Scottish Library & Information Council Cross searching & Z39.50 Penny Robertson, Information Officer SLIC & CILIPS Scottish Library & Information Council
Overview Background Issues Tools Future
Scottish Library & Information Council Background CAIRNS (Cooperative Information Retrieval Network for Scotland). A cross sectoral z39.50 interface. Developed by Centre for Digital Library Research & Scottish Library & Information Council Users can dynamically landscape z targets for their own use
Scottish Library & Information Council CAIRNS CAIRNS, the service
Scottish Library & Information Council Issues Jumping the IT hoop Limited systems experience Inconsistency of Z servers Promotion of CAIRNS
Scottish Library & Information Council Tools Horizon Information Portal test bed for Z targets SCAMP interface and the traffic light system
Scottish Library & Information Council SCAMP SCAMP, staff portal
Scottish Library & Information Council Future Liaise with Z contacts to alert CAIRNS to upgrades migration etc. Interrogation of non SQL databases
Scottish Library & Information Council Thank You! CAIRNS: Contact: Penny Robertson e: t: