intraLibrary Connect - web services suite

The world of repositories is changing

How do you use digital resources stored in repositories? Does the repository seem like a “place” where you need to go to find things or are the boundaries of the repository so flexible that the resources are just there – where and when you need them?

Introducing intraLibrary Connect

IntraLibrary Connect is the web services suite for intraLibrary that removes the boundaries from the digital repository and makes its contents flow seamlessly into your everyday working environment.

IntraLibrary Connect has four functions:

· inform

· discover

· gather

· store

All of these make it possible to use the repository through other tools. You can be kept up to date with all the latest resources in your repository while you go about your day-to-day work.

Let digital resources find the tools you use

Which tools do you use most? Email, web browser, news reader, portals, iTunes, search engines, library catalogues? Wouldn’t it be better if the digital resources you want to see are fed into these tools for you?

Then there would be no need to set aside valuable time to search a repository, possibly for resources that don’t even exist there in the first place.

Why not let intraLibrary Connect do the work of letting you know what is available as you work?

Open standards based

IntraLibrary Connect is based on open standards and exploits these standards without you needing to know any of the technical details. After all, how many of us really know how email works?

Removing the mystery around resource discovery

The key to using digital resources is discovery. We need to know that something exists before we can use it. But once discovered we need to be able to assess its value. IntraLibrary Connect can deliver an accurate description of digital resources (metadata) right into your chosen news reader, library catalogue or web browser.

And, in a single click, you can see and try the resource, even if it is a complex interactive learning object.

And using the resource is even simpler. There is nothing to download, no software to install, simply cut and paste a URL to start using it wherever you like.