Libraries at University of Nebraska-Lincoln

 

Title

Hot Digital Projects: The Encore Experience

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

4-23-2009

Comments

Presented at Innovative Interfaces Meeting, Oakland, CA, April 23, 2009.

Abstract

The Library ILS brings information from the World to the Campus and from the Campus to the World

Today’s Challenge
• Different local databases function as separate Intelligence Agencies that do not talk to one another
• Need to integrate the searching of the individual, unique databases
• Need interfiled records for local databases with traditional catalog entries
• Move beyond just linking to databases

Think “Harvesting” • Need to move from silos to organic markets that bring everything together without creating duplicate work
• Goal: a single search engine that brings together the catalog with the unique digital collections we are creating

Reaching the Goal with ENCORE
• Identify databases for harvesting
•Prepare databases for harvesting
•Harvest the data
• Integrate the display

Conclusions
• Technical issues were addressed while the system was available to patrons. Students coped well with the changing environment.
• Concerns of librarians and staff need to be addressed so staff do not discourage faculty and students from using the next generation search engine.