New and improved DELCAT

See how it works at [http://delcat.udel.edu]

A new web-based DELCAT catalog at the University Library, implemented July 1, includes links to electronic journals and cataloged Internet resources and will provide new features such as online book renewal and new ways of searching.

The new web version of DELCAT is accessible from the library's web page at [http:// www.lib.udel.edu] or directly at [http://delcat.udel.edu]. Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5.5 or Netscape 6.0 are the web browsers that work most effectively with the new DELCAT.

Gregg Silvis, assistant director for library computing systems who directed the project, said, "The successful on-time implementation of the new DELCAT was due in no small part to the great efforts of all the library and information technologies staff involved in the project."

According to Susan Brynteson, May Morris Director of Libraries, the original DELCAT, which was set up in 1986, had changed over the last 16 years, going from card catalogs to a completely online system and providing access to thousands of electronic journals.

The new DELCAT is based on Ex Libris software, which also was recently installed at the libraries of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University.

A UD task force visited five other college libraries, set up 207 training sessions and conducted multiple testings to insure the transition to the new system.