Web Services Approach to Library Federated Search: Bangalore University Academic Library Network(Bal-Net) Initiative

Abstract

The objective of this project is to setup a co-operative framework and develop a central index system for accessing the collections of all Affiliated College Libraries of Bangalore University. This is ought to be achieved by applying a new approach for search and retrieval via SRU/W combined with MARC and Dublin core meta-data paradigm; harvest meta-data using Open Archives Initiative – Protocol for Meta-data Harvesting. The project includes a server, client and portal, functionality partly running on Server and client browser resulting in a low implementation barrier, maximum scalability, and browser independence, as well as giving users control over the search interface and what collections to search.