Online Computer Systems Inc.'s recent ad in Special Libraries served notice that it is still actively marketing the Integrated Library System (ILS) developed by Lister Hill Laboratories for Biomedical Communications. The company says That it has more ILS sites and more ILS experience than any other company. It supports the ILS installation at the Army Library, Pentagon, and has recently sold systems to the University of Maryland Health Sciences Library and the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Library.
While the software is owned by the United States Government and is made available to the public through the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) for approximately $2,000, NTIS does not provide hardware, operating system, installation, training, modification or ongoing support. Online Computer Systems and the other ILS vendor, Avatar-provide these additional services. The minimum cost for a complete turnkey system for a small library is $50,000. [Contact: Online Computer Systems Inc., 20010 Century Blvd., #101, Germantown, MD 20767. (301) 428-3700.]
