RE: [IUG] discontinue character-based OPAC?

["Helwig, Ruth M." <helwi1rm at cmich dot edu>]

We gave up telnet about a year ago and no one has complained.  We talked
to the staff in the Student Disability Office and asked them to let us
know whether this would pose a problem for their clientele precisely for
the reason mentioned below.  Their response was that it was okay to
remove the telnet option. 

Ruth Helwig
Systems Librarian and Education Bibliographer
Park Library 305
Central Michigan University 
Mount Pleasant MI 48859
Phone: 989-774-2404
Fax: 989-774-2179
Email: helwi1rm at cmich dot edu

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[mailto:innopac-bounces at innopacusers dot org] On Behalf Of Susan Jurist
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 7:20 PM
To: IUG INNOPAC List
Subject: Re: [IUG] discontinue character-based OPAC?

We've kept the telnet version and made the link to it more prominent  
- it is now the first link on the screen. Given that the catalog  
really isn't ADA compliant, we want to keep the link for users with  
screen readers.

Has any one ever sat down with a screen reader to see what happens in  
the web opac?

csj



On Jul 5, 2006, at 11:08 AM, Bonnie Buzzell wrote:

> I'd like to hear from any libraries, especially academics, that have
> discontinued offering the character-based OPAC.   Did you get any  
> reaction
> from users?  Any advice or warnings?   In the past I heard that some
> researchers--especially those travelling and accessing the internet  
> through
> slow connections--like the telnet catalog for its speed.  I'm  
> embarrassed to
> admit I don't really understand how to interpret the gateway access
> statistics, so I don't know how much it is used, or by whom.  So I'd
> appreciate help on that too.
>
> Part of the impetus is from our IT department that wants us to  
> discontinue
> all telnet access to the server.  And I'd like to stop feeling bad  
> about not
> doing much to improve it!
>
> Many thanks,
> Bonnie
>
> ......................................................................
> Bonnie Buzzell
> Knowledge Management Librarian, Web Services Department
> Brown University Library, 10 Prospect St., Box A, Providence, RI 02912
> 401-863-3599   Bonnie_Buzzell at brown dot edu
> ......................................................................
>
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