Effective decision-making requires effective information management, and this information is increasingly held in digital formats. Digital images, documents, spreadsheets, databases and digital mapping applications, all inter-relating to inform day-to-day business processes. These digital assets must be readily accessible within the working environment, fully linked into desktop applications so that they are just a click away.

LibraryLink achieves this, providing seamless integration with CMS and other existing applications (such as CAMS, PACS, HBSMR), with ArcGIS and MapInfo GIS systems, or with any other data management or digital mapping systems.

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LibraryLink can be accessed from a range of places in CMS2000. It can be accessed from the Site window, the Feature, Objective, Factor, Attribute, Prescription, Project Plan, Annual Project Report or Event Report windows. From each of these windows, a single click will show all the linked digital resources as thumbnails in the LibraryLink Viewer. Clicking a thumbnail will then open the original document in the appropriate application (e.g. a .DOC file could open in Word). For instance, from the Annual Project Record form, you would click the Library Link button:

This would open the LibraryLink viewer showing all linked images and documents relating to that annual project record. Image or document details and keywords can also be viewed.

You can click on one of these images or documents to see it in full.

There are different levels of access to LibraryLink with most users being able to view the catalogue only. The site "Editor(s)" can enter the LibraryLink catalogue, using ThumbsPlus technology, to create and remove links to digital documents, load new files into the catalogue, edit document metadata, and carry out a wide range of image manipulation tasks. Local or networked directories/folders can be automatically scanned and added to the catalogue and keywords can be associated with files and used for searching.

As well as integrating with ArcGIS, MapInfo, and all exeGesIS applications, LibraryLink can  be supplied as a "Developer Kit", to be linked into any application that can issue a simple command with a Record ID and Type. This allows you to build LibraryLink into your own record-based applications. The LibraryLink catalogue data structure, and the functionality of the cataloguing/manipulation environment, can also be configured to meet your requirements so you can use it in any application - it is not confined to use with CMS making it exceptional value for money.

Features of LibraryLink

• Quick viewing of linked digital files from any GIS/database application
• Ability to catalogue and view almost all digital file types
• Viewer and Editor licences give different users appropriate privileges
• Full multi-user viewing and editing over networks
• Can also run on a stand-alone PC
• Fully configurable data display, using CSS style sheets and setup options
• Flexible options to control the functionality of the cataloguing and editing environment

LibraryLink will run on Windows 98 or higher and requires the .NET framework which in turn requires Internet Explorer 5.01 or higher. It supports almost all file formats (Image, Movie, Sounds, Digital Camera, Document). Click here for a list of file formats that can be catalogued by ThumbsPlus and LibraryLink.

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