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Volume 25 Number 07 (July 2005)


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Breeding, Marshall, ILS vet promotes new name, new service
One of the library automation industry’s oldest companies has taken a new name. Previously known as GIS Information Systems and Gaylord Information Systems, the well-established vendor (see The Polaris Story below) now will be known as Polaris Library Systems.
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Breeding, Marshall, 1896 to 2005: the Polaris story
Polaris Library Systems traces its background through the venerable Gaylord Bros. company, a long-established (since 1896!) and major supplier of library furniture and supplies. One of the pioneers in commercially available circulation systems, Gaylord Library Systems was established in 1975 to develop and distribute library automation systems.
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Breeding, Marshall, Found: the missing link (resolvers)
In the six months since the launch of the beta version of Google Scholar, librarians have been pondering its impact and benefits for their users. Though widely perceived as a potentially helpful resource for academic research, Google Scholar still provokes questions about the scope of the content it includes and the lack of control over what version of a content item will be linked.
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