UPDATE ON THE DEPOSITORY SERVICES PROGRAM AND LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES WEB LINK FEASIBILITY STUDY

January 31, 2006

In response to requests from certain depository libraries, we are happy to announce that the DSP-LAC Web Link project is going forward. Following completion of the feasibility study, it was mutually agreed by the DSP and LAC representatives that we would proceed with building two-way record-to-record hyperlinks between the e-bookstore and Amicus Web sites. It was also agreed that the download link allowing DSP users to download all available LAC MARC records for a given Checklist would also proceed.

The proposed timeline for this project is as follows:

• Technical Requirements and Work to be completed by end of January 2006;
• Internal and Focus Group Testing (possibly using DSP Libraries in the National Capital Region) to be conducted in February 2006;
• Proposed Launch of Link before end of March 2006.

Please note that the launch will be a pilot in that not all types of publications will have functional links. We will be linking records for relatively recent and current monographs only. The reason for this is that cataloguing operations on both sides need time to catch up with the requirements of this new system function. Should you require additional information, please contact Gay Lepkey at (613) 943-1389.