huc library meet
DESCRIPTION
Aug 2010TRANSCRIPT
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
Kathmandu, Nepal
ICIMOD Library
Project
HUC Librarians MeetingKathmandu
26-27 August 2010
Deependra Tandukar
Technologies
In use• CDS-ISIS, WebAgris (http://library.icimod.org.np),
BooksOnline (http://www.icimod.org/publications)
Tested and reviewed• KOHA-Greenstone, NewGenLib, Dspace,
Invenio…
Currently being developed• Invenio
ICIMOD Library Homepage
Why Invenio
Functionalities we were looking for
KOHA-
Greenstone
Dspace NewGenLib Invenio
Full text
indexing
User Interface Integration
between KOHA
and Greenstone
is not seamless
Good Good Good
Personalisation
Simple
Access
restriction Flexible
Flexible
Display of data Not user-friendly Not very flexible Flexible Flexible
CDS Invenio
• Integrated digital library system - formerly CDSware
• Free software (GNU-GPL)
• Complies with OAI-PMH
• Uses MARC21 as bibliographic standard
• Developed and maintained by the CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research
• Powerful search engine including parallel searching of external libraries/collections
• User personalisation, including document baskets and email notification alerts
• Flexible and powerful user right management
HUC Library concept
Concept
Builds on
• Connecting HKH libraries (first discussed in 2003)Couldn’t start
– technologies
– funding
HUC Board members (vice chancellors/
deans) called upon ICIMOD to explore the
concept of connecting the HUC libraries
especially to provide access to bibliographical
records and grey literature and full text thesis,
PhD to start with.
Dehradun meeting, February 2009
Goal
Link the libraries to give mutual access to
informationPossibilities (depend on agreement and technologies)
1. Metadata of documents of all (or some of) the
libraries accessible from all other libraries(each harvests the others’ data)
2. Metadata of documents of all (or some of) the
libraries accessible from ICIMOD (ICIMOD harvests data)
3. Metadata of documents of all (or some of) the
libraries searchable from ICIMOD(no harvesting)
Now
Library 1
Library 3
ICIMOD
library
Visit each library
separately to get
the results from
the libraries
Library 4
Library 2No online
presence
Library 5No online
presence
Any
Library
Option 1: two way harvest
Library 1
Library 3
Library 4
Library 2
ICIMOD
library
Visit any library
and carry out
integrated search
of all libraries
ICIMOD
library
Option 2: one way harvest
Library 1
Library 3
Library 4
Library 2
Library 5
Visit ICIMOD
library and carry
out integrated
search of all the
libraries at once
Option 3: parallel search
Library 1
Library 3
Library 4
Library 2
Visit ICIMOD
library, search
other libraries at
once
ICIMOD
library
Library 1
Library 2
Library 3
Library 4
Harvesting
Other
repositoriesBibConvert
BibHarvest
Repositories
(OAI Compliant)
Interactive
Submissions
WebSubmit
Metadata
HUC Libraries ICIMOD Library
Benefits
Issue
• Research done in our part of the world is not visible due
to difficulty in access
After libraries are linked
• Access to greater volume of knowledge including grey
literature and PhD theses(more efficient use of library resources, existing research become the basis for
further research, hence contributes to generate new knowledge)
• Easier access within and from outside the region to
regional research knowledge(helps publicise knowledge, avoids duplication and improves visibility, saves
time for researchers)
ICIMOD Library
Library 4
Library 1 Library 3
Library 2Library 5
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Access HUC libraries
from anywhere any time
with any device
Ideally!
HUC
Libraries