Z39.50 Gateway to Yorkshire Libraries

Peter Stubley University of Sheffield Library

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

• <http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/dlis/models/models3.html>

International Clumping

• vCuc: <http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/resource/vcuc/>

• CIC VEL: <http://www.cic.uiuc.edu/>

• UNIverse: <http://www.fdgroup.co.uk/research/universe/> • DBV OSI-II: <http://www.ddb.de/partner/dbv-

osi_ii_engl.htm>

• ZedWeb: <http://www.dstc.edu.au/RDU/ZedWeb/>

eLib Clump projects

• CAIRNS: <http://www.lib.gla.ac.uk/Research/cairns.html>

• M25 Link: <http://www.M25lib.ac.uk/M25link/>

• RIDING: <http://www.shef.ac.uk/~riding/>

• Music Libraries Online:<http://www.musiconline. uce.ac.uk>

Clumping in Yorkshire

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

Other Consortium members

• Leeds Library & Information Services

• British Library Document Supply Centre

• Fretwell-Downing Informatics

Aims

• Large-scale demonstration of Z39.50

• Enhancement of existing collaboration

• Demonstration of cross-sectoral collaboration

• Development of collection level profiles

Z39.50 common knowledge

• Search discrepancies– attributes

• Certainly not plug and play– server response diversity

• Results in lowest common denominator search

Z39.50 common knowledge II

• Reports on the web:

– <http://www.cic.uiuc.edu/CIC/cli/z39-50report.htm>

– <http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/resource/vcuc/ezarl2.htm>

Current service issues

• Access and authentication

• Inter-Library Loans

• Interface design

Access and authentication

• Free access; but authentication for ‘value-added’ services

• RIDING Access Policy

• Gateway authentication impractical

• Different ATHENS3 implementations across consortium members

Inter-Library Loans

• User eligibility

• Holdings information, particularly for distributed library services

• Links between RIDING and existing ILL systems

• BLDSC

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

Where do we go from here?

• Operational service from February 1999

• Evaluation, particularly end-user reactions

• Inter-clumping

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

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