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Content is the information from your Millennium records that you display in the WebPAC. This section deals with the tools that you make available to your users in order to find the record or records that will satisfy their searching requirements. We'll cover such things as scoping, search limits, and indexes. We'll also look at how you can customize your users' search results so that they get the most useful information.
While discussing content, it is also useful to think about where your web pages might be hosted. Some libraries decide to keep their entry page on a separate server with a re-direct to the library catalog's home page (i.e. mainmenu.html). Others choose to keep everything on the catalog server. When making this decision, keep in mind that your content, the records in your catalog, are on the catalog server. When the catalog server is up and running, your web pages will lead to effective searching. If you choose to host your entry page on a separate server, keep in mind that if the other server goes down, maybe even for just maintenance, your entry page may be lost.
If your library is using scope menus, then this decision is made for you, as you will have to have the entry page on the catalog web server in order for it to work properly.
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