International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development

Kathmandu, Nepal

ICIMOD Library Project

HUC Librarians MeetingKathmandu26-27 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

AnyLibrary

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

Otherrepositorie

s

BibConvert

BibHarvest

Repositories(OAI

Compliant)

InteractiveSubmission

s

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 LibraryLibrary 4

Library 1 Library 3

Library 2Library 5

Interface

Access HUC libraries from anywhere any time

with any device

Ideally!

HUC Libraries