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Endeavor started out in 1994 with a vision to control and exploit the emerging digital resources available in libraries. The general release of ENCompass sees that concept turning in to a reality. In designing their solution, ENCompass takes a structured approach by incorporating, where possible, collections of resources into XML described databases and providing umbrella resource discovery, searching, index language control and object management facilities. External databases can be incorporated via Z39.50 without re-structuring. ENCompass will be available to non-Voyager customers wishing to provide a single interface to a variety of intellectual resources. |
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[2001] |
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DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS, Mar. 30, 2001: Endeavor Information Systems today announced the first commercial shipments of the ENCompass digital library management system. ENCompass was delivered today to three additional customer sites around the country. Already in place at three development partner sites, ENCompass now provides even more academic and research libraries around the world integrated access to their print, electronic and digital collections, including local and remote electronic databases and local digital collections. Designed for unified access to the varied collections of any library, ENCompass empowers libraries to design master architectures of print, electronic and digital collections and provides users a single search across all formats with relevance ranked results sets. The only product of its kind on the market today, ENCompass provides the creation of metadata, organization of collections of metadata, and an overarching layer of navigation to assist researchers in discovering previously underused digital collections. ENCompass continues to evolve with the assistance of three development partner sites: Cornell University, the Getty Research Institute and Kansas State University. Each site is unique, with private and public collections integrated into ENCompass at the institutions. Unmatched by any other product, ENCompass allows each institution to organize digital collections in manners that make sense to the resources and needs of each institution. Cross-institution collection development can also be a reality with the integration of Z39.50 in ENCompass. For staff, ENCompass provides a simple Windows-based drag and drop collection building feature with reduced data entry organizing digital collections. For navigation, ENCompass includes a powerful search engine that grasps all metadata forms, regardless of digital format. ENCompass applies new technology standards like XML, EAD and Dublin Core to organize and access electronic resources. ENCompass provides seamless searching across digital object collections while managing and controlling links for separate repositories. ENCompass ties together resources, creating a more effective research base. |
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