As a library administrator, you have the difficult task of providing access to information - whether on paper or in digital form - in accordance with individual user rights. Ideally, the resources should be available regardless of what time they are requested or the location from which the request is made. Far from being simplified, this task has actually become more complex with the rise of digital media and the Internet. Today, information sources are found in so many different forms: CDs, DVDs, online databases, standard applications, OPAC, URL lists, general information from the Internet, and more. And all of it needs to be made available in a single user interface. Such complex tasks have turned libraries into data processing centers - information portals for employees, professors and students as well as for external users.
Library users are usually anonymous, and expect to gain access to the information they need quickly and easily. In many cases, readers expect to find a thematic outline of the requested source, or even a pre-selection of materials in the form of a list. The library, on the other hand, has to manage and deliver digital resources effectively and economically. In all of these areas, from CD/DVD database integration and online database and e-journal access to maintenance of relevant URL lists and many more tasks, NetMan ensures you can meet all your users' needs.
Thanks to the powerful user and workstation management features in NetMan, your content sources can be reached where and when they are needed, but cannot be accessed without permission. Content can be made available to in-house or external users dependent upon your contracted licensing agreements and on any of the broad variety of technical conditions you can configure in NetMan.
NetMan supports you in the installation, automatic distribution and integration of programs in your particular system environment and makes it easy to manage hundreds of applications. All applications can be served in a single, attractive, intuitive user interface, either browser-based or integrated in the Windows desktop.
In libraries, NetMan is usually installed in terminal server environments with browser-based user interfaces. This technology eliminates the complications that can otherwise result from heterogeneous end terminal platforms. NetMan let you connect with Microsoft terminal services (or MetaFrame from Citrix Inc.) regardless of the platform, available bandwidth or operating system on the user terminal, to publish the entire spectrum of available applications and information. Systems integrated by NetMan also meet the highest standards for security in public areas of the library.
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