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Breaking Barriers - How to be interoperable in the Heritage Sector

Breaking Barriers - How to be interoperable in the Heritage Sector. Diane Whittaker Sales Manager diane.whittaker@crxnet.com. Outline. Change, change, change Opportunities Interoperability Inter lending Resource sharing New ideas. Change, change, change. The old days

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Breaking Barriers - How to be interoperable in the Heritage Sector

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  1. Breaking Barriers - How to be interoperable in the Heritage Sector Diane Whittaker Sales Manager diane.whittaker@crxnet.com

  2. Outline • Change, change, change • Opportunities • Interoperability • Inter lending • Resource sharing • New ideas

  3. Change, change, change • The old days • Local catalogue, ILL region, BL • Local Government Reorganisation • Smaller authorities, new relationships • Best value – or how to do more for less • Library standards – or how to argue for more • Devolution / Regionalisation / ILL regions • Funding (or not!) • Peoples network / e-Government

  4. Opportunities - 1 • More connectivity • Newer library systems • Funding sources • HLF, Regions, NOF, PNEF…. • Government initiatives • Social inclusion, reader development, life long learning etc…

  5. Opportunities - 2 • New relationships • Between libraries • Across sectors • Encouragement to think differently • Regional Agencies

  6. Inter lending • New ILL arrangements • Moves towards new consortia • Supporting these with IT

  7. Being Interoperable • ‘A good thing’ • Improving access to resources • Solving some of the barriers to ILL

  8. Interoperability Issues • Union v distributed • Standards • Connectivity / Security • Systems • Data qualityand variance • Particularly CI databases • Data not originally intended for the public • Searching quality

  9. Some Crossnet Projects • SWRLS Wisdom • SWRLS Sage • LLDA Project WiLL

  10. SWRLS Wisdom • Existing ILL region • ILL infrastructure in place • Decision to introduce IT solution • Pilot project • 3 Different library systems

  11. SWRLS Wisdom – system • CRX System • Hosted • Distributed searching • Different views of the system for each partner • ISO ILL for placing requests • Where the user finds the item is not necessarily where it is loaned from • Searching tool is more a finding aid

  12. SWRLS Wisdom – experience • Connectivity • Getting the Z Server • Security issues • Persuading the IT Dept its safe • Library system issues • Searching, data quality etc • Business rule setting • Rotas, materials to loan etc

  13. Resource Discovery • Not just books…. • Widening the arena • Partnerships with other departments, organisations • Keeping within department disciplines • SAGE / Project WiLL

  14. SAGE • PNEF Funded project • DScovery system • Linking together heritage resources in SW • Museums, libraries, archives, community information • Z39.50, Modes

  15. Project WiLL • London Libraries Development Agency • Issue – service provided by 33 London Boroughs • Vision – to make all London resources available to all London residents / workers. • What’s in London’s Libraries

  16. WiLL • Links together all of the library catalogues • Links together as many Community information databases as possible • Pilot to add other resources – Archives / Museums

  17. WiLL – how? • DScovery • Hosted • Distributed searching • Z39.50, html, XML…… • Designed access so that users are guided to an area / region of interest

  18. WiLL – experiences • 23 sources connected so far… • Connectivity / Security • Standards • Open standards and e-Government • Searching quality • Data quality

  19. Futures • Does it matter where your ILL partner is? • Direct access for borrowers? • Finding material • Placing requests on members catalogues • Borrow or buy services • Reader development

  20. Questions / Comments Diane Whittaker Sales Manager Crossnet Systems diane.whittaker@crxnet.com

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