UKOLN is supported by:

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Making information accessible to UK academics and
researchers Rosemary Russell SPP Project
Manager, UKOLN
UKOLN is supported by
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The Challenge

• to build an on-line information environment
  providing secure and convenient access to a
  comprehensive collection of scholarly and
  educational material" (Joint Information Systems
  Committee strategy 2001-2005)

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Goal

• From fragmentation
• stand-alone digital resources
• many different search interfaces
• To integration
• seamless discovery across multiple content
  providers

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Subject Portals Project Approach

• The portalisation of existing subject Hubs
  provided by the Resource Discovery Network (RDN)
• To provide seamless access to a range of subject
  based information resources for users in the UK
  Higher and Further Education community (and
  beyond)
• Use same technology to surface subject based
  content in third party environments eg
  institutional portals, virtual learning
  environments (VLEs)

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Outcomes

• Portlets (functional modules) cross-search,
  newsfeeds, alerting, e-journal search
• Plug-in portlets to use within different
  frameworks
• Standards-based Z39.50, OAI, JSR168, WSRP
• OSS software (free) - GPL licence
• Extensible design

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Result for users

• Improved access to high-quality subject-based
  resources

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Cross-sectoral access initiative

• Research Libraries Network
• July 2004
• 3 million national framework
• to lead and co-ordinate the provision of UK
  research information
• joined-up services
• HE, national libraries, Research Councils
• executive based at the British Library
• (no website yet!)

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More info

• JISC http//www.jisc.ac.uk/
• SPP http//www.portal.ac.uk/spp/