Computers in Libraries October 2000
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Volume 20, Number 9
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This Month: Setting Up and Maintaining Electronic Systems

Features 
Designing a Database-Driven Web Site, or, The Evolution of the InfoIguana
If your library is diligent about keeping lists of electronic resources, chances are that the Web site has gotten difficult for users to navigate. A database-driven Web site may be the right alternative.
by Gary Roberts
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Playing Cops and Robbers: Keeping the Library Network Safe from Users
After spending years trying to fight student users who kept hacking the network, this technical university library in Poland got tough and built a “crime-stopping” environment.
by Blazej Feret
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Opening Doors with Open Source [Full Text]
Open source software, increasingly used in libraries, could be an inexpensive solution to making the pieces of your system fit together better. Is it right for you?
by Don Gourley
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Building a Library Network from Scratch: Eric & Veronica’s Excellent Adventure
What’s it like to get to design a library network from scratch? Read about all the considerations and questions that arose as this duo lived the adventure.
by Eric Sisler and Veronica Smith
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Launching a Public Printing Program with Built-In Cost Recovery
If you’re looking for a better way to let patrons print—and pay—you’ll want to read this case study about how a Canadian library built and launched a very successful system.
by Ralph M. Daehn
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Columns 
The View from the Top Left Corner 
Turnkey Systems Solutions [Full Text]
by Michael Schuyler

 

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Digital Librarianship
Developing and Maintaining Your Web Pages
by Péter Jacsó

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Techman's TechPage
Using Good Systems Work to Extend Your Library’s Market
by D. Scott Brandt

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Online Treasures
Systems Administration: How to Avoid Reinventing the Wheel
by Janet L. Balas

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Departments 
Editor's Notes 
The Many Sides of Systems [Full Text]
by Kathy Miller 

 

Newsline [Full Text]
People & Places
67 
Special
Sections 
How to Contribute to CIL 2001 [Full Text]
24 
Advertising 
Library Tech Connection
70 
Index to Advertisers 
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