Re: TDNet (Minh-Thu Nguyen) ERCELAA@ctrvax.Vanderbilt.Edu 06 Aug 2001 13:49 UTC

Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2001 18:43:22 -0400
From: Minh-Thu Nguyen <minh-thu.nguyen@POLYMTL.CA>
Subject: Re: TDNet - Electronic Journals Management (David Goodman)

> Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2001 13:10:40 -0400
> From: David Goodman <dgoodman@Princeton.EDU>
> Subject: Re: TDNet - Electronic Journals Management (Dan Lester)
>
> I have pretty much the same attitude, but my reason is that in such
> cases I suspect very strongly that *all* the vendor has available is a
> mock-up demonstration, and that there is no real working system to
> demonstrate.
> Even that can sometimes be of use, if there is someone who can explain
> how the real system works or will work, but the reps in these cases
> usually don't know enough to do that.

In the case of TDnet, I know of only one operational system at Oxford University
Libraries at http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/ejournals/index.html.

The system is supposed to be protected using IP address.

Minh-Thu Nguyen
Ecole Polytechnique - Montreal