Fwd: Q: SilverPlatter direct access + SilverLinker

[Kimberly Parker <kimberly.parker@yale.edu>]

I would like to respond to this request, but I don't have any information 
on our instructional use under the kind of burden suggested here (200 
students in a period!)  I doubt we have that kind of situation here, but 
since I could be wrong, I thought I'd ask for comments from this 
group.  I'll be happy to funnel them back into a coherent reply if I get 
responses by the end of this week.

--Kim


>From: "Junus, Ranti" <junus@MAIL.LIB.MSU.EDU>
>To: "'kimberly.parker@yale.edu'" <kimberly.parker@yale.edu>
>Subject: Q: SilverPlatter direct access +  SilverLinker
>Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 13:08:32 -0500
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>Kimberly Parker,
>
>I am told that Yale Library subscribes to SilverPlatter direct access (SP
>Internet Service) and you are the one who I can contact to regarding to
>this.  If I should contact somebody else, please kindly forward this email
>to her/him.
>
>MSU is investigating this internet service option, but still need some more
>input regarding to SP performance such as response time, downtime for
>maintenance (I'd guess this one poses no problem), user interface, usability
>and accessibility.  Would you mind to share your experiences with us?
>
>Several questions also emerged regarding to one of our database searching
>classes:
>
>1) Performance and reliability under load with 200+ students using it
>concurrently during any given class period. We also don't want our load to
>impact other univeristy use.
>
>2) Stability of the databases, so we can specify topics for the students'
>searching and be sure that the databases will still be the same so we know
>what the searches should return.
>
>So, I wonder if Yale has similar class/course that utilize SilverPlatter
>databases and such issues are already addressed.  We need some "back-up"
>explanation to convince the faculties, if SP indeed is capable of handling
>such load.
>
>
>About SilverLinker, I can imagine faculties and students like it a lot.  Was
>there any problem in activating the feature?
>
>
>Thank you for your time.
>
>
>regards,
>ranti.
>
>--
>Ranti Junus - Systems
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>Michigan State University
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