ENCompass: A Portal Infrastructure for the Cornell University Library

IFLA Berlin, August 2003ENCompass WG: Eli Brown, Karen Calhoun, Adam Chandler, Sarah Chandler, John Cline, Nan Hyland, George Kozak, Marty Kurth, Paul McMillin, David Ruddy, Ed Zieba

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Why Change?• Migrate existing

functionality• Enhance with new

functionality• Development

partnership with Endeavor

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E-Reference Collection Functions and More

EXISTING: “FIND DATABASES” & “FIND E-JOURNALS”

• Search e-Reference metadata

• Go to database from search results

• Browse by subject• Authenticate users for

restricted resources• Search for e-journal titles

PLUS: “FIND ARTICLES”

• Search at article level• Simultaneous search

across multiple databases

• Reference linking

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Project Status• May Anti-Slavery Collection in

production May 2002• ENCompass e-Reference in production

May 2003• Remove links to legacy system week of

August 11• Project Web site, FAQs, and feedback

form– http://www.library.cornell.edu/cts/encompas

s/

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What’s Missing

• Many enhancements• Better interaction with library catalog

and acquisitions data• E-resource management• Authentication and authorization• Integration with CU learning

management systems• Integration with university portal (as it

develops)

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What’s Planned

• Mainstreaming support for ENCompass

• Integrate library resources/services into Cornell information landscape– Blackboard 6 upgrade

• Common framework for Cornell digital collections

Unified Services