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New version 3 Q series supports Bath Profile
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Features Z39.50 Version 3.0 Compliance and New User Security Enhancements
(Carlsbad, CA - July 7, 2000) - EOS International
announces the release of Version 3.0 of its Q Series library information management and access system. Q Series Version 3.0 supports Z39.50, an industry
standard, which allows dissimilar library automation systems to share information.
The Q Series Z39.50 Client enables library OPAC users to search other Z39.50 compliant library
databases using the Q Series OPAC. Conversely, the Z39.50 Server allows Q Series libraries to make their databases accessible to other Z39.50 compliant library system OPACs.
EOS International's latest release of the Q Series complies with Version 3.0 of the Z39.50 standard and includes support of the Bath Profile level 1 functionality for searching and displaying
of MARC 21 records. The Bath Profile is a profile developed by the Z39.50 Implementors Group (ZIG). Level 1 is currently the highest implementation level defined in the profile and includes 19
search field types including keyword, field truncation, and exact match searching.
Q Series 3.0 also features additional system security setup options providing libraries with
increased flexibility in defining how users access their Q Series system. Libraries can now set minimum and maximum user password lengths, determine whether alphanumeric passwords are
required, or set passwords to never expire, or to expire at a specific date or a number of days, weeks, months, or years.
New reports provide a list of all valid and invalid Q Series logins during a specific date range as
well as listings of which user passwords are set to expire during a given date range.
"The implementation of Z39.50 gives our Q Series customers the ability to share their library
information with the rest of the world via the Internet. And the enhanced security features will help them better control how their system is accessed," says Scot Cheatham, President and CEO of
EOS International.
With Q Series 3.0 libraries can define Z39.50 host sites and databases available to their staff (in
Powersearch) and/or to the public (in OPAC) using a Z39.50 Setup function. OPAC users can select any combination of Z39.50 sites and perform a single search for materials at all of the
selected sites. Record retrievals display in a consolidated list with each separate database clearly identified.
The Q Series is a full-featured library information management system providing sophisticated
information retrieval with advanced searching options that overcome the limitations of Boolean searching. Q Series does this by providing additional tools, such as natural language querying,
"hypersearching," concept searching, and pattern matching. Through these tools and other features, the Q Series provides a single point of access to the world of information. This world
can include a library's own collection, a branch library's collection, multimedia files, CD-ROMs, URL links, and commercially or internally published documents found on the Internet, Intranets and Extranets.
Features Support for 32-Bit Processing, URI Hyperlinks and Utilities to Enhance Cataloging and Circulation Functions
(Carlsbad, CA - June 9, 2000) - EOS International
is pleased to announce Version 3.1 of GLAS® (Graphical Library Automation System) along with a new GLAS Toolkit for use with the GLAS Cataloging
and Circulation modules. GLAS 3.1 and the GLAS Toolkit are both currently in beta test and are planned for release in July 2000.
A 32-bit Windows application, GLAS Version 3.1 features user-requested enhancements such
as the ability to link and manage URI (URL/URN) hyperlinks within bibliographic records that appear in EasySearch and in the GLAS @ccess Web OPAC.
Other new features include calendar support on all date fields, added browse lists for selecting
field ranges in all report dialog boxes, and selectable library-definable picklists for common fields such as Item type, Location and Medium. Also new in GLAS 3.1 is an optional integrated Main
Menu providing easier access to installed GLAS modules.
The GLAS Toolkit is a collection of nine special utilities that provide added functionality to the
GLAS Version 3.1 Cataloging and Circulation modules. The GLAS Toolkit includes utilities for self-serve circulation, exporting and merging records, creating check out and hold status files, and more.
"GLAS 3.1 and the GLAS Toolkit provide our GLAS users with enhancements they've asked for,"
says Scot Cheatham, President and CEO of EOS International. "Features such as the ability to launch directly to a Web site from within GLAS provides our users and their patrons with
improved access to information resources on the Internet."
GLAS is a comprehensive, library information system for small to mid-sized libraries. It features
an easy-to-use graphical user interface (GUI) and flexible data entry screens designed to streamline workflow and provide easy access to all of your library information.
GLAS provides several options for searching your online catalog including: EasySearch for quick
and simple searches, GoPAC® (Graphical OPAC) for more advanced searches and GLAS @ccess (a Web OPAC), which enables libraries to make their online catalogs accessible via the
Web. GLAS provides full MARC (MAchine Readable Cataloging) support for the bibliographic record. It also fully supports Windows standards such as multi-tasking, scrollable windows,
pull-down menus, picklists, and MicroHelp. The complete GLAS user manual is also available online providing Help via keyword searching and hypertext links.
(Carlsbad, CA - June 9, 2000) - EOS International
is pleased to announce we are moving. Our new corporate headquarters address will be One Carlsbad Research Center, 2382 Faraday Avenue, Suite 350,
Carlsbad, CA 92008-7258, USA, effective July 1, 2000. Since this new location is just a mile or so from our present address, EOS International's telephone numbers (800-876-5484,
760-431-8400), fax number (760-431-8448) and Web site address (www.eosintl.com) will remain the same. |
