Deploying Virtual Libraries
This session explores the deployment of virtual libraries and the emergence of ‘mega’ libraries that provide broader access to resources. It highlights user needs, the challenges of infrastructure costs, and the importance of local services that understand user preferences. We discuss existing standards for search and retrieval like Z39.50 and ILL, as well as the development of new ones such as NISO NCIP. The session also evaluates the integration of self-service applications with inter-library loan systems and considers the necessary coordination of services for maximizing resource sharing.
Deploying Virtual Libraries
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Deploying Virtual Libraries ZIG Breakout Session July 12, 2000
Deploying Virtual Libraries • Increasingly means ‘mega’ libraries • Users want/need broader access • Infrastructure too costly to duplicate • Local level service remains critical • Local library knows the user • Large investment in legacy systems • Standards required that allow • Creation of mega services and collections • Support local services
Standards repertoire today • Z39.50 • Search and retrieval of multiple resources • Cross database searching remains a challenge • Even within a common domain like catalogs • Little adoption by library-oriented IP’s • Result many libraries default to the browser as the integration tool
Standards repertoire today • ISO ILL 10160/61 • Taking off after a long taxi • Useful for resource sharing • Difficult to link with user self service applications
Standards repertoire today • NISO NCIP standard • Still in development • XML based • Assumes query services available in Z39.50 • Linking self service applications to ILL a question
What’s missing • Directory services for agencies • What else? • Where do they belong?
Coordination • What level of coordination is desirable • What is possible?
