Ressourcen für die Wissenschaft

adlr.link als Fachinformationsdienst und nutzer*innenorientiertes Rechercheportal

Abstract

Since 2014, the specialized information service (FID) adlr.link for media, communication and film studies has been in place at Leipzig University Library. adlr.link allows subject-related research of literature and provides access to resources. The search portal is not a traditional library catalog, but a discovery system with its own curated and customized collections. The article shows how adlr. link complements the services offered by local libraries to the users. The need for a curated and subject-specific search index is discussed, and at this point essential differences, for example to the Sondersammelgebiet as a predecessor institution, are also discussed. In a further section, obstacles and limitations are addressed, such as difficulties in licensing resources - especially for databases and e-books. The article also looks at future developments, such as the inclusion of research data and making it accessible in the search portal, or the indexing of production archives of public television broadcasters, which is currently being pursued in a companion project at Leipzig University Library. Finally, we discuss which institutional framework is required for adlr.link in particular and specialized information services in general in order to become established as a long-term research tool for the respective scientific communities.