Some ISIS-Software History and Technical Background
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While free and open source software is gaining momentum in library automation, it is still not a trivial event to launch a full-blown integrated library system (ILS), given today's high demands on such library systems.
In this article, we describe the ISIS-software origins of the ABCD software. Many librarians, especially younger ones, have never heard about ISIS, its relevance, and its technological concepts, so we will try to shed some light on this in order for librarians to better judge the meaning of the ABCD software.
Editor's Note: This article was originally published in LIBER QUARTERLY 19 (3/4), February 2010. It serves as the foundational manifesto for the ABCD project.