ELAG 2001 - Integrating Heterogeneous Resources - Prague, 6-8 June 2001

Tomsk Polytechnic University Progress Report 2001

  1. Institution

    2. Tomsk Polytechnic University
    30 let Pobedy 7 - 20
    Tomsk,  634055  Russian Federation

    ELAG Contact Person:
    Mr. Oleg Kolobov (IT engineer) , oleg@lib.tpu.ru , phone:+7(3822)41-57-48, +7(3822)59-95-03

    Institution Type: University Library

    Mission Statement

    The Scientific Technical Library of Tomsk Polytechnic University works during two last years in such important directions:

    • The developing of the new automated system for the library cataloging and circulation process. Our main partner is the Open Library System Center of St. Petersburg State Technical University (the RUSLAN system).
    • The adaptation of the local information resources in compatibility to international standards.
    • The participation in corporate union libraries of Tomsk region works on principles of the distributed information system.
    • The granting of the local bibliographic records via Z39.50 services.

  2. Library automation

      3. Hardware & System Software

      Servers:
      HP NetServer LC3/UNIX(FreeBSD)/Internet service, Intel based PC server/NetWare 4.11/for file oriented applications, Intel based PC server/UNIX(FreeBSD)/maintains diskless X-Windows workstations for public access.

      Clients:
      Diskless MS-DOS stations, diskless X Windows workstations under FreeBSD and Windows 98/2000.

  3. Union Catalogue

    1. Software used

      2. Based on Z39.50 fronted servers (Zebra, Indexdata ApS.) with a few modifications.

    2. New features

      3. Web access to Z39.50 environment through Z39.50 gateway.

  4. Digital Library

    5. We digitize the documents on demand in order to delivery documents via e-mail or printouts.

  5. Special web services

    6. Web access to Z39.50 environment for information retrieval service for local and non-local Z39.50 servers.

  6. Research and technology development projects

    7. The distributed corporate information system based on Z39.50 client/servers applications for Information Retrieval tasks: Z39.50 fronted server with support EXPLAIN task, Web/Z39.50 gateway based on Perl language extentions, Z39.50 proxy service, stand alone generic GUI client for experimental tasks.

Reported by Oleg Kolobov <oleg@lib.tpu.ru>

Tomsk, Russian Federation, 24 May 2001

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