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What is the GALILEO upgrade?
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The GALILEO Upgrade is a multi-year project approved by the GALILEO Steering Committee and funded by the participating GALILEO libraries in order to provide the following goals and features:
- Enhance usability and ease of access for users, including more intuitive searching (complete)
- Provide interfaces that are customized for each user community (complete with additional new Kid's interface on the way)
- Provide enhanced resource management capabilities, including more customization of menus for user communities and individual institutions (complete)
- Provide cross-database searching opportunities, including search sets that are customized per user community (complete)
- Provide linking among GALILEO resources in order to better leverage investments in full-text, including a GALILEO ejournal locater (complete)
- Enable access to content and features from library websites, online courseware, campus portals, and other environments that better meet user needs (in process)
- Provide enhanced opportunities for user personalization (in process)
The GALILEO Upgrade project site features information about the project, including an overview, related documents, and status reports. Periodically, information regarding the upgrade will be distributed to the GALILEO mailing list. Please visit the GALILEO E-Mail List page for information on how to subscribe.
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Last Updated: 01/13/09 5:09 pm