[WEB4LIB] RealPage

[Kathy P. Wheeler]

I downloaded it but I never used it because Catchword (the company that 
makes RealPage) just recently decided to also offer their journals (for 
us that was Routledge, Carfax and Taylor & Francis) in pdf format also. 
This was easier for us because it meant we didn't have to provide another 
program on our public workstations.


Kathy Wheeler                    e-mail: kwheeler at jaguar1.usouthal.edu
Electronic Services Librarian    
University Library
University of South Alabama
Mobile, AL  36688
homepage: http://library.southalabama.edu

On Tue, 10 Aug 1999 skelsey at lsu.edu wrote:

> I am curious about what some of the Web4Lib subscribers think about RealPage- a
> format through which some of OCLC's ECO journals are exclusively available:
> 
> - why are they only available this way?
> - is RealPage going to become as common as Adobe Acrobat Viewer
> - what are the advantages/ disadvantages?
> - should I download RealPage on our LAN?
> 
> I haven't even used it yet, but I would like to see some input from those who
> have.
> 
> thanks,
> Sigrid Kelsey
> Louisiana State University
> 
> 
>