Spanish National Research Council. Libraries Coordination Unit

Institution name:

Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC). Unidad de Coordinacion de Bibliotecas
Spanish National Research Council. Libraries Coordination Unit

Library contact person:

Agncs Ponsati Obiols Director
CSIC - Unidad de Coordinacion de Bibliotecas
C/Jorge Manrique 27
E-28006 MADRID
España
telf. +34-91-5855076
fax. +34-91-5644202
e-mail: agnes@bib.csic.es

Aleph configuration:

version: 3.2-5-12
functions: CCL,CI,MA,SER,ACQ,IUTIL
operating system: osf1 3.2
server type: 4 ALPHA server 1000 (Madrid,Sevilla,Barcelona and Valencia)
RAM and disk space:
Network configuration: TCP/IP
Type of worksations: Pc (vt 220 emulation)

CSIC Libraries Network consists in a multi ALEPH installation in 4 nodes (Barcelona, Madrid, Sevilla and Valencia). More than 90 libraries building a union catalog, named CIRBIC (Catalogos Informatizados de la Red de Bibliotecas del CSIC). This catalog holds two local bases, one for monographs 506.000 titles; and one for serials 40.000 titles aproximately.

Major developments since last ICAU meeting:

In January 1996 CSIC had changed hardware and software. We've moved from VMS to OSF1, from VAX to ALPHA, in all our 4 installations (600.000 record conversion)
Change from version 3.2-4 to 3.2-5. All conversion works were made in place with help from Aleph-Yissum on the net.
Translation and adaptation works for the new version.
Implementation of SERIALS and ACQUISITIONS modules.
Implementation of the web interface for the OPAC.
Study, configuration and installation of the GUI client.

Major developments planned:

Implement SDI, USR and ILL module during 1997.
Start works with images linked to bibliographic records.
Study the possibilities of ALEPH as a z39.50 server

Open problems:

Have real OPAC functions in the WWW interface.
Have the possibility of displaying holding notes (HN) for serials as in the traditional OPAC.
Have the same LINK performance in the WWW as in the traditional ALEPH.
WWW_SERVER processes are quite unstable. Something must be done about it.