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----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Please excuse the cross posting and the long message, it's just more efficient this way... Hi, I am a Drexel University library science student looking to find out more about image databases incorporated by library vendors like Ameritech, CARL Corp., DRA, Geac Computers, VTLS, etc. in standard automation packages. My limited research has found that image collections are generally treated as separate entities from the usual library book and serial collections. Access to image collections is through a separate software interface. I am aware of separate commerially available relational databases such as Cumulus, ImageAXS, EmBark, and even Microsoft Access and Filemaker Pro. I am aware of the more experimental database products, some object oriented and some both relational and object oriented, available from Informx, Illustra, Excalibur, Ultimedia Manager, and XDP from Plexus. I am also aware that the MARC format has incorporated field 856 for remote access to images or Web pages and am interested to know what results people have gotten from using it. If anyone happens to either be familiar with an image database commercially available through a library automation vendor and/or is using one, then I would appreciate knowing about it and what stories you have to share. I will be glad to share my responses with the lists. Please respond to me personally. Thanks to all in advance. Robert Goodman ************************************************************************** Robert E. Goodman Drexel University (Library Masters Student) College of Information Science & Technology 101 North 34th Street, Box 1302, Philadelphia, PA 19104 [log in to unmask] 1-215/571-4610 **************************************************************************