Upgrades to later vendor releases is particularly time-consuming due to the customizations we had to apply due to failure of PeopleSoft's product to meet all our needs. Through mid-1985, AIS worked intensively with clients customizing and putting modules 1 through 4 into production. Through the early 1990's, modules 5 through 8 were implemented. Vendor maintenance was dropped in 1987 and the system is maintained solely with University resources. Access to ISIS is distributed to 100 departments and 1,100 university employees.
Many departments receive information in the form of reports on both a standard and ad-hoc basis.
This feature was accomplished through a contract with Periphonics. Further simplification is scheduled to begin later this year. Library AIS, along with UCS-Systems, provides technical help for the library automation software. As of August 1998 the University runs the Voyager library management system. It runs SiteSearch as the database search engine for locally mounted databases, currently RIIC journals, documents, and the ERIC thesaurus.