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METALIB IMPLEMENTATION

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RESOURCES

Pivotal CRM: http://support.exlibrisgroup.com/

Or from www.exlibrisgroup.com -- Customer Support -- Support Center -- eService
Selected staff members login by username & password (for Aleph, Metalib, SFX).

Please preface incident reports with product and institution codes,
e.g., SFX-UMA: or Metalib-HC:

Documentation Portal (requires login): http://www.exlibrisgroup.com/docs/logon.php

IMPLEMENTATION LINKS

Five College MetaLib Access
Virtual MetaLib
(user interface): http://66.77.99.12:8331/V
MetaLib Management (implementation group access): http://66.77.99.12:8331/M

MetaLib, ExLibris USA
http://www.exlibris-usa.com/metalib.htm
Documentation includes spreadsheets for Central Knowledge Base and a presentation on MetaLib version 3:
https://www.exlibrisgroup.com/docs/treeview.php?src=MetaLib3

UMass-Amherst Metalib application (spring 2005)
http://www.library.umass.edu/instruction/courseresources/latino.html

LINKS

SMUG: MetaLib Shared Resources / Custom Configurations
http://www.smugnet.org/metalib/

Try MetaLib with Customized MetaLib Sites in Production (list from SMUG):
http://www.smugnet.org/metalib/metalib-sites.htm

MetaLib Installation Blog, Royal Holloway, University of London, 2003:
http://metalib.blogspot.com/

MetaLib at Harvard:
[Includes descriptions of work of nine sub-teams]
http://hul.harvard.edu/ois/projects/metalib/

MetaLib UK/Ireland, Monday 24th February 2003,
Presentations, Notes and Action Points [includes shared experiences & tips]
http://www.uea.ac.uk/~l002/metalib240203.html

MIT Staff Report, Enhanced Navigation Implementation Group, July 29, 2002:
[see MetaLib Task List in Appendix 4]
http://macfadden.mit.edu:9500/enav/report.html
[Staff presentation: see slides 54-56 for MetaLib pilot screens]
http://macfadden.mit.edu:9500/enav/allstaffpres.ppt

University of Nevada Reno's MetaLib Customization,
[Includes the "MetaLib Kludge" script]
http://www2.library.unr.edu/araby/ala/
Presentation, 2003: SuperSearch or not-so SuperSearch? The MetaLib experience at UNR
http://www.ala.org/ala/rusa/rusaourassoc/rusasections/mouss/moussection/mousscomm/cataloguse/ressel.PPT

DEDCC's Open Linking/Federated Searching Vendor Information page (May 2003)
Includes links to RFB and appendices, plus links to more information about these systems.
http://www.smith.edu/libraries/staff/fivecoll/vendorinfo.htm

Federated Searching : Preparation for January 21st Session (Jan. 2003)
http://www.smith.edu/libraries/staff/fivecoll/searching.htm
Background reading and links for guest speakers' presentations plus SFX and LinkFinderPlus

Library & service name Graphic URL
Boston College
(MetaQuest)
MetaQuest Boston College Libraries http://metaquest.bc.edu/V
University System of Maryland
(ResearchPort)
ResearchPort http://researchport.umd.edu/V
Florida Community College System
(LINCCWeb)
ResearchPort https://www.linccweb.org/
University of Technology Sydney
(SuperSearch)
[site includes a tutorial]
SuperSearch
http://www.lib.uts.edu.au/finding/supersearch
Temasek Polytechnic Library, Singapore
(SPARK Research Gateway)
Spark Start with an Idea http://spark.tp.edu.sg:80/V?func=find-0
RIT
(PowerSearch - requires login)
PowerSearch RIT
http://athena.rit.edu:8992/V/
Royal Holloway, University of London
(MetaLib)
Royal Holloway MetaLib http://metalib.rhul.ac.uk:8991/V
University of New South Wales
(Sirius)

Sirius - The UNSW Library gateway to electronic resources.
http://149.171.40.161/V
University of East Anglia
(MetaLib)
MetaLib QuickFind,
Electronic Resources Portal
http://mlsfx.lib.uea.ac.uk/V
Curtin University of Technology: Perth, Western Australia
(Gecko)
Gecko Gateway to Library Databases

http://gecko.curtin.edu.au/V

Site also includes
Step-by-Step Guide to Gecko:
http://library.curtin.edu.au/steps/gecko.html

Humboldt State University
(XtremeSearch)
XtremeSearch information portal http://130.150.205.65:8991/V/?func=login-guest
(for guest acccess to beta system)
About: http://library.humboldt.edu/~rls/metalib/
National Institutes of Health
(Advanced Search)
"The parameters you enter below will result in a search of Pubmed, the National Library of Medicine online catalog, and the NIH Library online catalog."

http://nihlibrary.nih.gov/ResearchTools/

University of Iowa
(My Library)
U.Iowa My Library https://mylibrary.uiowa.edu/V
(test system)
UC Davis
(Harvest Portal)
UC Davis Harvest Portal banner http://libsfx.ucdavis.edu/V

University of the Pacific
(iLibrary)
iPacific logo http://libris.serv.uop.edu:8992/V
(iLibrary, Pacific's Internet Library Research Center)

Links not yet verified

http://metalib.nottingham.ac.uk/V eLibrary Gateway, University of Nottingham
and Nottingham's MetaLib Stuff: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~uazmjg/metalib

http://sb.uibk.ac.at:8992/V University of Innsbruck

http://online.sfsu.edu/~chrism/metalib1.html PHAROS: California State University Libraries
(preliminary draft of top page)

http://128.112.200.254:8992/V Princeton

EVENTS

SEE Five College ExLibris page for updates on training, etc.

FIVE COLLEGE IMPLEMENTATION TEAMS

Amherst College
Jan Jourdain, Systems/Media Librarian (coordinating) - jmjourdain@amherst.edu 542-8209
Paul Trumble, Susan Edwards

Hampshire College
Stephanie Willen Brown (coordinating) - swbrown@hampshire.edu; 559-5766
Asha Kinney (Library and Information Services Assistant)

Mount Holyoke College
Janet Ewing, Reference Librarian (coordinating) – jewing@mtholyoke.edu; 538-2670
Brian Kysela (Digital Information System Specialist)

Smith College
Sika Berger, Web Coordinating Committee chair (coordinating) - sberger@email.smith.edu, 585-2963;
Eric Loehr, Betsy Barone, Barbara Polowy

UMass Amherst
Christine Turner (coordinating for UMass and Five Colleges) - cturner@library.umass.edu; 577-1026
Beth Lang, Linda Matson

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Contact Sika Berger to report corrections to this page.

Last Updated: August 2, 2005