The client-browser relationship

Bibis LMS has been completely rendered in web technology, in a client-server relationship. Or rather: in a client-browser relationship, because a roll-out of client software is completely superfluous in Bibis LMS. This is because it has already taken place, which gives Bibis LMS a number of extra facilities. In this way, when making a query in Bibis LMS you do not have to go back via the logical package structure in order to see a previous result. The browser's 'back' button is sufficient because the browser has cached the pages. Indexing is full-text, so every word is accessible using the Verity search engine. Bibis LMS does not, however, just carry out a full-text search within the title descriptions, but also carries out a Boolean search in the individual fields. You just give the search engine a query, and it will set to work. From wide-ranging to specific, forwards and then back again. It is the answer to the frequently-made request to 'be able to browse backwards as well'. Another important aspect is that the Bibis LMS user requires just one interface both for searching externally all over the world via the Internet and consulting internally in their own library. What Square really had in mind was the creation of a 'thin client', so that a 'thick' PC was no longer required. One interface and a PC with sufficient memory and hard disk capacity suffices for searching and for storing temporarily the information found. The browser is an excellent interface. This web technology will obviously have an enormous impact within the organization, with a high degree of acceptance of the interface chosen. Because each employee will know the interface and be able to use it. The consequences will be that the documents available will receive immense usage and that superfluous instructions and helpdesk questions will be reduced. In future everyone will create their own links and favorites themselves in the browser.

Internet and Intranet

Bibis LMS is ready for both, although Bibis LMS will generally be used in an Intranet environment or local-area network. It is easy to adapt Bibis LMS for wide-area networks. Because HTML is used, Bibis LMS can, of course, easily be modified to suit particular house styles. Square has made it possible for a number of cosmetic changes per customer to be made throughout the product by the use of style sheets. Anyone who wants to expand in order to publish can use Bibis LMS for this too: a few extra HTML pages are just added, the environment is, after all, ready. In addition, Bibis LMS can easily be included in an existing website.