New Hall Cambridge, 7 - 9 July 2003
Presentations
Tuesday, 8th July
16.00 Robin Murray
Portals
ROBIN MURRAY joined Fretwell-Downing in 1988
to lead the development of graphical MIS applications. He
has since held the positions of technical manager, technical
director and in 1999 was appointed managing director of
Fretwell-Downing Informatics. In June 2000 he also took
on the position of president of FD Inc., the company’s US
subsidiary.
He has played an active role in developing
Fretwell-Downing’s extensive product suite and has provided
consultancy worldwide for library systems involving public,
academic and special libraries as well as corporate information
centres.
Robin graduated from Cambridge University
with a double first in Mathematics.
Synopsis
A key problem faced by library service providers
is how to present a simple and integrated environment to
users whilst dealing with the multiplicity of information
sources and suppliers. During the last 12 months Portals
have rapidly become a hot topic as they are seen to offer
a potential solution to part of this problem.
The paper will present an overall model for the information
'Discovery to Delivery' process. Key components such as
Portals, Link Resolvers and Document Delivery/Inter-Library
Loan systems will be positioned within that model. The role
of each component will be described and also how they can
be integrated into a holistic information environment.
The Docusend service will also be presented
within this context showing how it can be deployed as a
key component of a Discovery to Delivery environment.
Presentation
(Microsoft PowerPoint file, 701KB)
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