[WEB4LIB] Re: context-sensitive linking products

[Dan Robinson]

I asked around... and explored our admin interface a bit. There is a small degree of customization, and not just to fee based services. However, we're operating under a license from SFX and we're offering the choices that our license allows. 

Dan Robinson
drobinson at hwwilson.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Poulin [mailto:PoulinMW at lemoyne.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 12:02 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: context-sensitive linking products
> 
> 
> Hi Steve,
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> Actually in the case of Wilson -  they appear to license the 
> SFX technology=
>  from ExLibris so it would be appropriate for them to refer 
> to it by the =
> brand name.
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> A much bigger question - one that I have posed to Wilson is:
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> Why would anyone want a SFX (linkserver) which could not be 
> customized to =
> the particular library's databases?  The current Wilson SFX 
> server takes =
> you to a host of services which few of us subscribe to (fee based =
> services) and not to the services which we do subscribe to (Wilson's =
> competitors).   There is no customization available at this 
> time.   It =
> seems to me that they have implemented technology without 
> understanding =
> the users.
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>