Online Research Systems demonstrated its integrated automated library system designed to meet the needs of medical libraries at the National Online Meeting in New York in early May. The Electronic Medical Library system utilizes the Unix operating system and is based on the BPS Search software. It offers support for acquisitions, cataloging, patron access catalog, circulation, serials control, interlibrary loan, electronic mail, and statistics. EML includes a program-Eliminator-which automatically reformats search results from remote databases into the format used in the local system. Eliminator uses separate modules to process different databases from different vendors; a library selects the modules for those remote files it searches most often.
Online Research intends to configure turnkey Electronic Medical Library systems using the NCR Tower supermicrocomputer which can support up to 16 simultaneous users. The company also plans to configure systems on DEC VAX equipment. Detailed functional descriptions and pricing information are expected to be made available in summer.
Meanwhile, libraries interested in accessing an online demonstration of the system's capabilities can do so by dialing (212) 249-4324, entering EML at the log-in command, and responding with a73m to the password prompt.
[Contact: Online Research Systems, 627 West 113th Street, Suite 4F, New York, NY 10025, (212) 408-3311.]
