Enhancing Resource Sharing Access Through System Integration

Abstract

The application and IT ecosystem of academic libraries typically includes multiple systems, with crucial functions requiring using or sharing information between them. However, library systems are often not well integrated, making workflows and system interactions less than optimal for both staff and patrons. The method to integrate systems that the IDS Project took was to create a middleware platform, IDS Logic, that can connect multiple library systems and open or vendor web services to create the best resource sharing experience for staff and patrons.

Design and Implementation of Information Resource Co-Construction and Sharing System in Electronic Library

“…As shown in Figure 1, the information resource sharing system can be divided into service layer, transaction management layer, virtual management layer and physical resource layer (Pritting et al 2017). The physical resource layer is at the bottom of the system, including the most basic hardware facilities: network devices, databases, servers, storage devices and computers.…”