Any such system must have a mechanism to move any of its Physical Media to a different location.
People being People sometimes want to work somewhere else.
The Dispatch Database within CakeS keeps track of where Media has come from and is going to. Inter-networking CakeS differs from other system in that it has the ability to communicate with other CakeS installations across the internet. This saves on time, typing errors and in the case of very large geographical distances the proxy copy can arrive and be used long before the actual Media. This connectivity also allows powerful Media searches across the entire network of CakeS installations. This job is normally performed by a number of telephone calls made by the tape librarian.