We have a home grown system built on CF/MSSQL.  It currently manages our electronic serials licensing workflow (or part of it at least) as well as generating the A-Z list.  One peculiarity of the list, and one reason why we're still using it, is that staff wanted to be able to include "select" free/open access serials in a list while *not* adding them to the catalog. 
I hope to replace it with something more automated in the near future.


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-----Original Message-----
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Nadaleen F Tempelman-Kluit
Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 4:37 PM
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Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] A to Z lists

We user Xerxes too to serve up our databases A-Z list but as we have so many databases (900 or so.....) that it takes a really long time for the page to load, as the way Xerxes is currently designed, it loads the whole A-Z list at once. So if you have a large number of databases, be warned that providing them through Xerxes may result in your users waiting awhile...

Nadaleen Tempelman-Kluit
Discovery and Digital Access Librarian 
Bobst Library, New York University
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----- Original Message -----
From: Naomi Dushay <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 4:29 pm
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] A to Z lists
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> if you put the info in a Solr index, you could use Blacklight on top.
> 
> On Feb 16, 2011, at 1:18 PM, Michele DeSilva wrote:
> 
> > Hi Code4Lib-ers,
> >
> > I want to chime in and say that I, too, enjoyed the streaming  
> > archive from the conference.
> >
> > I also have a question: my library has a horribly antiquated A to Z  
> 
> > list of databases and online resources (it's based in Access). We'd  
> 
> > like to do something that looks more modern and is far more user  
> > friendly. I found a great article in the Code4Lib journal (issue 12, 
>  
> > by Danielle Rosenthal & Mario Bernado) about building a searchable A 
>  
> > to Z list using Drupal. I'm also wondering what other institutions  
> 
> > have done as far as in-house solutions. I know there're products we  
> 
> > could buy, but, like everyone else, we don't have much money at the  
> 
> > moment.
> >
> > Thanks for any info or advice!
> >
> > Michele DeSilva
> > Central Oregon Community College Library
> > Emerging Technologies Librarian
> > 541-383-7565
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