The OneStop Shop A single enduser interface for search and discovery across digital library collecti

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The One-Stop ShopA single end-user interface
for search and discovery across digital library
collections

• Tom Girke
• Rolfe Westwood
• Jacqui Porter
• CSIRO Knowledge Information Management
• January 2003

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Agenda

• CSIRO and the CSIRO Library Network
• ENCompass and its components
• Implementation and customisation

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CSIRO

• Australias national science agency
• 20 research divisions and over 6000 staff
• Top 1 of scientific institutions world-wide
• 3000 papers published each year
• 3500 granted or pending patents
• 70 spin off companies
• Achievements

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CSIRO Library Network

• 45 divisional and site libraries
• Federated library network CSIRO, ANSTO, FSA
  CRCs
• Physical and online resources provided at the
  divisional level
• Union Catalogue (Voyager) 450,000 holdings

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Collective Resources

• Locally loaded AI databases Current Contents,
  CAB abstracts, Compendex
• Locally loaded full-text of 8 publishers
  including full set of 1600 Elsevier/AP
• Locally loaded article level metadata with links
  to full-text
• Remotely accessed AI and full-text content

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Why ENCompass?

• Standards based protocol
• Builds on existing CSIRO IT infrastructure
• Ultimately an Elsevier product
• Advanced Technology Partner

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ENCompass Solution

• LinkFinderPlus
• ENCompass for Resource Access
• ENCompass for Digital Collections

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LinkFinderPlus

• Traditionally
• Search database
• Search for the source
• Retrieve hardcopy or link via 856
• Server solution for seamless linking from
  citations and abstracts to full-text using
  OpenURL

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LinkFinderPlus
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Resource Access

• Single search engine interface for federated
  searching and linking
• XML based product that supports
• ENCompass
• Voyager
• Z39.50
• XML Gateways
• HTTP

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Digital Collections

• Aims to provide support for creating, organising
  and managing local digital collections
• Collections stored in repositories
• Described using locally defined metadata standard
• Dublin Core
• Encoded Archival Description (EAD)
• MaRC
• Locally defined

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Digital Collections

• Objects are attached to metadata records
• URL web link
• File residing on ENCompass server
• File on a local server
• Clipboard

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Digital Collections

• Records are created, organised and maintained by
  staff using the ENCompass client
• Bulk loading possible using metadata loader
• 75 file types supported

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Implementation

• Onsite installation June 11-13 2002
• Sunfire 6800
• 4x750MHz CPUs
• 8GB RAM
• Solaris 8 operating system
• Additional software Apache, Oracle, Tomcat and
  Perl

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Implementation

• Onsite training for 1 week following installation
• Hands-on
• ENCompass Implementation Working Group
• Covered Administration Client, Staff Client and
  customisation for CSIRO

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Customisation

• First need to decide on base metadata definition
• Dublin Core chosen
• Layout of high level collections and repositories

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External Repositories

• Supplied with preconfigured external repository
  definitions
• Incorporated using ENCompass clients
• Sometimes failed to produce the desired results

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Local Repositories

• Publications Metadata Database
• Photographic Archive
• Directory of Information Tools

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Results

• Knowledge of UNIX
• Knowledge of XML DTD
• Knowledge of XSL

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The Future

• Integration of Electronic Journal Collection
• Voyager Library Catalogue
• Internal and external repositories
• The one-stop shop