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DEF Catalogue project

DEF Catalogue project is a 5-year, £18 million initiative aimed at licensing e-journals, upgrading library systems, and developing portals and cross-catalogs. Led by Leif Andresen, the project involves the 12 largest research libraries in Denmark.

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DEF Catalogue project

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  1. DEF Catalogue project ZIG meeting October 2001Leif Andresen DEF Catalogue project - Leif Andresen

  2. DEF • DEF Catalogue project is part of the Denmark’s Electronic Research Library project - DEF: • a 5 year project • 18 mio. £ project Highlights: • Licensing e-journals • Upgrading library systems • Portals and cross-catalogs DEF Catalogue project - Leif Andresen

  3. DEF Catalogue project • Testbed in 3 steps • Gateway - Z39.50 client • Further development • Key participants are the 12 largest research libraries DEF Catalogue project - Leif Andresen

  4. Testbed in 3 steps Using 2 different gateways: 1. step: test connection and any- search: • First month fundamental errors in all targets • In few months: a lots of bugs in programmes and set-ups corrected DEF Catalogue project - Leif Andresen

  5. Testbed in 3 steps 2. step: test library to library a comprehensive testsuite based on danZIG profile level 0 with a few more complex searches • More bugs betrayed • Many unreliable servers • Problems response time DEF Catalogue project - Leif Andresen

  6. Testbed in 3 steps 3. step: test simultaneous searching in 12 databases: • More bugs betrayed • To many errors in ”complex” searches • Still problems with response time on some targets DEF Catalogue project - Leif Andresen

  7. Conclusions of testbed • We need continuous surveillance of target - problems with reliability • For production: only the ANY search is (still) sufficient reliable • Still bugs to correct DEF Catalogue project - Leif Andresen

  8. DEF gatewayservice • Part of the portal www.deff.dk • Direct access: defkat.dk • Based on selections of levels in 26 different subjects: • only few core libraries • also libraries with some less • also libraries rather small • all libraries DEF Catalogue project - Leif Andresen

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  14. Implementation details • Access to major Danish reserach libraries and key foreign library systems: BIBSYS, LIBRIS, British Library and Library of Congress • Link to ”Request screen” in owner library’s system • Link to www.library.dk - public version of Danish N.U.C. DEF Catalogue project - Leif Andresen

  15. New development • Possibility for repeating search in www.library.dk • For users without borrower card at owning library: Possibility for direct link to requesting in www.library.dk • For small result sets: Simple duplicate detection and sorting by Title DEF Catalogue project - Leif Andresen

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