NELLI, The Finnish National Electronic Library Interface Ari Rouvari 9. - 11.6.2004 ELAG 2004...
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NELLI, The Finnish National Electronic Library Interface
Ari Rouvari
9. - 11.6.2004
ELAG 2004
Trondheim
TOPICS
• Visions and aims• Implementing situation in Finland • Consortia model• Authentication / Authorization• User interface fetishism • The service core, The Triangle• An example of the use of Triangle
The Value Chain of Digital Library Services
Acquiring of digital resources
FinELib
Digitisation of cultural heritage
Mikkeli
Archiving of digital resources User
interface
”THE TRIANGLE” CONSIST OF
1. The portal (Metalib/SFX)• user interface / Authentication
• metasearch
• linking resolver & access restriction
2. Library system (Voyager)• description metadata
3. Document archive(Encompass)• technical metadata
• repository
Standard-base, standard interfaces• openURL, Z39.50, Zing, Marc
Portal
library
system
Document
archive
Z39.50ZING
OpenURL
CUSTOMERS & VISIONS
CUSTOMERS: Entire Finland• 20 university libraries (2004)• 30 polytechnics (2005)• (450) public libraries (2005)
20 regional libraries• research lib. (later)
VISIONS & AIMS• Easy-to-use• One-stop-shop• Single sign on • One search, all services• Centralized maintaining &
management• One server for the entire nation• Local user interfaces • tailoring• Local services• Collaborative development of services
Keep it simple stupid!
USER INTERFACE FETISHISM
Nelli-portal:• Local interfaces• Regional interfaces• National interfaces
Library system• OPACs
Document archive
Customer oriented way
More is better?
Nelli organization
• 14 000 ejournals• 175 databases• OPACs
• Nelli staff (Ari & Henri)• The Portal team (9)• local project managers (20)• local trainers (10)
document archive LS-
team
Portal team
The Triangle team
Nelli-portal in consortia environment
Centralized tasks:• co-ordinating the project• implementing / maintaining• updating SFX/Metalib• SFX activiting instructions• configuration (Metalib)• descriptions of resources• user interfaces (multi-
languages)• Development of services
Local tasks:• Authentication• Activating SFX-targets• Copying of conf. Files• Copying of descriptions• Local tailoring• Local services• training
Authentication & authorization
1. LDAP2. Remote
authentication hook• CGI-program• Shibboleth
– esay-to-use– Secure– Standard base
• IP address ranges• Shibboleth ?
Shibboleth authentication
Nelli-portal
Shibbolethtarget site= proxy
Home campus
3. Auth. OK
1. select home campus
2. Auth. starts
Shibbolethorigin site
login &password
LDAPdirectory
4. Attribute request
5. Response attr: email address
remote authenticationCGI-hook
Shibboleth authorization (vision)
Nelli-portalHome campus
SFX-target:ejournal database
Attribute Authority
Authentication
Handle service
SFX Resolver
Attribute query
Attribute resonse / pass on attributes
Metaserachtarget dbs
”THE TRIANGLE” CONSIST OF
1. The portal (Metalib/SFX)• user interface / Authentication
• metasearch
• linking resolver & access restriction
2. Library system (Voyager)• description metadata
3. Document archive(Encompass)• technical metadata
• repository
Standard-base, standard interfaces• openURL, Z39.50, Zing, Marc
Portal
library
system
Document
archive
Z39.50ZING
OpenURL
one scenario: digital music collection (legal deposit copies)
Search interface
Nelli-portal
Targetdatabase
Linnea-library system
Z39.50
recordsaccess control
SFX-resolverdigital archive
digital objects
special metadata
restrict access by collections
OpenUrl
OpenUrl
THE RESOURCE MAP OF FINNISH ACADEMIC LIBRARIES
Australian Libraries Gateway
Scottish Collections Network, SCONE
Describe
DCCD application
Evaluate
Conspectus method
CONCLUSION
Creative & innovative staff
Open Access
Librarians should
support free Information
Keep it simple stupid!
Technical environment
• Sun Fire 4800 and Solaris-OS• Software: Apache, MySQL, Oracle• Technical maintenance (patches in OS, all the
backups) by CSC, the Finnish IT center for science
• Connecting to the Funet Backbone Network
Strenghts & Weaknesses
+ Applications/softwares
+ ExLibris help desk
+ Management tools
+ SFX, it’s magic
+ SFX KDB
+ Exlibris attidute
- multi-language
- Consortia model
- Usability/ Quick search
- Ejournal tool
- Metalib statistics