brodart Library Automation

  • Z39.50 Support? No. In development.
  • All of our Software is currently Y2K compliant.

CARL Corporation

  • Z39.50 Support? Yes
  • The CARL System is fully compliant with Year 2000 requirements. The Year 2000-compliant, character-based ILS release is completed and is in the process of phased release to current customers. Additionally, all modules in CARL’s IMDS System are Y2K compliant.

CASPR Library Systems, Inc.

  • Z39.50 Support? Yes
  • All modules/versions are Y2K compliant.

Chancery Software Ltd.

  • Z39.50 Support? No. Z39.50 client is a planned enhancement for the 1999/2000 school year.
  • All modules of Chancery Software's Library Pro are fully Year 2000 compliant. Library Pro has been Year 2000 compliant since its initial release (v1.0)

Comstow Information Services, Inc.

  • Z39.50 Support? No. For security reasons our customers do not want the open connection required for access to their database; system uses third party product for Z39.50 access to other systems and downloading of records into BiblioTech PRO.
  • All modules and functions are Y2K compliant.

Contec Group International Ltd.

  • Z39.50 Support? Yes
  • All C2 modules are Y2K compliant

Cuadra Associates

  • Z39.50 Support? Yes. Z39.50 server only.
  • STAR has always, since its release in 1982, been Y2K compliant.

DIAKON Systems

  • Z39.50 Support? No
  • All versions/modules are Y2K compliant.

ELiAS N.V. Extended Library Access Solutions

  • Z39.50 Support? Yes
  • All modules are Y2K compliant for AMICUS. ; DOBIS/LIBIS is made Y2K compliant by a special package that is included in the maintenance price. Version 3.3 is Y2K compliant.

EOS International

  • Q Series: Planned
  • GLAS: Planned
  • Q Series 1.0
  • GLAS 2.5

Ex Libris USA, Inc.

  • Z39.50 Support? Yes
  • All modules/versions are Y2K compliant.

Fretwell-Downing Informatics

  • Z39.50 Support? Yes
  • OLIB7 is fully Y2k for all modules.

Gateway Software Corporation

  • Z39.50 Support? No. Scheduled completion within the calendar year.
  • Gateway Software Corporation sells a base system with very few modules. The entire base system and all modules/versions are Y2K compliant. The software was originally designed and written to be Y2K compliant.

Geac Computers, Inc.

  • Z39.50 Support? Yes
  • Release 6.5 is the lowest version of the ADVANCE software that is Y2K Compliant.

Hardcover Software

  • Z39.50 Support? Yes
  • All versions/modules are Y2K compliant.

Inmagic Inc.

  • Z39.50 Support? Yes
  • DB/TextWorks and DB/Text WebPublisher are fully Y2K compliant. Inmagic's software has always enabled users to enter 4-digit years. With DB/TextWorks and DB/Text WebPublisher 2.0 and higher, users can specify a 100-year range into which 2-digit dates are m

Innovative Interfaces Inc.

  • Z39.50 Support? Yes
  • All INNOPAC software currently available is Y2K compliant. INNOPAC has always accepted dates up to 21xx as part of its date input programs. All server hardware currently supplied by Innovative includes operating system software with clock timing set to

International Library Systems

  • Z39.50 Support? Yes
  • All modules/versions are Y2K compliant.

Jaywil Software Development Inc.

  • Z39.50 Support? No
  • Version 2.0e

Keystone Systems, Inc.

  • 39.50 Support? Yes
  • All modules are Y2K compliant. Version 5.

MINISIS Systems Group of the International Development Research Centre

  • Z39.50 Support? No. * within the next year, we anticipate having a Z39.50 interface
  • All modules are certified Y2K compliant.

Nichols Advanced Technologies

  • Z39.50 Support? Yes
  • All modules/versions in Athena (searching, circulation, cataloging, and inventory), as well as Athena’s Internet Solutions are Year 2000 Compliant.

On Point Inc

  • Z39.50 Support? No
  • Version 2.0

Open Text Corp., BASIS Division

  • Z39.50 Support? Yes. Via customization
  • BASIS Techlib Version 8.2.1 (cataloging and circulation only); BASIS Techlib Version 8.2.3 (all modules)

Precision Computer Service, Inc.

  • Z39.50 Support? Yes
  • All modules/versions for the DOS and Windows versions are Y2K compliant

Robert A. Schless & Co Inc

  • Z39.50 Support? Yes
  • All modules are Y2K compliant.

Sirsi Corp.

  • Z39.50 Support? Yes
  • All versions

The Library Corporation

  • Z39.50 Support? Yes
  • All modules/versions from TLC are year 2000 compliant.

TKM Software Limited

  • Z39.50 Support? Yes
  • Version 3

URICA Integrated Systems

  • Z39.50 Support? Yes
  • URICA version 7

Winnebago Software Co.

  • Z39.50 Support? Yes
  • All versions of Winnebago Spectrum are year-2000 compliant.

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