Academic LinkShare

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Academic LinkShare (ALS) is a virtual library with the aim of networking libraries in the German-speaking area. The aim is to set up a common data pool . ALS covers the areas of economics , law , political science and the like. a. The ALS office is based in Hamburg .

target

The aim of cooperative development ( metadata sharing ) is to save resources. Establishing and maintaining link collections made accessible by libraries ( specialist information guides ) are very time-consuming. Due to the high degree of overlapping of technically relevant sources in the neighboring disciplines of up to 30 percent, there is a high volume of savings here, which is fully exploited by metadata sharing. Since the cooperative development began in 2001, over 90,000 sources have been recorded.

organization structure

The network partners are responsible for the development and permanent operation of the technical system, the development rules and for the marketing of the network. All network partners are providers of a virtual specialist library , the operation of which is the exclusive responsibility of the respective network partner. Members of the association are currently:

  • Bavarian State Library (BSB)
  • German Central Library for Economics (ZBW)
  • German-French Institute (dfi)
  • European Documentation Centers (EDZ)
  • GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies ( GIGA-Hamburg )
  • Herder Institute Marburg
  • State and University Library Hamburg ( SUB Hamburg )
  • Berlin State Library - Prussian Cultural Heritage (SBB)
  • Erlangen-Nuremberg University Library
  • University Library Frankfurt ( UB Ffm )
  • Mainz University Library
  • University and State Library Bonn (ULB)
  • University and City Library Cologne ( USB Cologne )

technology

The LinkShare System 1.0 (LSS) is a modular system that was designed for the cooperative development and management of digital network objects such as internet sources, scientific full texts, (electronic) journals as well as specialist and factual databases . The sources are recorded web-based via a recording mask by the cooperating institutions.

literature

  • Nina Causemann, Ivo Vogel: The Virtual Law Library: Concept, Modules, Outlook , in: Bibliotheksdienst 39 (2005) 5, pp. 599–614
  • Jürgen Christof, Birgit Fingerle, Katja Heyke: Metadata Sharing: Union Cataloging of Internet Sources , in: ZfBB 51 (2004) 3, pp. 152–158.
  • Jürgen Christof: ViFaPol - Virtual Specialized Library Political Science , in: Bibliotheksdienst 37 (2003) 8/9, pp. 1066-1076.
  • Alexandra Ersfeld, Birgit Fingerle: EconBiz - The Virtual Specialized Library for Economics; a joint project of the USB Cologne and the ZBW , in: Bibliotheksdienst 37 (2003) 3, pp. 320–329.

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