The JISC Information Environment Service Registry
(2005) The JISC Information Environment Service Registry. ASSIGNation 22(3):pp. 9-11.
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Abstract
The Information Environment Service Registry (IESR) contains information about collections of resources that the JISC (Joint Information Systems Committee) makes available to researchers, learners and teachers within UK Higher and Further Education. In addition, IESR contains details of technical services, both those that make the collections available, and other significant `stand-alone', broker services, for example OpenURL resolvers. The collections cover all disciplines, but include many relevant to Social Scientists. The aim of IESR is to assist other applications, such as portals or virtual learning environments, in the discovery and subsequent use of materials that are relevant to their users' interests. It is a middleware, shared service, primarily intended for machine-to-machine access. But ultimately it should benefit end-users by facilitating more awareness of, and easier access to, relevant resources, maybe through the single point of search that a portal provides.
| Keywords: | service registry, collection description |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | L. Information technology and library technology. J. Technical services in libraries, archives, museum. > JZ. None of these, but in this section. H. Information sources, supports, channels. > HZ. None of these, but in this section. |
| ID Code: | 5222 |
| Deposited By: | Apps, Ann |
| Deposited On: | 23 December 2005 |
| Alternative Locations: | http://epub.mimas.ac.uk/papers/assign2005/iesr-assign-2005.html |
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