University Library System, CUHK Chinese Name Authority Portal - One Stop Search 1 Chinese Name Authority Portal 香港中文大學圖書館系統 University Library System The Chinese University of Hong Kong Paul LAU University Library System (CUHK)

University Library System, CUHK Chinese Name Authority Portal - One Stop Search 2 What is Chinese Name Authority Portal? A single search interface for multiple Chinese Name Authority DatabasesA single search interface for multiple Chinese Name Authority Databases

University Library System, CUHK Chinese Name Authority Portal - One Stop Search 3 One Stop Search for Multi Name Authority Database

University Library System, CUHK Chinese Name Authority Portal - One Stop Search 4 Sites Covered LC (Library of Congress Name Authority Database, US)LC (Library of Congress Name Authority Database, US) NLC (National Library of China Authority Database, PRC)NLC (National Library of China Authority Database, PRC) 国家图书馆管理库 CNAD (Chinese Name Authority Database of Taiwan)CNAD (Chinese Name Authority Database of Taiwan)中文名稱權威資料庫 HKCAN ( Hong Kong Chinese Authority Name Database)HKCAN ( Hong Kong Chinese Authority Name Database)香港中文名稱規範數據庫

University Library System, CUHK Chinese Name Authority Portal - One Stop Search 5 LC (Library of Congress, US)

University Library System, CUHK Chinese Name Authority Portal - One Stop Search 6 NLC (National Library of China, PRC) 国家图书馆管理库

University Library System, CUHK Chinese Name Authority Portal - One Stop Search 7 CNAD (Chinese Name Authority Database of Taiwan) 中文名稱權威資料庫

University Library System, CUHK Chinese Name Authority Portal - One Stop Search 8 HKCAN ( Hong Kong Chinese Authority Name Database) 香港中文名稱規範數據庫

University Library System, CUHK Chinese Name Authority Portal - One Stop Search 9 System Flow Backend Server Outbound Processing Target site specific encoding conversion Transport request to target sites Inbound Processing UTF-8 conversion from returned result set Transport response to portal’s result page HKCAN CNAD NLC LC Internet Chinese Name Authority Portal User Interface

University Library System, CUHK Chinese Name Authority Portal - One Stop Search 10 Search Result Page (Phase I)

University Library System, CUHK Chinese Name Authority Portal - One Stop Search 11 Limitations (Phase I) Does not support Chinese character searchDoes not support Chinese character search Result page displays number of records onlyResult page displays number of records only

University Library System, CUHK Chinese Name Authority Portal - One Stop Search 12 Solution for Chinese Support Encoding conversion and Smart Chinese Search TargetEncodingConversion Smart Chinese Search Search Result NLCGB18030 UTF-8  GB18030 Traditional  Simplified e.g. 蘇軾  苏轼 GB18030  UTF-8 CNADBig5 UTF-8  Big5 Simplified  Traditional e.g. 中国  中國 Big5  UTF-8 LCUTF-8 No conversion Need both Simplified & Traditional : e.g. 台湾  臺灣 臺灣  台湾 Direct output HKCANUTF-8 No conversion Built-in support for both Simplified & Traditional Chinese search Direct output CNA Portal User Interface (UTF-8)

University Library System, CUHK Chinese Name Authority Portal - One Stop Search 13 Other Challenges Different MARC format used among the target sites.Different MARC format used among the target sites. –Not many direct common fields for information display

University Library System, CUHK Chinese Name Authority Portal - One Stop Search 14 Search Result Screen of Library of Congress

University Library System, CUHK Chinese Name Authority Portal - One Stop Search 15 Search Result Screen of National Library of China

University Library System, CUHK Chinese Name Authority Portal - One Stop Search 16 Search result Screen of Chinese Name Authority Database of Taiwan

University Library System, CUHK Chinese Name Authority Portal - One Stop Search 17 Search Result Screen of Hong Kong Chinese Authority Name Database

University Library System, CUHK Chinese Name Authority Portal - One Stop Search 18 Solution Develop a program to consolidate the result set into a collective result pageDevelop a program to consolidate the result set into a collective result page

University Library System, CUHK Chinese Name Authority Portal - One Stop Search 19 New Features in Phase II –Unicode support –Chinese character search support –Smart Chinese search capability –Consolidate result set

University Library System, CUHK Chinese Name Authority Portal - One Stop Search 20 Phase II - Chinese Name Authority Portal

University Library System, CUHK Chinese Name Authority Portal - One Stop Search 21 Interim Search Status Page

University Library System, CUHK Chinese Name Authority Portal - One Stop Search 22 Final Result Page

University Library System, CUHK Chinese Name Authority Portal - One Stop Search 23 Limitations (Phase II) Response time depends onResponse time depends on –network latency and availability of target sites, which is not much in our control and likely to remain as an unresolved dependency issue. –Solution Limit the maximum search result to 100 records per siteLimit the maximum search result to 100 records per site Target search sites changes’ implicationsTarget search sites changes’ implications –As there is no formal collaboration among all target search sites, any changes made to them would guarantee unpredictable results or system malfunction for the NA portal tool. –Solution Establish a self-test routine to ensure the normal operation of the portal, and act should anything goes wrong.Establish a self-test routine to ensure the normal operation of the portal, and act should anything goes wrong.

University Library System, CUHK Chinese Name Authority Portal - One Stop Search 24 Q&A Thank you! The End…