Online Catalog Information

The Irvine Sullivan Ingram Library's online catalog is a product called "Voyager" from Endeavor Information Systems, Inc. In June of 1998, the University System of Georgia chose this system for all libraries. The project, named GALILEO Interconnected Libraries (GIL), was considered an extension of the System-wide initiative called Georgia Library Learning Online (GALILEO), which began in 1995. The project was divided into three phases; in Phase 2, Ingram Library went into production with Voyager on December 20, 1999.

The project included authority control contracted with Marcive, Inc. Bibliographic records were processed by Marcive before forming the Voyager database. The GIL project includes on-going authority control.

As a partial depository for federal documents, Ingram Library also obtained retrospective records for selected items from 1976-1996 from Marcive. These records were also included in the production load.

The Catalog Department is responsible for creating and maintaining bibliographic records in the database. Endeavor's procedures for importing, creating, editing, etc. are followed.