Operations will be converted in stages, starting with cataloguing and later incorporating circulation, reference, book acquisition, and finally checking in newly arrived periodicals, she says. Ms. Tillett says she hopes the new system will streamline library operations. For example, the current software doesn't list an item's location, so workers must consult a file of 12 million cards to pinpoint where a specific book or journal is stored. Library workers will be able to use Voyager to do that more quickly and easily, she says. For example, books acquired since 1975 are in one data base, books acquired from 1950 through 1974 are in another, and books acquired before 1950 are in a third.
Some searches also require use of obscure commands.
The new Web system will permit a single search through all the library's holdings.