MODELS

Introduction

MODELS (1995-2000) was a UKOLN initiative supported by the Electronic Libraries Programme and the British Library. It was motivated by the recognised need to develop an applications framework to manage the rapidly multiplying range of distributed heterogeneous information resources and services being offered to libraries and their users. Without an appropriate framework, use of networked information cannot be as effective as it should be. MODELS provided a forum within which the UK library and information communities could explore shared concerns, address design and implementation issues, initiate concerted actions, and work towards a shared view of preferred systems and architectural solutions. The project manager was Rosemary Russell and project director Lorcan Dempsey.

• MODELS overview
• Short MODELS article in Ariadne 8, (April 1997)
• MODELS annual report to eLib (1997/8)
• MODELS annual report to eLib (1996/7)
• MODELS annual report to eLib (1995/6)
• eLib flyer
• Publications relating to distributed library systems and MODELS
• eLib supporting studies managed by UKOLN - resulting from MODELS and other sources
• Web pages about Z39.50 in Europe
• The Agora hybrid library project is based on the MODELS Information Architecture

MODELS Information Architecture (MIA)

• Requirements Analysis Study
  • Hybrid Information Environments - Overview and Requirements
  • The MIA Logical Architecture
  • MIA Functional Model
• An MIA view of DNER portals

Workshops

MODELS Phase III

• MODELS 11 - UKOLN/mda Terminology workshop
• MODELS 10 - rights management
• MODELS 9 - the MODELS Information Architecture (MIA) and hybrid information environments

MODELS Phase II

• MODELS 8 - an integrated environment for learning and teaching
• MODELS 7 - the MODELS Information Architecture (MIA): deployment
• MODELS 6 - a distributed national electronic resource?

MODELS Phase I

• MODELS 5 - managing access to a distributed library resource
• MODELS 4 - integrating access to resources across multiple domains
• MODELS 3 - national resource discovery: organising access to printed scholarly material This workshop developed the notion of clumps - groups of distributed catalogues. Clump technical documents including the MODELS Z39.50 Interoperability Profile are available via the clumps page.
• MODELS 2 - metadata for network information objects
• MODELS 1 - article discovery and request