Henrico Public Library (Richmond, Virginia) has interfaced its Brodart Le Pac CD-ROM catalog with its automated circulation system, one based on the Pueblo Library software. Approximately one-third of the Memorex Telex workstations have been outfitted with an emulation board and STEP (Sperry Terminal Emulation Package) software. Cabling was put in place to enable all staff workstations and a sampling of public workstations the capacity of toggling immediately from Le Pac to the online circulation/reserve system which has operated on a Unisys System 80 Model 20 mainframe at the County's Data Processing Center since 1985. Staff enjoy the benefits of searching any one of the library's 200,000 titles on Le Pac, and then with a mere Alternate/Escape command, location and availability of the item can be determined from the circulation data base, and a reserve can be entered when this is desired.
The County of Henrico Public Library currently has 49 Le Pac units divided among 10 locations, and plans to order 8 more.
[Contact: Brodart Automation, 500 Arch Street, Williamsport, PA 17701; (717) 326-2461; Fax (717) 326-6769; or County of Henrico Public Library, Mildred Finch, Richmond, VA; (804) 222-1643.]
