Public library based on full-text retrieval

Abstract

The New Zealand Digital Library aims to develop an easy-to-use digital library system that can be accessed via a full-text index and runs on inexpensive computers at the information providers own sites and offers a service that providers maintain. The library is collaborating with the MeDoc project in Germany to provide local indexes to German language technical reports, and with the US-based Journal of Biological Chemistry to field-test novel browsing techniques. The technical details of mechanisms and protocols of the system are discussed.