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ENCompass at Cornell
Prepared by Karen Calhoun for the
ARL Meeting on Portal Implementations
ALA, Atlanta GA
June 14, 2002
~Cornell University Library ~
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Key Problems and Needs
• KEY PROBLEMS
– Countless information resources, little time
– Searchers on their own to be aware of collections, know how to link, know how to search
• WE NEED TO HELP USERS QUICKLY AND CONVENIENTLY…– Learn what collections
are available– Learn which
collections are relevant to their needs
– Find the particular parts of collections that meet their needs
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Discovery Tool
“Central to the Scholars Portal service is a discovery tool that enables a user to search
across certain limited but diverse and distributed websites, library catalogs, and
databases of information resources to retrieve and integrate the results in a single
presentation.”
--Jerry Campbell,
Chair, ARL Scholars Portal Working Group
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Cross Collection Searching
• Unified access to widely distributed, variously described digital assets– EAD finding aid– Bird images– Full text (pamphlets)
• Complex challenge– Granularity of search results– Size and relationships of result sets– Hierarchy, context, navigation– More
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Differentiated Searching
• “Branding” a collection
• Many advantages to building and retaining “native” or “custom” interface
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Project Plan
• Phase One– Move e-Reference
Collection to ENCompass
– Run as test system
• Phase Two– Fully migrate rights
management to ENCompass
– End support for legacy system
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Added Functionality
• Direct searching of selected high-use databases– HTTP, XML Gateway, Z39.50
• Reference linking (LinkFinderPlus)
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Portals
Search box(es)
Channels(Content)
Other linksCalendars, Schedules
E-Mail, AddressBooks
Discussion groups,Chat
Shared workspace
Personalization(“My stuff”)
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ENCompass and Portals
• Deliver content outside ENCompass – To campus portal– To another Web site
• ENCompass 3.0– Personalization features (Like “MyLibrary”)
• Strategic alliance between Endeavor and major provider of learning management system
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Summary of Current Status
• Production ENCompass system– May Anti-Slavery Collection
• Test ENCompass system– Cross-collection searching
• Immediate next steps:– Migrate e-Reference Collection– Implement reference linking
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Future Directions
• Integrate Cornell OPAC searching into ENCompass• More Cornell-developed digital collections in
ENCompass• Continue using multiple technologies (ENCompass,
DLXS, Luna)• Linkages between technologies (e.g., ENCompass
and Luna)• Take part in campus portal and learning management
system initiatives• Collaborate on digital initiatives outside library