AARLIN

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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." ^[1]

1 History
2 Pilot
3 Operational phase
4 Software
5 References
6 External links

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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

[edit] 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.

[edit] Software

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