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BLISS: The Bradley Library Information Support System

Joel L. Hartman (Associate provost for Information Technologies and Resources.)
Ellen I. Watson (Director of the Cullom‐Davis Library, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois.)

Library Hi Tech

ISSN: 0737-8831

Article publication date: 1 March 1993

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Abstract

The Bradley Library Information Support System (BLISS) is a comprehensive local area network designed to provide library users with an array of electronic information access and management services to support Bradley University's curriculum, research, and scholarly activities. The LAN is designed in a client/server architecture, with function‐specific Unix servers operating over an Ethernet network, to support a range of services both within the library and campuswide. BLISS workstations are available to both patrons and staff and located throughout the library; some BLISS resources are network‐accessible to the general campus community. A menu interface lists the resources available and establishes a transparent connection between the user and the selected resource. BLISS is a joint project of the library and computing services, providing a platform for the development of cohesive electronic information services and for the training, documentation, and mediation serices necessary to effectively use them.

Citation

Hartman, J.L. and Watson, E.I. (1993), "BLISS: The Bradley Library Information Support System", Library Hi Tech, Vol. 11 No. 3, pp. 19-36. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb047892

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MCB UP Ltd

Copyright © 1993, MCB UP Limited

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