This paper presents the most recent progress and implementation of the NILDE (Network Inter-Library Document Exchange) system, which was developed by the National Research Council (CNR) Bologna Research Area Library. NILDE is a web based document delivery (DD) software for libraries and end-users. It allows libraries to manage the entire workflow of DD activities, both borrowing and lending, through the provision of synthetic and analytical statistics, DD performance indicators "fill-rate" and "turn-around time", and support for secure electronic delivery. As new challenges in electronic publishing (such as increases in the price of journals, cross-access and licensing issues) have led libraries from all over the world to organize in consortia, the rise in NILDE users has allowed the building of a cooperation network to promote resource sharing based on a degree of standard quality of service and fair behaviour, and to establish an efficient communication channel among libraries, consortia and publishers. It has been proved that, in order to accomplish effective resource sharing, libraries should be willing to fulfil document delivery on a reciprocal basis, both requesting and providing documents. In particular, each library should make its best effort to expose and update its holdings by actively participating in collective national OPACs or in Italian meta-OPACs. It has been shown how, by adhering to these principles, libraries start up a virtuous cycle within the NILDE network, increasing its own value. As a result, the growth rate of numbers of NILDE libraries has accelerated, showing that the above said resource sharing policy is a real building block for success. In order to guarantee scalability and high performance operations, the overall system architecture has been rethought, ending up in the design of a brand new piece of software. New technologies, referred to as Web 2.0, have been incorporated into NILDE, making it an even more user-oriented and friendly tool for document delivery and scholar work.
Questo studio presenta i più recenti progressi e implementazioni del sistema NILDE (Network Interlibrary Document Exchange), sviluppato dal CNR di Bologna. NILDE è un software di Document Delivery web based per bibliotecari ed utenti finali. Consente alle biblioteche di gestire il worflow delle attività DD, sia in entrata che in uscita, fornendo statistiche sintetiche ed analitiche, indicatori di performance DD e supporto per la consegna sicura in formato elettronico. Dal momento che nuove difficoltà nel campo dell'editoria elettronica (aumento dei prezzi delle riviste, accesso incrociato e problemi legati alle licenze) hanno portato al riunirsi in consorzi, l'aumento degli utenti NILDE ha consentito la costruzione di una rete di cooperazione per promuovere una condivisione delle risorse basata su standard di qualità del servizio e di modelli di condotta corretti, e per stabilire un canale efficiente di comunicazione tra biblioteche, consorzi ed editori. È stato provato che, per rendere effettiva la condivisione delle risorse, le biblioteche devono essere disposte a fornire il servizio di DD su base reciproca, richiedendo e fornendo documenti a loro volta. In particolare, ogni biblioteca dovrebbe fare il suo meglio per rendere visibili e aggiornate le proprie collezioni partecipando attivamente agli OPAC nazionali o ai metaOPAC. Aderendo a questi principi, le biblioteche danno avvio ad un ciclo virtuoso all'interno del network NILDE, aumentando così il proprio valore. Come risultato, è accelerato l'aumento dei numeri delle biblioteche NILDE, mostrando che le politiche di condivisione delle risorse illustrate precedentemente sono un blocco reale per il successo di ogni iniziativa. Al fine di garantire operazioni ad alte prestazioni, l'intera architettura del sistema è stata ripensata grazie anche alla creazione di un nuovo pezzo di software. Le nuove tecnologie web 2.0 sono state incorporate in NILDE, rendendolo uno strumento ancora più user-friendly per il document delivery e il lavoro di ricerca.
NILDE: developing a new generation tool for document delivery
Mangiaracina Silvana;Tugnoli Alessandro;
2007
Abstract
This paper presents the most recent progress and implementation of the NILDE (Network Inter-Library Document Exchange) system, which was developed by the National Research Council (CNR) Bologna Research Area Library. NILDE is a web based document delivery (DD) software for libraries and end-users. It allows libraries to manage the entire workflow of DD activities, both borrowing and lending, through the provision of synthetic and analytical statistics, DD performance indicators "fill-rate" and "turn-around time", and support for secure electronic delivery. As new challenges in electronic publishing (such as increases in the price of journals, cross-access and licensing issues) have led libraries from all over the world to organize in consortia, the rise in NILDE users has allowed the building of a cooperation network to promote resource sharing based on a degree of standard quality of service and fair behaviour, and to establish an efficient communication channel among libraries, consortia and publishers. It has been proved that, in order to accomplish effective resource sharing, libraries should be willing to fulfil document delivery on a reciprocal basis, both requesting and providing documents. In particular, each library should make its best effort to expose and update its holdings by actively participating in collective national OPACs or in Italian meta-OPACs. It has been shown how, by adhering to these principles, libraries start up a virtuous cycle within the NILDE network, increasing its own value. As a result, the growth rate of numbers of NILDE libraries has accelerated, showing that the above said resource sharing policy is a real building block for success. In order to guarantee scalability and high performance operations, the overall system architecture has been rethought, ending up in the design of a brand new piece of software. New technologies, referred to as Web 2.0, have been incorporated into NILDE, making it an even more user-oriented and friendly tool for document delivery and scholar work.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
