1973
Funding to join SOLINET; use OCLC
1974/75
State Library funds massive retrospective conversion project involving SUS and public libraries
1975+
SUS libraries continue retrospective conversion projects via local funds and grants
1978
Centrally generated RFP for separate online systems (primarily for circulation); awarded to CLSI
1979
UF did not accept system citing inability to support UF size and functional needs (e.g., no MARC format support)
1980/81
UF acquired and implemented NOTIS software
1982/84
SUS libraries seek funding for automation upgrades
1984
Legislature appropriates $3.4 million for:
84/85
FY ends with FCLA in new quarters; with eight of nine positions filled; at least one terminal per university installed; and test databases loaded; use level peaked at 1 million transactions in April and is averaging 750,000 online transactions/month.
85/86
FY ends with all databases loaded with all available OCLC backlog data (3.3 million records); equipment installed (700+ terminals); and use level averaging 1.1 million CICS transactions/month with a peak in April of 1.7 million.
86/87
FY ends with 4.1 million bibliographic records; CICS transactions were averaging 3.9 million with a March peak of 5.7 million; monthly dial-access use is averaging approx. 100,000; system availability was 98.7% of scheduled service hours; internal response time: 98.6% of all transactions executed within .11 seconds
87/88
FY ends with over 5 million bib records in the database; a peak CICS transaction count of 8.6 million of which 63% were LUIS (in March 1988; 150% increase over the same month in 1987); a monthly average of 6.4 million transactions; 1000+ terminals installed; dial-access use averaging 150,000/month; system availability averaged 99.5% and internal response time continued at former levels with over 98% of transactions performing at less than .12 seconds. Some analyses performed this year indicate that an average logical search requires 5 CICS transactions.
88/89
FY ends all libraries using circulation, 5.4 million bibliographic records in the database; and a new CICS peak in March of 10.6 10.6 million transactions with a monthly average of 8.3 million. For all intents and purpose, the original FCLA 5-Year Plan is is complete: the SUS libraries are implemented on NOTIS.
89/90
FY ended with all subsystems in use where desired; 6.3 million bibliographic records in the database; and a new CICS peak of 13.3 million transactions in March (7.4 million of which were LUIS) for a monthly average of 10.6 million. The 1990 circulation statistics were: 1.8 million charges and 445,000 renewals. The major accomplishments of the year were MFHL conversion and MHI implementation, both projects required considerable personnel resources for programming and user support.
90/91
FY91 ended with 6.8 million bib records, a monthly transaction average of 11.8 million and a November peak of 15.3 million. The major accomplishment was the development of the keyword search engine and the conversion of all the other indexes to real-time updating thus freeing the batch update window from frequent index regens.
91/92
FY92 ended with a 7.3 million OPAC bib records and 5.6 million citation records. It took five years to top 5 million OPAC records but only one to beat that in citations. The CICS transaction monthly average was 13.7 million with March's peak at 18.4 million. The major accomplishments were implementing LUIS 5.0 and loading five citation databases in LUIS.
92/93
FY93 ended with 7.4 million OPAC records (normal increases were offset by the deletion of the CRL records from FSU). The citation databases totaled 6.6 million. CICS transactions averaged 16.9 million per month with March again being the peak month at 22.8 million. The dramatic increase is due to the increased popularity of the citation databases. Much of this year was spent on the preparatory work for projects that completed the next year.
93/94
FY94's OPAC bib count was 7.9 million with the citation counts almost doubling to 14.1 million due to the loading of four major major databases. Monthly transaction averages shot up again to 18.7 million again with a March peak of 24.5 million. This was a year for databases and connectivity with the implementation of the LUIS menu gateways to RLIN and Uncover.
94/95
FY95: 8.3 million OPAC bib records; 15.5 million citation records. Monthly CICS transaction average 20.4 million; March peak of 27.1 million. Major accomplishments: three more databases; long-awaited enhancements to keyword searching; and the beginning of Format Format Integration conversion. Also this year: begin investigation of feasibility of using IBM Digital Library products and the start of the LAN wiring for connecting PCs to LUIS as part of the new FCLA 5-Year Plan.
95/96
FY96 milestones: 8.7 million OPAC bib records; 21.7 million citation records in over 20 databases; average monthly CICS transactions of 21.7 million and a peak in November of 28.1 million (almost an average of a million a day). Major accomplishments: loading of three more databases; Table-of- Contents Index for Current Contents; Course Reserve function in LUIS; location limiting; search results to email addresses; LUIS view in techmode and beginning of WebLUIS development.
96/97
Milestones already: loading 1.4 million ASCII journal articles linked to the two IAC databases and making LUIS available almost 24 hours a day. Coming soon: WebLUIS access.
NOTE: over a three-year period, FCLA staff significantly modified the NOTIS code so that it can run with the most current IBM system to take full advantage of system resources. This required converting the CICS transactions to pseudo-conversational code and rewriting the software from Macro-level Assembler code to Command level. These changes were given back to Ameritech Library Systems to be incorporated into the base NOTIS package. This project was done at the same time many new features and functions were being added to the LUIS/NOTIS system.
