System architecture of Library 2.0
| Pages | 283-291 |
| Date | 10 April 2009 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1108/02640470910947629 |
| Published date | 10 April 2009 |
| Author | Xinya Yang,Qunyi Wei,Xiaodong Peng |
| Subject Matter | Information & knowledge management,Library & information science |
System architecture of
Library 2.0
Xinya Yang, Qunyi Wei and Xiaodong Peng
Chongqing University Library, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China
Abstract
Purpose – The purpose of this article is to present a subsection circulatory management (SCM)
model of Library 2.0. The design idea of Library 2.0 system architecture is to be illustrated and a
five-tier model of service-oriented architecture (SOA) is to be put forward and analyzed.
Design/methodology/approach – The SOA model conforms to the desires of Library 2.0. Libraries
require integration of literature resources, knowledge services and operations management and
together all these integrations must be based on the user service. The realization of the concept and
technology of Library 2.0 is similar with the SOA model.
Findings – Current library management systems (LMS) remain at the era of Library 1.0, which
focused on literature management. The new design principles are aiming to manage library resources
much better. Library 2.0 must break through the current framework, and adopt a multilayer structure,
user-centered and service-oriented system architecture to integrate the resources, the services and
managements. Amongst other things, Library 2.0 should utilize the multilayer architecture based on
the module mode, improve the flexibility and adaptability of modern management systems, both in
system configuration and operational management.
Originality/value – The SOA model is applied in Library 2.0 for the first time and is divided into
five tiers – hardwaretier, system tier, data tier, operation management tier and knowledge service tier.
According to the architecture, three application systems – LMS based on librarians, knowledge
service system based on patrons, and knowledge search engine, are designed.
Keywords Computer applications, Library management,Digital libraries, Knowledgesharing, China
Paper type Research paper
Introduction
Library 2.0 is gradually becoming a hot subject of the library industry (see for instance
works by Miller, 2005; Card and Miller, 2005; Crawford, 2006; Michael, 2006; Bingsi and
Xiaojing, 2006; Hastings, 2007) and there are various understandings of it. We consider
that Library 1.0 is the concept of literature services aiming at library resources, while
Library 2.0 is the concept of knowledge services aiming at users. In this understanding,
the essence of libraries’ work remains literature services for patrons, but the concerned
focus has been transferred from literature management to literature requirements of
patrons, and from library resources to patrons.
Library 2.0 is a momentous development of this whole industry. In order to achieve
this concept, it is necessary to make a reformation to library management systems
(LMS), especially to the system architecture (Bischofs and Giesecke, 2005), with the
further development of library “information-ization” at present. Research on the
system architecture of Library 2.0 is essential. Chongqing University Library has been
engaged in researching and practicing on the Library 2.0 system since 2006. And the
service oriented architecture (SOA) architecture was firstly introduced to Library 2.0
system.
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Received 29 September 2008
Revised 22 November 2008
Accepted 25 November 2008
The Electronic Library
Vol. 27 No. 2, 2009
pp. 283-291
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DOI 10.1108/02640470910947629
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