Narodni lekarska knihovna
Institution name:
- Narodni lekarska knihovna (National Medical Library,
Prague)
- Sokolska 31, 121 32 Praha 2, Ceska republika
- tel.: 42-2-2491 5775; fax: 42-2-2491 4625
Contact persons:
- Otakar Pinkas, Director
- tel.: 42-2-29 36 82; fax: 42-2-2491 4625
- e-mail: pinkas@nlkdec.nlk.anet.cz
- Lenka Ptackova, Systems librarian
- tel.: 42-2-2491 5775; fax: 42-2-2491 4625
- e-mail: ptackova@nlkdec.nlk.anet.cz
Aleph Configuration
- version: 3.2_4, WWW server
- functions used: cataloguing - testing
- operating system: DEC OSF/1 V 3.0 (Rev. 347) - new name
Digital UNIX
- integrating software: DEC Pathworks V 5.0 (server)
- server: DEC 3000 model 300 AXP, 160 MB RAM, 3 GB hard disk
- workstations: PC 386, 486, MS-DOS 6.22 and Windows for
Workgroups V 3.11, Pathworks client 5.0, Kermit 3.13
- terminal server: DEC 700
- CD-ROM server: DEC Inforserver Librarian 1000
Results
The licence agreement between NLK and ExLibris was signed on
September 30, 1994. DEC Computer was delivered only on November
1, 1994. Aleph system was installed on November 28, 1994. The
folloving delivery of new workstations was delayed, resulting in
their installation as late as by the end of January and during
February 1995.
The first training session (January 16-19, 1995) was conducted
by Ms. K. Moszczynska of ExLibris. Her cooperation with NLK's
departments of automation and cataloguing reasulted in February
in working out the database structure for storing MeSH thesaurus.
In June the Czech version of MeSH was converted to Aleph as well
as other authority files - publishing companies and corporate
files.
The language vocabulary has been conceived as a supportive aid
for cataloguing. Authority files functions have been checked in
EXP basis containing samples of records produced by the National
Library, Prague and also NLK's own experimental records.
Comparison of data in MAKS and UNIMARC has been a starting point
for setting up our own structure of catalogue records database.
The list of obligatory NLK data elements for UNIMARC has been
compiled.
Since April 1995 NLK has been connected to Internet. Pathwork
installation on all workstations will be finished by the end of
August. In July Aleph Mosaic server was tested in LAN on some
stations and this work will proceed on other stations in August.
Future plans
Until the end of 1995 we are planning to test fully cataloguing
module using the completed authority files.
Open problems
We have encountered serious problems resulting from high memory
requirements of Aleph - sometimes more than 8 MB per one station.
This will be defined with more precision as soon as cataloguing
is fully operational.
We would like to make retrospection conversion of some 160,000
journal article entries to Aleph but these plans are being
hampered by the facts that UNIMARC does not include generally
accepted codification of the contents of journal article records.
The capacity of Aleph concerning production of more complex
bibliographies seems to be limited. There ensues a problem how
to process the monthly Czech Medical Bibliography out of records
converted to Aleph.
Prague, July 27, 1995 O. Pinkas
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