Construction, Maintenance, and Script

Construction

• Perl script (what is perl?)
  • Developed with help from several CGI freeware resources
  
  
  
• One login file for all users
  • password&&login&&email
  • E-mail info used for bulk mailings
  
  
  
• A small text file for each user
  • On average 300 bytes
  • 4,000 users on a diskette

Maintenance

• Deletion script
• E-mail update script

Future Goals and Questions

• Expand beyond one edit screen?
  
  
• Move to database?
  
  
• Integrate with other library and university systems
  • Authentication, borrowing record, document delivery

Script

• E-mail jsghaphe@vcu.edu for a copy of the script
  
  
• Suggestions welcome