1. 18-1-2003Serenate1 Non-standard users: The Library Raf Dekeyser K.U.Leuven

2. 18-1-2003Serenate2 Why do libraries network? (1) Cataloguing –Copy-cataloguing (exchange of records) –Search access (useful for ILL!) –Collective catalogues (e.g. Worldcat) merged catalogues or virtual joint catalogue importance of standards for metadata (MARC21, Dublin Core) and exchange of information (Z39.50) –Integrated library management systems (in network) cataloguing, circulation, acquisition, user control... historical shift from dedicated terminals to client/server system to direct web interfaces

3. 18-1-2003Serenate3 Why do libraries network? (2) Interlibrary loan –Search and order –Electronic delivery –Accounting –Evolution from national towards large international networks

4. 18-1-2003Serenate4 Why do libraries network? (3) Database access –Bibliographic databases on campus server shared in library consortium web access to publisher –Full text journals special offers for consortia –Books, theses, courseware publisher’s network with “printing on demand” allows for broad distribution of rare books and cultural heritage documents –New possibilities: archives of scientific data (e.g., detailed output of experiments or calculations, genetic codes...)

5. 18-1-2003Serenate5 Why do libraries network? (4) Electronic Reference Service: “Ask a librarian” (e.g. QuestionPoint from LC & OCLC) –Network for knowledge sharing –Automatic routing of questions, based on collection of strength profiles –24/7 staffing becomes possible! –In USA already installed in large public library networks

6. 18-1-2003Serenate6 New model for scholarly communication Network of institutional e-print archives –inspired by Los Alamos “arXiv” (Ginsparg) –metadata exchange through OAI metadata protocol –harvesters provide intelligent access to documents Valuable alternative for commercial journals? –financially competitive –ideal for author-paid model –problems to make it acceptable to research community Validation method (peer review) –important success factor –technical solution still lacking –collaboration from learned societies requested –Internet allows for new methods for evaluation and impact measurement

7. 18-1-2003Serenate7 Requirements Interface software for (simultaneous) search and retrieval access to diverse database systems (different standards, metadata-sets, languages,...) Intelligent full-text search engine –translations: new life for non-English books and journals (important for Humanities!) –simultaneous search through thousands of repositories!? (e.g. JISC: test of 500,000 student’s essays against 800 million websites and archives for plagiarism – The Times 8/1/03) Foolproof quality label management system for peer review control Fast exchange of large multimedia files