Z39.50 Gateway to Yorkshire Libraries

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Z39.50 Gateway to Yorkshire Libraries

• Peter Stubley University of Sheffield Library

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what is a C L U M P ?

• An aggregation of catalogues
• may be physical a union catalogue or
  virtual created at the time of searching
• lthttp//www.ukoln.ac.uk/dlis/models/models3.htmlgt

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International Clumping

• vCuc lthttp//www.nlc-bnc.ca/resource/vcuc/gt
• CIC VEL lthttp//www.cic.uiuc.edu/gt
• UNIverse lthttp//www.fdgroup.co.uk/research/unive
  rse/gt
• DBV OSI-II lthttp//www.ddb.de/partner/dbv-osi_ii_
  engl.htmgt
• ZedWeb lthttp//www.dstc.edu.au/RDU/ZedWeb/gt

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eLib Clump projects

• CAIRNS lthttp//www.lib.gla.ac.uk/Research/cairns.
  htmlgt
• M25 Link lthttp//www.M25lib.ac.uk/M25link/gt
• RIDING lthttp//www.shef.ac.uk/riding/gt
• Music Libraries Online lthttp//www.musiconline.
  uce.ac.ukgt

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Clumping in Yorkshire
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Z39.50 Gateway to Yorkshire Libraries

• Yorkshire and Humberside Universities
  Association
• University of Bradford
• University of Huddersfield
• University of Hull
• University of Leeds
• Leeds Metropolitan University
• Lincolnshire Humberside University
• University of Sheffield
• Sheffield Hallam University
• University of York

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Other Consortium members

• Leeds Library Information Services
• British Library Document Supply Centre
• Fretwell-Downing Informatics

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Aims

• Large-scale demonstration of Z39.50
• Enhancement of existing collaboration
• Demonstration of cross-sectoral collaboration
• Development of collection level profiles

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Z39.50 common knowledge

• Search discrepancies
• attributes
• Certainly not plug and play
• server response diversity
• Results in lowest common denominator search

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Z39.50 common knowledge II

• Reports on the web
• lthttp//www.cic.uiuc.edu/CIC/cli/z39-50report.htmgt
  
• lthttp//www.nlc-bnc.ca/resource/vcuc/ezarl2.htmgt

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Current service issues

• Access and authentication
• Inter-Library Loans
• Interface design

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Access and authentication

• Free access but authentication for value-added
  services
• RIDING Access Policy
• Gateway authentication impractical
• Different ATHENS3 implementations across
  consortium members

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Inter-Library Loans

• User eligibility
• Holdings information, particularly for
  distributed library services
• Links between RIDING and existing ILL systems
• BLDSC

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Interface design

• Choice of targets
• Collection level descriptions
• Display of hits from multiple targets
• variable server response rates
• Incorporation of textual information (e.g. access
  policy)
• Linking to existing Web pages

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Where do we go from here?

• Operational service from February 1999
• Evaluation, particularly end-user reactions
• Inter-clumping

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Where do we go from here?

• Operational service from February 1999
• Evaluation, particularly end-user reactions
• Inter-clumping
• A broader vehicle within the YHUA
• Document delivery/direct end-user charging

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What did RIDING ever do for us?

• Co-operation and working together for the common
  good
• Preparation of an access policy across the region
• Exploring pro-active interlending
• Continuing good relations with BLDSC
• Exploring cross-sectoral links

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