catalog front page on outside server

[Rob Bruno <rbruno@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi-

Have any of you "bypassed" using opacmenu and mainmenu files, and instead 
used a webpac front page that was located on a different server?

Basically, what we are considering doing is using an html file located on 
our library's web site as the main catalog menu, and wanted to know the 
advantages and disadvantages of doing so.

For example, instead of having our front page be:

http://libcat.amnh.org/screens/mainmenu.html  (libcat.amnh.org is our 
Innovative server)

It would be:

http://library.amnh.org/catalog/index.html  (library.amnh.org is our 
library's web site server)

One problem I see with doing so is that if the library's web site goes 
down, access to our catalog will be cut off. However, an advantage would be 
that the page would be easier to update.  Any arguments for and against 
would be welcome.

Thank you
-Rob




Rob Bruno
Cataloging/Metadata Librarian
American Museum of Natural History Library
Central Park West @ 79th Street
New York, NY 10024
212.769.5644
212.769.5009 Fax