Z39.50 Gateway to Yorkshire Libraries Peter Stubley University of Sheffield Library

what is a C L U M P ? An aggregation of catalogues –may be ‘physical’ – a union catalogue – or ‘virtual’– created at the time of searching

International Clumping vCuc: CIC VEL: UNIverse: DBV OSI-II: ZedWeb:

eLib Clump projects CAIRNS: M25 Link: RIDING: Music Libraries Online:

Clumping in Yorkshire

Z39.50 Gateway to Yorkshire Libraries Yorkshire and Humberside Universities Association: University of Bradford University of Huddersfield University of Hull University of Leeds Leeds Metropolitan University Lincolnshire & Humberside University University of Sheffield Sheffield Hallam University University of York

Other Consortium members Leeds Library & Information Services British Library Document Supply Centre Fretwell-Downing Informatics

Aims Large-scale demonstration of Z39.50 Enhancement of existing collaboration Demonstration of cross-sectoral collaboration Development of collection level profiles

Z39.50 common knowledge Search discrepancies –attributes Certainly not plug and play –server response diversity Results in lowest common denominator search

Z39.50 common knowledge II Reports on the web: –

Current service issues Access and authentication Inter-Library Loans Interface design

Access and authentication Free access; but authentication for ‘value- added’ services RIDING Access Policy Gateway authentication impractical Different ATHENS3 implementations across consortium members

Inter-Library Loans User eligibility Holdings information, particularly for distributed library services Links between RIDING and existing ILL systems BLDSC

Interface design Choice of targets –Collection level descriptions Display of hits from multiple targets –variable server response rates Incorporation of textual information (e.g. access policy) Linking to existing Web pages

Where do we go from here? Operational service from February 1999 Evaluation, particularly end-user reactions Inter-clumping

Where do we go from here? Operational service from February 1999 Evaluation, particularly end-user reactions Inter-clumping A broader vehicle within the YHUA Document delivery/direct end-user charging

What did RIDING ever do for us? Co-operation and working together for the common good Preparation of an access policy across the region Exploring pro-active interlending Continuing good relations with BLDSC Exploring cross-sectoral links