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The mission of the VTLS Development Team is to create and sustain a customer-focused, quality-driven, collaborative development environment to best advance the overall mission of our company.

The Software

Vectors iPortal

The iPortal is the Web OPAC for Virtua. It is written in C/C++, and acts as a Z39.50 origin (client).

InfoStation

The Software Formerly Known as Web Reports, InfoStation provides Virtua with its reporting capabilities. InfoStation is written in Perl, and communicates directly with the Virtua Oracle database.

VITAL

VITAL (VTLS Imaging Technology for Advanced Learning) is a Digital Asset Management product currently under development by the Imaging group.

Language Editor Web Edition

The Language Editor Web Edition is used to translate configuration files for the Vectors iPortal, the Book Locator, and InfoStation

MetaCat

Tame the MetaData Jungle with MetaCat. MetaCat is fundamentally a MARC record creation tool. It allows someone to create web forms with labels and data entry fields that get translated using templates into the fields and subfields of a MARC record. MetaCat is a brilliant tool that allows non Library Science trained entry operators create fully verified MARC records.

Fastrac

Fastrac is the name of the software and hardware offerings of the VTRAX division of VTLS.

The People

• William Barrick
  • William just received his MS in Computer Graphics from New Mexico Highlands University. On the weekends, he does woodworking and carving to escape from programming computers.
• Chris Dunavant
  • Fearless Leader, Gandhi in Disguise. When not occupied with Imaging projects or VITAL, Chris studies philosophy, politics, etc. He also maintains collections of music CDs, books and quotations.
• Rusty Earl
  • The Che of the group, Rusty is constantly talking of uprisings. He's also our resident sports expert, especially when it comes to Michigan Football. Rusty was an underwater archaeologist in a former life. He also is a History major, and can give you more details about fighting and warfare throughout history than you ever wanted to know.
• Joe Liversedge
  • Joe is our Graphics Guru. Besides working on the Book Locator, Language Editor Web Edition, the XBS and XVS features of the Chameleon, and VITAL, Joe is a company wide resource for PhotoShop and 3D Studio Max wizardry. Joe plays some mean Quake, fragging with the best of them.
• Tony Miller
  • Your humble Web Software Group webmaster. The source for Christmas stockings. Tony was a grad student and instructor at Clemson University before arriving in SW Virginia. Tony is now telecommuting from Galveston, Texas, which is a tourist destination.
• Eric Roth
  • Information Coming Soon
• Mark Scott
  • Dedicated to the cycling world, Mark commutes with a human propelled two wheeled vehicle on most days. Mark has always been a math geek, and even has a PhD in math from LSU. He has his own site which includes a download of a program that uses OpenGL to show a never ending staircase.
• Randy Whitson
  • Randy Whitson is the official Product Manager for the Chameleon. Harmony is the host machine for his advanced skin technology demos. Randy's previous existence was as a technical librarian at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Randy is the Captain Kirk of our group because when it comes to skins, he "boldly goes where no man has gone before".

Last modified: Tue Mar 1 10:56:42 EST 2005