Name of Institution
El Colegio de México, A.C. (The College of
México)
Library Contact Person:
Álvaro Quijano, Library Director
tel.: 6.45.59.55 ext. 2033
fax: 6.45.49.84
mail:
El Colegio de México
Camino al Ajusco 20
Col. Pedregal de Sta Teresa
MEXICO, D.F.
MEXICO 01000
e-mail:aquijano@colmex
Clotilde Tejeda, Library Operations
coordinator
tel.: 6.45.59.55 ext. 2030
fax: 6.45.49.84
mail
El Colegio de México
Camino al Ajusco 20
Col. Pedregal de Sta Teresa
MEXICO, D.F.
MEXICO 01000
e-mail:ctejeda@colmex
Automation Contact Person:
Abelardo Herrero, Coordinator of the Library
Automation Project
mail:
El Colegio de México
Camino al Ajusco 20
Col. Pedregal de Sta Teresa
MEXICO, D.F.
MEXICO 01000
tel.: 6.45.59.55 ext. 2029
fax: 6.45.49.84
e-mail: aherrero@colmex.mx
Aleph Configuration:
Version 3.26.1
Functions implemented and used: OPAC,
Circulation, and WWW server
Operating system: Solaris 2.5
Server type ( model, RAM and disk space sizes) :
Sun, Sparc 20 with 192 MB of RAM and 6 GB of disk
space.
Network configuration:
The College network is a FDDI network, the
library network is an Ethernet 10 base T with
protocols IPX/SPX and TCP/IP. The library network
is a part of the FDDI College network.
Type of workstations: Pentium, 486, 386 and
VT100 terminals.
Major Developments planned:
Migration to Aleph 500 version with a DEC
Alpha server as soon as possible.
Implementation of a hands-off material request
procedure involving web pages. This procedure
should send a message directly to the sub-library
keeping a certain book petitioned by the library
user in an OPAC.
Open Problems:
- System crashes down once in a while due
to unknown causes. One of this is a
suspected compatibility problem between
Solaris operating system and MicroFocus
compiler (The one which Aleph is compiled
with).
- Import process problems. This happens
mainly because cataloguing is done
outside Aleph in other system. The
routines have had problems to match the
features of the two different systems.
- Frequent corruption problems with the CIR
files. Lost links, "hidden"
loans, they don´t show up in the users
account but the system records a loan for
that user.
- Insufficient features in cataloguing
module. Like validation of fields
on-line, no macros.
- Insufficient features in print formats
for circulation
- The 3.26.1 version manual is poor, badly
structured and is not very useful.
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