ENCompass at Cornell

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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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Why Develop A Portal?
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A AND B
A NOT B
B NOT A
A OR B
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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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A Three Ring Circus
Networked Resources
Digital Collections
Portals
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Why ENCompass?
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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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http//www.library.cornell.edu/mayantislavery
Search
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http//www.library.cornell.edu/mayantislavery
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Cornell University Librarye-Reference Collection
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Project Plan

• Phase One
• Move e-Reference Collection to ENCompass
• Run as pilot 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
E-Mail, Address Books
Search box(es)
Discussion groups, Chat
Channels (Content)
Shared work space
Personalization (My stuff)
Calendars, Schedules
Other links
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Campus Portals, Learning Management Systems
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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