Consortium of Academic Libraries of Eastern Slovakia - CALES
Institution name:
Consortium of Academic Libraries of Eastern Slovakia -
CALES
Project:
- KOLIN (KOsice Library and Information Network)
- KOLIN, one of CASLIN Plus projects, will be submitted on
autumn session of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as grant
application
Libraries involved:
- Univerzitna kniznica Univerzity Pavla Jozefa Safarika
(University Library of Pavol Jozef Safarik University)
- Garbiarska 14, 042 07 Kosice, Slovak republic
- (= CALES Secretariat)
- Univerzitna kniznica Technickej univerzity
(University Library of Technical University)
- Letna 9, 043 83 Kosice, Slovak republic
- Statna vedecka kniznica
(State Scientific Library)
- Hlavna 10, 042 30 Kosice, Slovak republic
- (within them 13 local and branch libraries in 2 towns distant
40 km)
Contact persons:
- Dr. Darina Kozuchova, project director
- phone/fax: +42-95-63 310 80
- e-mail: kozuchov@kosice.upjs.sk
- Dr. Lubomira Soltesova, project manager
- phone/fax: +42-95-426 616
- e-mail: soltesov@kosice.upjs.sk
- Ing. Oto Kicinko, implementation group chief
- phone:+42-95-557 62
- e-mail:kicinko@ccnov.tuke.sk
KOLIN Intentions:
By systematic and complex automation of basic library processes
and mainly by their integration within both libraries and
Consortium as a whole the KOLIN aim is:
- provide library and information services on qualitatively
better level
- create basement and rules of regional library and information
network
- participate in creation of national library information
network and union catalog by cooperation with CASLIN libraries
such as by respecting new cataloging rules and unified exchange
formats.
ALEPH
System ALEPH (OS Unix) was chosen with 104 all-module licenses
and 39 OPAC licenses with WWW access of outside users.
It should be implemented on 5 DEC Alpha servers 1000-200 (1 - 2
CPU, 128 - 256 MB RAM, 2.1 GB SCSI disks, 6 - 10 GB 1 - 3 CHANNEL
RAID PACKs, etc.)
Network
CANET (Cassoviensis Academic Network) with present both optical
cables and serial lines (14.4, 19.2 kbps) should be developed to
fiber-optic connections between structured library LANs (based
on twisted pair technology, CAT 5 UTP, 10 Mbps) via CISCO
routers. Expected connection between routers in Kosice and Presov
through phone line 64 kbps
Present state