Resource Sharing within an International Library Network: using technology                 and professional cooperation to bridge the waters

Butler, Barbara A.; Webster, Janet; Watkins, Steven G.; Markham, James W.

doi:10.1177/0340035206070165

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“…To integrate distributed resources and services, there are four models [2,3]: data replication, data federation, interface based integration and platform based integration. However, none of them could satisfy all the requirements of the CERS project, e.g.…”

Section: Resource-service Registry Based Architecturementioning

confidence: 99%

Design and implementation of a new architecture to share cross-platform resources and services

Shang

Liu

2010

The 2nd International Conference on Information Science and Engineering

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This paper is based on the "China Equipment and Education Resources System" project, aiming to share large equipment resources and related services nationwide. Based on the existing resource and service integration solutions, a new resource-service registry based architecture is proposed in this paper. The new architecture consists of two parts: resource registry and service registry. A service query optimization algorithm is proposed to improve the efficiency of the architecture. To validate the feasibility of the architecture, a prototype system is developed and the running effect is given.

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Section: Resource-service Registry Based Architecturementioning

confidence: 99%

Design and implementation of a new architecture to share cross-platform resources and services

Shang

Liu

2010

The 2nd International Conference on Information Science and Engineering

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“…Some other small international library groups have had success in building their own union catalogs and ILL systems around a Z39.50 virtual catalog -see, for example, (Butler et al, 2006). The Lebanese American University, in fact, has been trying to add AMICAL library catalogs as targets for their Z39.50-based federated search tool.…”

Section: A Group Catalog Based On Worldcatmentioning

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RESPOND: plugging AMICAL's international American universities into WorldCat

Gima

2009

Interlending &Amp; Document Supply

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Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to substantially update a presentation made at the 2007 IFLA Conference. It intends to describe the RESPOND project, a partnership between OCLC and the AMICAL consortium to enhance library resource discovery, and to report on initial outcomes. Design/methodology/approach -The paper describes the background for RESPOND, its key features and interesting challenges, and some of its expected direct and indirect benefits for the discovery and sharing of resources at AMICAL libraries. Preliminary statistics for group library holdings in WorldCat and OCLC ILL system use are examined. Findings -The time required for implementation and adoption of services was greater, and effective training more difficult to organize, than expected. Resource-sharing performance improvements still need to be measured, and many libraries are just starting to implement the project's services, but cooperation appears to be increasing between consortium members. The potential benefits for resource discovery and delivery remain great, and interest and participation in the project have spread to include nearly all AMICAL consortium members. Originality/value -AMICAL is an atypical consortium because of its geographically dispersed and highly international membership, but the challenges and results described here may be relevant to other efforts at international resource sharing and cooperation.

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