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New Version Features Cataloguing Authorities and Employs MS SQL Server RDBMS
Press release: (Carlsbad, CA (USA) – September 29, 1999)
Q Series Version 2.0 activates the full functionality of authority control in the Cataloguing module. This new release also provides libraries with
the option of implementing the Q Series with Microsoft’s SQL Server relational database management system (RDBMS).
The Q Series Authority Control enhancements allow a library to easily import USMARC Authority control records and set up all USMARC Authority cross
reference types. Q Series authority controls enable the library to compare imported headings and cross references to those found in their existing bibliographic records.
A global search and replace is performed automatically among the bibliographic records after a change is made to an authority control record. If
desired, the Q Series setup controls allow the library staff to overlay and automatically update existing authority records with more current authority records.
In Q Series 2.0, the library is also able to determine the wording for directional information for the associated "see" and "see
also" cross references and display them in the online catalogue. If the library chooses, the online catalogue can provide a variety of cross references, e.g., broader terms, related terms, and narrower terms.
Blind cross references are not displayed in the online catalogue.
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SQL Server Version 7.0 is now a viable alternative to Oracle as a large database support tool and makes EOSi's Q series
a good option should a library require a Microsoft only solution.
Q series other key points are its use of the Excalibur text engine and associated intelligent (natural language) Boolean and pattern matching search options
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For those organizations standardizing on Microsoft, Q Series Version 2.0 now also supports Microsoft's SQL Server 7.0 relational database
management system as an alternative to the Oracle RDBMS.
The Q Series is a client/server-based system. Client workstations require a 100% compatible PC processor running Microsoft® 95, 98 or Windows NT Workstation 4.0. The
Q Series 2.0 server, using SQL Server, runs on Windows NT Version 4.0.
EOS International is a global library information management software and service company. It is a member of the Dawson Holdings PLC group of information services
companies. Dawson Holdings PLC is a publicly traded information services company founded in 1809.
EOS International's corporate headquarters is located in Carlsbad, California, USA. It has
regional offices in London, Paris, and Singapore as well as over 25 other offices and support
centres worldwide. EOS International serves over 5,000 clients in 85 countries, in all types of libraries.
EOS International produces a number of library information products including GLAS®, the
Graphical Library Automation System, a comprehensive, Windows-based library automation system for small to medium sized libraries. Also available from EOS International is Information Quest (IQ), a Web-based information searching, access and
retrieval tool providing access to electronic content.
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