[WEB4LIB] Re: RealPage

[Jerry Kuntz]

If you haven't heard of this before (like me, until a minute ago!), the URL
is:
http://www.catchword.com/software.htm

Jerry Kuntz
Ramapo Catskill Library System
jkuntz at rcls.org
----- Original Message -----
From: Kathy P. Wheeler <kwheeler at jaguar1.usouthal.edu>
To: Multiple recipients of list <web4lib at webjunction.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 1999 9:05 AM
Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: RealPage


> 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
> >
> >
> >