Study on the National Agricultural Digital Library Information Integrated Service in China [Article and Abstract]

Abstract

This paper describes the National Agricultural Digital Library Information Integrated Service (DLIIS), a user-oriented information service platform serving China’s agricultural science and technology sector, that seamlessly integrates a large volume of distributed content and information resources and techniques with a mechanism to enhance the cooperation of participating organizations. The integrated platform, which is part of the development of the digital library, synthesizes multi-functions of library services and gives the users the opportunity to access information when and how they want. The paper emphasizes the National Agricultural DLIIS System design and information integrated service platform through a discussion of the:

• establishment of a user oriented National Agricultural DLIIS System;
• design of a four layer network architecture (user interactive, system application, distributed resource integration and technical support layer) of DLIIS according to the digital library’s layer theory; and
• design of the service platform including resource integration and services cooperation.