From patrick.schouller@inria.fr Sat Feb 22 09:26 MET 1997 Date: Sat, 22 Feb 1997 09:28:14 -0600 From: Patrick Schouller Subject: UNE BIBLIOTHEQUE ESPAGNOLE COMME PARTENAIRE THE UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID LIBRARY ANCIENT BOOK DIGITISING PROJECT. The university library has been working in the creation of a digital library of ancient books in support of preservation as well as a first step to offer a new service of networked access to one of the most important collections in Spain. At this stage, more than 100,000 digitised pages are accesible through the campus network using TCP/IP. The windows clients connect a central server (an HP 9000) running an application that has been developed on Informix. Further details can be found at http://www.ucm.es/BUCM/diosc/00.htm The library would be interested in collaborating in projects aiming at integrating this new electronic product into its services and collections, in particular covering issues such as: o Integration of the access to the traditional library OPAC (we are currently running a LIBERTAS library management system) with the digitised collection via open standards like Z39.50. o Integration of user access via the WWW. o Development of tools in support of long term availability of electronic materials (media for storage and distribution, use of appropiate data and format standards, etc.) The library could participate in a cooperative project in tasks of validation, as a test-bed site for services or products, incorporating an important, ready to use digitised collection, evaluation of use, etc. The contact person is: Pilar Moreno Responsable de Proyecto. Biblioteca. Universidad Complutense de Madrid. e-mail: pmoreno@buc.ucm.es Tlf.: +34-1-394 12 29 Fax: +34-1-394 14 28 **************************************************************** Patrick SCHOULLER MINISTERE DE L'INDUSTRIE DE LA POSTE ET DES TELECOMMUNICATIONS Direction Generale des Strategies Industrielles 3/5 rue Barbet de Jouy 75353 PARIS 07 SP Telephone : + 33 1 43 19 34 25 Telecopie : + 33 1 43 19 35 51 ****************************************************************

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