AARLIN

AARLIN ("Australian Academic Research Library Network") is an Australian project to develop "a national virtual research library system that will provide unmediated, personalized and seamless end-user access to the collections and resources of Australian libraries and document delivery services." [cite journal | author = Roberts, Kate | year = 2002 | title = The AARLIN project: a national virtual research library system | journal = Incite | volume = 11 | issue = 3 | pages = p.10 | url = http://web.archive.org/web/20021214010636/http://www.alia.org.au/incite/2002/11/aarlin.html ]

History

In late 1999, the AARLIN project, lead by La Trobe University, was funded by an Australian Research Council (ARC) grant of $250,000 through its "Research Infrastructure Equipment and Facilities Scheme" (RIEFS).

An additional $150,000 was contributed by the National Library of Australia and nineteen Australian university libraries.

Pilot

Six Australian university libraries were involved in the pilot phase in 2001 and 2002:
* Flinders University
* Murdoch University
* La Trobe University
* Swinburne University
* University of Canberra
* Victoria University of Technology

Operational phase

The AARLIN Project received $2.8 million from the DEST Systemic Infrastructure Initiative funding over three years 2002 to 2004. to implemented the system in participating Australian university libraries.

oftware

The AARLIN portal provides a simultaneous searching function, targeting OPACs, citation and fulltext databases, KINETICA, subject gateways, and other search engines. It also improves a user's access to fulltext data by deep linking to electronic resources or facilitating document delivery requests where appropriate.

The AARLIN project utilises two types of software, both produced by ExLibris:
* MetaLib, front-end search software that enables searching across a range of resources
* SFX, an OpenURL link server that helps library patrons navigate to resources and services relevant to their search queries

References

External links

* http://www.aarlin.edu.au/