Managing Your Library Resources

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Managing Your Library Resources

• The Endeavor Perspective

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Agenda

• Introduction ??
• Endeavor Company ????
• Endeavor Vision ?????
• ENCompass Digital Library Framework ????????
• Endeavor Solutions ????
• Linking ??
• Federated Searching ????
• Digital object management ??????

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Endeavor Representatives

• Bob Lobascio
• Vice-President, Sales
• Tim Tamminga
• Director, Major Accounts
• Gregor van Essen
• Director, International Sales
• Sixuan Zhong
• China Representative
• Tan Weai Chee
• Product Support Specialist

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Endeavor Information Systems

• Offices ??????????
• Chicago, USA (headquarters) ??
• United Kingdom ??
• The Netherlands ??
• Australia ????
• Singapore ???
• 160 staff members 31 with advanced library
  science degrees 160 ???,?????????????31
• Part of Elsevier since 2000 ??Elsevier???

• Customers ????
• 1150 Voyager
• 125 ENCompass
• 150 LinkFinderPlus
• 10 National Libraries
• 5 continents
• 16 countries

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??ENCompass????

• gt125 libraries worldwide ????
• Cornell University (US)
• National University of Singapore
• University of British Columbia (Canada)
• University of Edinburgh (Scotland)
• National Library of Medicine (US)
• London School of Economics (England)
• The Getty Center
• University of Auckland (New Zealand)
• National Library of New Zealand
• University of Helsinki (Finland)
• University of Western Sydney (Australia)
• Open University (England)
• University of Toronto (Canada)
• CNRS/INIST (France)

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Technology Advantage

• labs.elsevier.com
• Labs is where innovative ideas and technologies
  are developed and presented for Elsevier
  value-add services.

• Technology
• FAST Search Engine in ENCompass

• User Centered Design Group
• ENCompass User Interface

• E-Learning Research Group

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The Digital Library Challenge

• The Evolving Library ??????
• Todays information resources collections are
  evolving ?????
• Combinations of- paper and digital format ?????
• - local and remote storage?????
• Libraries have increasing difficulty managing
  hybrid collections ????????
• Patrons have increasingdifficulty finding what
  they need ????

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If Users Cant Find It
The Effect
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The Endeavor Solution
The solution for managing, searching, and
linking all of your resources ????,??,?????????
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ENCompass Digital Library Building Blocks

• Data Management Modules
• Databases which locally store a wide range of
  metadata and associated objects
• Examples Marc Records, XML, Full Text
  Repository
• Integration Modules
• Integration modules leverage data from data
  management to use with other applications
• Examples Linking, Federated Searching
• Library Operating Systems Modules
• Modules that provide the overriding structure and
  architecture to provide context for the library
  systems
• Examples End User Interface, Access
  Entitlements

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ENCompass Framework ??
Library Operating Systems Modules?????????
Remote Resources????
Data Management Modules??????
Integration Modules ????
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Library System
ENCompass
Circulation
Cataloguing
Acquisitions
Serials
Local Content????
Library OPAC
Web Content????
L I N K S
L I N K S
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ENCompass Modules

• Linking ??
• Portal / Federated Searching??/????
• Digital object management??????

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LinkFinderPlus

• LinkFinderPlus is a tool that helps the users
  to navigate from one database to
  another????????????

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Where can I find the article?
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LinkFinderPlus

• OpenURL is the worldwide standard for linking
• Context sensitive
• All your subscriptions are stored in the
  LinkFinderPlus Knowledge Base
• No dead-links!
• ? Your users save time and frustration!
• Pre-populated Knowledge Base of 22,000 titles
• ? The library saves times and money!
• gt150 libraries in 10 countries use LinkFinderPlus

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ENCompass for Resource Access

• Library Portal single point of access to all
  your resources
• E-journals
• AI databases
• Websites
• etc,
• Basic and advanced searching
• Multi-protocol Z39.50, HTTP, XML Gateway
• Virtual collections
• Completely configurable user interface (XSLT)
• Personalisation (save searches, alerts, etc.)

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ENCompass is fully UNICODE compliant !
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ENCompass for Digital Collections

• Create and maintain local digital collections
• Very flexible metadata structures
• Dublin Core, EAD, TEI, full text, custom
• Online creation or batch loading of descriptive
  metadata
• All metadata stored in XML
• Multiple databases (repositories) in a single
  system
• Hierarchical organization possibilities
• FAST search engine ensure scalability and
  performance
• Access and entitlements
• OAI compliant

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Our plans for China

• Objective Customize and Localize ENCompass for
  China to meet YOUR needs and requirements????????
  ??????????
• Sixuan Zhong appointed as Endeavors
  representative for China??????Endeavor?????
• Identifying strategic partners formulate
  development plan
• Timeframe next 6-9 months
• ??????

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More information?

• Visit our website
• http//www.endinfosys.com
• http//encompass.endinfosys.com
• Email info_at_endinfosys.com
• THANK YOU!