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Contents

Internal Authentication 197
IP-Based Authentication 198
Vended Authentication 198

Implementing Access Control 199

Chapter 9 Thinking about Discovery 201

Unpacking Discovery? 202

Federated Search and Digital Libraries 204
Why Think about Discovery 205

Current Research 206

Searching Protocols 208
Z39.50 209
SRU/SRW 21 1
OpenSearch 21 6

Linking Protocols 21 9
OpenURL 220
DOI (Digital Object Identifiers) 221
Search Engine Support 223

Evaluating User Needs 223
Developmental Needs 224
User Needs 224

Summary 225

Chapter 10 Planning for the Future 227

Providing Information That People Need 227

Libraries’ New Roles 228
Learning from the Past 230

Adapting to Change 233

Consolidation and Specialization 235
The Shared Environment 236

Federated Vocabularies 240
Summary 241

INDEX 243

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