vascoda

Vascoda was until 2011 the entry portal to the virtual libraries and specialized portals of academic libraries in Germany, which had been organized in the same non-profit organization. As a research portal it provided to its users access to technical information and scientific publications from almost all subject areas.

The name is often taken as the medieval navigator and explorer Vasco da Gama in connection that navigates through the sea of ​​information. In fact, this interpretation was subsequently as the name Vascoda was formed by an Agency for Naming artificial.

Portal

The Vascoda portal offered under a uniform interface to access information and full texts from different fields. It could either be searched subject-specific or interdisciplinary. The use of modern search technologies both in Vascoda as well as the partners allowed a structured search in a variety of different data sets such as professionals and article databases, library catalogs and Internet sources. Full collections descriptions offered guidance concerning included in Vascoda offers and initiated the users and users on the quality and specialized portals of Vascoda partner.

The portal and the integrated trade offers were built and maintained by academic libraries and information institutions of national importance. Therefore Vascoda was able to access resources for Internet search engines usually are invisible.

The portal could be used for free. In many cases, free access to electronic journal articles (eg, via the Electronic Journals Library EZB ) and other full texts ( eg Open Access documents, thematic websites or Digital single documents) was possible. Vasco was also linked with local detection systems with German libraries and document delivery services.

Vasco was involved in international science portal Worldwide Science.

Technical operator of the portal was the University Library Centre of North Rhine -Westphalia ( HBZ ).

Carrier

Vasco was a membership organization with up to 42 members, usually German libraries and information institutions. Headquarters and branch of Vascoda eV were in Hanover. The aim of the association were the development and operation of interdisciplinary science portal as well as the support of those involved in Vascoda institutions and their portals. Early November 2011, the members of Vascoda eV to dissolve the association decided.

Specialized portals in Vascoda

The following specialist portals and virtual libraries were pooled in Vascoda and a portion of their information assets held in the Vascoda - integrated search (August 2010); they will continue regardless of the existence of the vascoda:

  • Arthistoricum.net - Virtual Library for Art History
  • B2i - Book, Library and Information Science
  • Cibera - Virtual Library Ibero-Amerika/Spanien/Portugal
  • Chem.de - information and knowledge platform Chemistry
  • Chronicon - History
  • Clio -online - History
  • CrossAsia - Virtual Library East and Southeast Asia
  • EconBiz - Virtual Library for Economics
  • EVIFA - Virtual Library for Anthropology
  • Education Portal
  • GBI Genios
  • GEO -LEO - Virtual Library for Earth Science ( Geo -Guide )
  • German on the Net - Virtual Library German
  • GetInfo - science, technology ( information network )
  • GREENPILOT - Virtual Library nutrition, environment, agricultural
  • Historicum.net
  • IlissAfrica ( internet library sub-saharan Africa) - Virtual Library sub - Saharisches Africa
  • IREON - Portal International Relations and Area Studies
  • MEDPILOT - Virtual Medical Library
  • MENALIB - Virtual Library Middle East and North Africa
  • NedGuide - Virtual Library for Dutch culture
  • Propylaeum - Propylaeum - Virtual Library Classical Studies
  • Psyndex - Psychology
  • Savifa - Virtual Library South Asia
  • Slavic portal - Virtual Library Slavic Studies
  • Sowiport - Trade portal for social sciences
  • SPORTIF
  • ViFaArt - Virtual Library of Contemporary Art
  • Vifabio - Virtual Library of Biology
  • ViFaHolz - Virtual Library Wood Technology
  • Vifamath - Virtual Library of Mathematics
  • Virtual Library media buehne movie ( ViFa media, stage, film) - Virtual Library Communication and Media Studies / Journalism, Theatre and Film Studies
  • ViFaMusik - Virtual Library of Musicology
  • Vifanord - Virtual Library Northern Europe and the Baltic region
  • ViFaOst - Virtual Library Eastern Europe
  • ViFaPharm - Virtual Library of Pharmacy
  • ViFaPhys - Physics Virtual Library
  • ViFaPol - Virtual Library Political Science
  • ViFaPsy - Psychology
  • ViFa law - Virtual Law Library
  • ViFa Romanesque culture - Virtual Library Romanesque culture
  • ViFa Sports - Virtual Library Sports Science
  • ViFaTec - Virtual Library Engineering
  • ViFaVet - Virtual Library Veterinary Medicine
  • Virtual Library of Theology and Religious Studies ( VirTheo )
  • VLib AAC - Virtual Library Anglo - American Culture

Projects in the context Vascoda

In the context of Vascoda there were a number of projects and working groups to sub-problems, which were funded by the German Research Foundation ( DFG) and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research ( BMBF). For the projects various institutions were responsible. An example, the following areas are:

  • Vascoda portal, functionality and operation
  • Metadata standards and heterogeneity of treatment
  • Coordination, marketing, quality control
  • Content: rights licenses and business models
  • Cross- structures and tasks
  • Distributed authentication, authorization, and rights management
  • Modeling and heterogeneity of treatment

Setting

In May 2010, was first announced that the portal was planning a realignment. Vasco will " be replaced as research portal short to medium term ". The development of the research portal had been " set in fact ." As part of the project " Vascoda 2010", which was funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, all member institutions are questioned specifically as part of the realignment. The purpose of Vasco is now on " the coordination, strategic support and marketing for networking and knowledge sharing among the participating subject gateways ". The provision of the search portal, and international cooperation would therefore not pursued further. On 11 January 2011 the setting of Vasco portal was announced. A search on the Vasco - search space has since no longer possible. The setting of the service took place on January 14, 2011.

In June 2011, the General Assembly, the association Vascoda dissolve until the end of the year decided. Further cooperation should take place within the framework of special collections. The formal dissolution decision was taken at the general meeting of 4 November 2011.

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