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REDEVELOPMENT OF THE KINETICA SYSTEM
| This page is an archive page and will no longer be updated. |
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Fact Sheets
What changes have been made?
- I used the Amicus Cataloguing Client
- I was a Batch*Link customer
- I was a Kinetica z39.50 customer
- I was a Kinetica electronic collections customer
- I was a Kinetica Products customer
- I was a Kinetica MARC*Link customer
- I used to use RMR
- I was a Kinetica TPSDLL customer
- I was a Kinetica CJK Service member
- I used the Web Cataloguing form
- What is the new Libraries Australia Administration system?
Regular updates occured through announcements and presentations to Users Group meetings. Updates were also announced on Libraries Australia -l.
Important Implementation Dates
| The z39.50 gateway was available over the implementation period. | |
| Wednesday 16 November |
Batch*Link was paused from COB. However libraries could continue to send files; they were processed in order of receipt after the new Record Import Service commenced in February. |
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| Friday 25 November |
Marc*Link paused at COB. Remote TPS DLL discontinued from COB. Products paused at COB CJK cease at COB Contributions via the Cataloguing Client (also known as the Amicus, or Kinetica Client) and Web client (also known as KineticaWeb Update) ceased by COB. No further cataloguing or search access to these services. |
| Monday 28 November |
Products closed by COB. Marc*Link closed by COB. CJK ftp files closed by COB. |
| Wednesday 30 November |
Online Cataloguing – web and client (also known as Libraries Australia Cataloguing) recommenced. |
| Monday 5 December |
Record Export Service (previously called Marc*Link) recommenced. Products recommenced. |
| Tuesday 28 February |
Record Import Service (previously called Batch*Link) recommenced. |
The National Library announced in December 2003 that the Kinetica system would be redeveloped in a phased, modular manner, through 2004 and 2005.
The reasons for developing a new system are:
- to introduce improvements for customers in areas such as search functionality, online performance and record creating and sharing;
- to give the Library an improved capacity to innovate, and thus introduce further future improvements;
- to integrate the Kinetica Chinese Japanese and Korean (CJK) service into the core system, and to provide the ability to handle all non-roman scripts supported by the Unicode standard;
- to develop new search interfaces to meet the needs of individuals; and
- to obtain the best value for money solution, taking into account functionality, risks and costs
All the regular updates and presentations to Users Group meetings made prior to the redevelopment are available on this page.
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Announcement
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Progress Reports
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Presentation to State User Group Meetings
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Media Release

