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Technology has unlocked a universe of digital resources. How does your media center manage them? Accessing, storing, describing, and managing this information can be confusing and time-consuming—but it doesn't have to be. Fully integrated with the Via system, Innovative's digital collections products are the answer. We provide you with a completely integrated solution that ensure that your digital collections are as well-organized and accessible to users as are your traditional collections. MAPIncreasingly, media centers offer a more diverse array of information resources—both in electronic and print formats. The challenge for the school library is to provide access to all of these resources in an integrated and user-friendly way. MAP meets this challenge with three independent components: Together, these tools provide the media center with the ability to manage and control access to all of the information resources by providing smart linking, multi-protocol meta-searching, and authentication. WebBridgeWebBridge offers a smart linking capability, enabling libraries to link information resources together when appropriate. This can include content enrichment such as book-jacket images and book reviews, but can also include linking to the most appropriate copy of full-text journal articles or e-books. Each resource is offered only if specific criteria are met based on elements from the record or the student's search. These related resources can be categorized under library-defined services such as book reviews, similar titles, holdings at other libraries, full-text availability, and book-jacket images. WebBridge can create these lists of related resources from any electronic resource in the media center's collection that supports a WebBridge link. WebBridge also includes a management tool to define and maintain the resources.
MetaFindMetaFind is an information portal that offers a meta-searching capability against the sources to which a library subscribes. MetaFind provides one-stop searching across the library's defined information resources. These can be licensed full-text or citation databases, Web sites, search engines, Z39.50 databases, library catalogs, local digital collections, and more. The grouping of the information resources is configurable by the library; different looks can be offered to different groups within the media center. Innovative interfaces has partnered with MuseGlobal to power MetaFind.
Web Access ManagementWeb Access Management is the premier solution for libraries wanting to provide remote-patron verification to licensed databases. Web Access Management uses a proxy server to control access to licensed Web servers, providing access to these resources to valid patrons searching from anywhere. Web Access Management fully controls the access and authentication issues that are so important to libraries serving a geographically distributed student base. MetaSourceMetaSource is a suite of tools that allows school libraries to effectively manage their digital collections. MetaSource is made up of three components: Together, these tools create a comprehensive digital library management strategy. Millennium Media ManagementMillennium Media supports the creation of a local media collection (e.g., archival material, lecture notes, or audio files). The digital collection can be stored in the library's format of choice and is fully integrated into the Web OPAC for searching and viewing. A Copyright and Access component is used to provide controlled access to digital collections such as electronic reserve material, local historical image collections, distance learning information, or curriculum guides and bibliographies. Media Management also provides a robust and feature-rich Electron Course Reserves module. Media can be associated with course records and copyright, and patron authentication provides the tools media centers need for full electronic course reserve management.
XML HarvesterXML Harvester leverages XML technology to provide an automated cataloging tool which can create library records from metadata records stored on servers anywhere in the world. The XML Harvester unifies access to different XML databases by integrating external records into the library catalog and making it a single repository for the library's different digital collections. Metadata BuilderMetadata Builder allows school libraries to effectively and efficiently describe and store digital collections using a variety of metadata schemes such as Dublin Core or EAD. THis tool gives school libraries the ability to enter, batch load, store, and export XML in a defined metadata scheme, and lings digital objects with appropriate metadata (e.g., image database with Dublin Core or digital archives with EAD). Electronic Resource ManagementAs information resources increasingly become digitized, libraries are looking for tools to efficiently manage electronic resources. Electronic Resource Management solves the problem of having to develop local control mechanisms for managing licensed resources such as e-journals, Abstracting and Indexing (A&I) databases, and full-text databases. Fully integrated with the Via system, Electronic Resource Management enables school libraries to keep track of their e-journal licensing and purchasing details using a single system, streamlining workflows, and eliminating the need to maintain separate databases. Electronic Resource Management enables libraries to:
XML ServerThe XML Server outputs XML data that can be transformed into other XML formats, such as Dublin Core or EAD, using appropriate crosswalks, or into HTML for display purposes. The XML Server opens the quality and content of the library catalog to other uses and users that may not be familiar with MARC standards.
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