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ELAG UPDATE

ELAG UPDATE. Michel G Wesseling 17 April 2002. Integration OCLC and PICA. Main office in Leiden Local presence: 3 regional units Information Technology Center Create European Information Infrastructure Combine Products and Services of the two organisations. Products and Services.

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ELAG UPDATE

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  1. ELAG UPDATE Michel G Wesseling 17 April 2002

  2. Integration OCLC and PICA • Main office in Leiden • Local presence: 3 regional units • Information Technology Center • Create European Information Infrastructure • Combine Products and Services of the two organisations

  3. Products and Services • Library Management and Workflow: • Central Library System (CBS4) • Local Library System (LBS4) • Internet Portal Software (iPORT) • Services • Shared cataloguing and ILL • PiCarta / EUCAT • WorldSearch / FirstSearch • … Question Point • Digital Preservation Services

  4. 30 years union catalogues • Funding practices • National baggage: • Language • Characterset local versions • Library rules • Bibliographic format (MARC, MAB) • Cataloguing rules (RAK, AACR2) • Limitation of technology • Computercapacity • Network infrastructure

  5. Time for WorldCat? • YES: as a global resource sharing tool • YES: as a global reference and discovery tool • NO: as a traditional shared cataloguing system • NO: as a centralized ILL system

  6. Time for EUCAT! • Pan – European Meta Index • Physical not virtual: Google like • Regular update from union catalogues • Bibliographic records • Holding data • Matching and Linking, not merging

  7. Match-key NCC record Match key GBV record Lib. 1 Bib. 1 Lib. 2 Bib. 2 Lib. 3 Bib. 3 German presentation Dutch presentation NCC record GBV record Lib. 1 Bib. 1 Lib. 2 Bib. 2 Lib. 3 Bib. 3 Bib. 1 Lib. 1 Bib. 2 Lib. 2 Bib. 3 Lib. 3

  8. PiCarta • Reference and discovery services • EUCAT meta index • European resource – local view • Linking to regional authentication and authorization • All services are controlled locally

  9. PiCarta: access to service • User searches PiCarta index • Fast and reliable display of: • Result sets • Brief references • Full bibliographic details • Holding or Location information • User requests service • Authentication in local system • Services handled in remote systems • ILL-I through ISO-ILL gateway

  10. PiCarta and EUCAT benefits • Users • Single source Google like service • Fast, reliable and accurate • Librarians • Improved reference and delivery services • Improved usage of collections • Record supply services • Union catalogue holder • No need to maintain end-user access service • Lower cost of ownership

  11. 3 level Partnerships • Full partner • Supplies all bibliographic and holding information • Partial partner • Supplies bibliographic information • Associate partner • Supplies Z39.50 access to union catalogue • All partners • Authorisation and authentication services • ISO-ILL gateway support

  12. EUCAT: the challenge • Is Europe ready for EUCAT? • Is the technology approach valid? • Is OCLC PICA the ideal partner?

  13. Services Z39.50 Services Z39.50 Dublin Node + Holdings EUCAT • OCLC XWC • Bib, Authority and Library Directory Replication by Service • Data Filtering in Each Node by Service • Clearing House Fed Search Fed Search Data Rep Data Rep Services Z39.50 Other Node + Holdings Data Rep Z39.50 Data Rep Union Catalog Union Catalog Union Catalog Fed Search Data Rep Local System Local System Global Resource…Regional Autonomy

  14. TOLK QUESTIONS? ZNG Z39.50 iPort ABES EUCAT SFX GUM Marc21 WorldSearch OpenURL XML XWC OCLC

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