Link Checker and URL verification

[Stu Baker]

Regarding Link Checking and URL verification; we use MOMspider at our
library and it works great. We tried standalone client products but this
server solution was better because it automatically generated reports and
mailed it to the appropriate authors. Although we are running a UNIX
machine it looks like the PERL code could be ported to Mac/Windows machines
quite easily.

MOMspider is also not that resource intesive on the server when it runs. I
have written shell scripts attached to cron jobs that generate reports for
departments monthly. So far the initial results are very positive in terms
of having people update their pages as a result of the generated reports.

You can view our MOMspider report pages at:
	<URL:http://www.library.nwu.edu/libstaff/reports>

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Stu Baker                               Marjorie I. Mitchell Multimedia Center
Multimedia Services Specialist                 Northwestern University Library
<mailto:stubaker at nwu.edu>                                   1935 Sheridan Road
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