Abstract
The aim of the project was to launch a Baltic Marine
Environment Information
System which allows
users to search information using a geographical user
interface with
connection to text retrieval tools and to retrieve
bibliographic
references as well as
electronic original documents over the Internet. It
promotes, facilitates
and improves co-operation, resource sharing and networking
between libraries in
Baltic Sea countries.
The information
system developed is an extension of an existing
bibliographic
database, which is
accessible via traditional online information retrieval
systems
as well by common WWW
search form. Bacause a sizeable number of the
bibliographic
references in the database have an identifiable
geographical content,
they have previously
been relatively poorly accessible to professional and end
users. For this
reason a new geographical user interface was developed.
The project has
yielded a demonstrator (i.e. an Internet based service),
which
greatly improves the
accessibility and usefulness of the existing database on
Baltic marine
environment issues. Two versions of the prototype
demonstrator
are available for
viewing. Their usefulness can later be improved by adding
more
content, including
more original documents. They are likely to serve as a
generic
model for future
developments in the area of enhanced information
retrievability
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Reserch and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries. 2nd European Conference, ECDL'98. Herakliton, Crete, CR, 21 - 23 Sept. 1998 |
Place of Publication | BerlinHeidelberg |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 651 - 652 |
Publication status | Published - 1998 |
MoE publication type | D3 Professional conference proceedings |