Next-generation library catalogues: review of E-LIB Bremen

The electronic library of the State and University Library Bremen (E-LIB) is based on search engine technology and offers an integrated catalogue of electronic and print media. All of the library’s available media and services can be accessed via a single search interface (based on the idea of a ‘one- stop-shop portal’) instead of the separate catalogues for different media types still to be found in many libraries. The idea behind this system is to combine all kinds of local holdings and all the external resources available for our users in one single retrieval system and to offer new methods for supporting associative search processes.