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Internet/Intranet use in the Library & Information Center at
Deutsche Software
T B AnandDeutsche Software (India) Ltd.
No. 26-27, Raheja Towers, VIII Floor, M.G.Road, Bangalore 560 001
(email: [email protected])
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Outline
• About our Organisation- Deutsche Software India (DSI)
• Network set up in DSI and in library• Hardware & software set up in the library
• Introduction to Library & Information Services.
• Internet/intranet applications in the library
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Deutsche Software:Beginnings...
Established in April 1992 100 % Export Oriented Software House Fully Owned Subsidiary of Deutsche Bank Located in Bangalore Planned as an In-House Support Centre to
Deutsche Bank Group
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Deutsche Software Today...
Software Company Comparable to the Best
Functional Expertise in Banking & E-Commerce
Over 3000 Square Metres of Office Space fully Furnished &
Networked
ISO 9001 & TickIT Certified
Over 300 Professionals
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Staff Profile
17%
63%
13%
7%
Computer Science
Engineering
MBAs/BankingProfessionalsOthers
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Technical Infrastructure
Highend PC’s on Every Desk with Lotus Notes
& Internet
Four 128 KBPS leased links
100 Mb FDDI LAN Connectivity
ISDN Lines
Video Conferencing (Picturetel/concorde)
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Technical Infrastructure...
• Servers: IBM RS6000(UNIX), Windows NT, OS2,COMPAQ Proliant
• System/DB Administration: UNIX/AIX, Windows NT, OS/2, Lotus Notes, Oracle DBA
• Workstations/PC’s: COMPAQ, DELL
• Network Operating System: Windows NT
• Network Topology: Ethernet
• Communication Protocol: TCP/IP
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Deutsche Software Network
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A s c om T im eplexM ultip lex er
Cis c o Router 4000
NT S erv er(828d01)
NT S erv er(828d02)
O s /2 S erv er Notes S erv er(S dbo54)
IB M RS /6000(rs 1)
IB M RS /6000(rs 2)
IB M RS /6000(ws 1)
Notes S erv er(s dbo63)
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5th F loor
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S y noptic s Lattis l ink16 port E thernet Hub
Cabletron M M A C -M 8F NBM ulti m edia A c c es s Center
162 ports
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D SI N et w o rk C o n n ect ivit y
S ingapore Link (V S NL)
G erm any Link(S T P )
S ingapore Link(S T P )
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G erm any Link(V S NL)
16 Lines v ia P A BX
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Orga Chart : Management & Services
Sr. Vice PresidentNon-DB Projects
Vice PresidentDB Projects
Vice PresidentDB Projects
Vice PresidentFinance
G eneral Manager-HR & Adm in.
M anager - Quality
Executive -T echnical Services
Executive - Library& Info. Services
President
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Hardware & software set up in the Library
• Hardware: CD-Server (Lanbit), Scanner (HP Scanjet 5100c), HP Deskjet 720C printer, 4 Highend PCs (One with Multimedia)
• Software: Web server Software: Apache, Omni httpd,
Image Editing Software: Adobe Photoshop
Groupware: Lotus Notes 4.5
Operating System: Windows NT 4.0
OCR Software Textbridge
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Introduction to Library & Information Services
Objective
• To support DSI’s business operations in general, and to serve the information needs in particular by...
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Objectives...
• Identifying, Selecting, Acquiring, Processing and Providing access to Information Resources - Books, Manuals, Journals, Standards and Electronic Resources etc., - needed by DSI for its Business activities.
• Preparing Value Added Information Services and Products.
• Setting up and administering webservers. (Internet & Intranet)
• Exploiting Internet/Intranet for DSI’s Business information needs
• Collecting, Organising and Providing Access to Internal (projects related) information
• Ensuring the optimum and proper usage of the resources.
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Library Resources:
• Collection of Resources:
600 Plus Books, 35 Serials and DEVELOPER’S SOURCE
CD, 1,100 Manuals,200 CD-ROMs
• Processing of the Materials ACM Classification Scheme.
• Circulation Details (Issues /Returns/Reservations)
Average 50 transactions per day
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Information Service...
• Library and Information Center’s Intranet
Keeping the objective of delivering information to your desk (top!), Library and Information Center’s Intranet site has been developed. Visit the Library and Information Center’s Intranet Home Page at: http:/10.173.112.67
• Library and Information Center's Gateway to Deutsche Bank Group’s Intranet Resources.
A single window to information resources on the Intranets of Deutsche Bank Group
worldwide. This information is available at Library’s Intranet site, http://10.173.112.67/link7.htm
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Network based Information Services
• Current Contents Service
• Network Access to CD - ROMsLanbit CD-Server of 4 CD’s Capacity
• Current Awareness ServiceInfo to users desktop
Using latest web tools - Push technology (pointcast)
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Information Service...
• Compiled two Books: •
Internet resources on Y2K
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Internet Resources on DATAWAREHOUSING
• Access to Global Discussion Groups
• Identified & Compiled a list of Newsgroups of interest to Deutsche Software and provided centralised access
• Accessible across the DB network worldwide
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Sample screen of Notes Desktop
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Global Discusssion forums
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Sample screen of JAVA list
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Information Service...
DSI Website/Server Administration http://www.dsidb.com
DSI Intranet Server Administration (Http://10.173.110.65)•
Library & Inormation Services,
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QA Intranet Site
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Reflections @ DSI
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Project sites
Internet Search Service from Library and Information Center.
Helping staff in identifying, searching and extracting and downloading project related information/products from relevant Internet sources. To avail this service, Staff need to send a mail, routed through respective Project Manager to Anand TB
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On-line Library Management System
• Features of On-line Lotus Notes Based Library
Management System
View all the Library Resources, • By Title, Author, Acc. No. • By Descriptor/Keyword. from your desktop.• See your dues to the Library from your PC.• Find out the Issued books and readily
available to borrow etc.,(SDB063/DSIAPPS/Library Management System)(http://10.173.110.65/library/library.htm)
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Web Interface to Library Application
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Journals details online
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Manuals Info Online
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Completed Projects Info.
• Completed Project information is being maintained in the library .
Project Planning to Customer feedback
Six Months common retention period
Available at off site for reference.
Back -up tapes are preserved in fire proof cabins
Information is online and accessible from Library Intranet Site
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URLs to Remember...
• Deutsche Bank (DB) http://www.deutsche-bank.com
• Deutsche Software http://www.dsidb.com
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Future Plans
• Integrating Library & Information Services using Web browser as common Interface.
• Implementing ‘edunet’ : Deutsche Bank’s Online learning Centre.
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Acknowledgement:
Thanks to Mr. S. Nagarajan, President, Deutsche Software, for inspiration and encouragement to present this.
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Thank You.
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Discussion
