MDC Library System

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MDC Library System

• Presented to DMD
• 01/04/2007

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Needs
Document Management for 8,000 HTML PDF files

• We had no idea when files were updated
• We had no idea who owned the documents
• The web staff uploaded all files
• Lots of dead links as files were moved/updated

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Needs

• Other issues
• Lousy search results
• Lousy intranet
• No organization

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MDC Wants

• Yahoo-type directory
• Collect meta information on each document
• Use the same document management for the intranet
  and public web
• Start and end dates for time-sensitive documents

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MDC Wants (cont.)

• Constant file location (to eliminate dead links)
• Short URLs
• Distributed file upload

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MDC Wants (cont.)

• Modular design
• Accommodate different file types
• Manage external links

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Technical Specs

• Oracle
• ASP backend
• .NET front end

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Demo

• Current public library
• Intranet
• Document upload
• Document linking
• Document searching
• Shortcut linking (mdc.mo.gov/4153)