Objective The objective of the project is to develop and test a prototype of a fast electronic document ordering and document delivery system based on an already existing digital journal image archive and in-house delivery system.Although the facilities for on-line searching and on-line ordering have dramatically improved over the last years, the access to the actual documents still requires a substantial amount of time. The growing significance of on-line ordering has inevitably led to an increased need for rapid provision of documents.The project aims to demonstrate the technical feasibility of the setting up of a document delivery service in the area of chemical journals by combining on-line searching, electronic ordering and electronic delivery. The system should be fast (5 minutes from order to [fax] delivery), user friendly , reasonably priced and economically viable.Impact and expected results:The significance of the project lies in the high speed of document ordering and delivery and in the size of the database - a thirty-year archive of chemical information, scanned to high standards - now shown by the prototype to be potentially available for distribution on demand, over different channels, to anywhere in Europe.The expected primary beneficiaries are the libraries and the end-users. At the end of the project a workshop will be organised. DeliverablesDeliverables received to-date are of confidential or restricted classification because of commercial implications. Apart from the implemented prototype, they include:Detailed project specification;Delivery component descriptions;Receiving and administration components;In-house database and PC order-ing report;Two reports on On-line host ordering.Still to be delivered are: Results of user questionnaires and recommendations;Report on alpha tests;User statistics;Final project report.Technical approach:FASTDOC comprised twelve work-packages, as follows:Specifications, with project plan, hardware and software acquisitions and system development;Delivery Component, being the installation of software tools for the integration of fax servers;Receiving/Administration Components to install and test the LAN, mail server and administration computer;In-house Database & PC Ordering to install ordering component on local systems with connection to public networks;On-line Host Ordering to enhance document order functions of the STN host retrieval software and create order transfer components using an X.400 mailbox.;Alpha Testing of order and delivery components;On-line Host Implementation by installing the ordering system on the on-line host;Beta testing of the fully operational system;Implementation as a routine service in the partner libraries;User Questionnaire for better understanding of user demand relating to a global fast document delivery service;Statistical Evaluations of user behaviour;Dissemination of Results, culminating, at the end of the project, with a specially convened workshop.Tests will be carried out in Germany, Spain and Greece with the involvement of associated partners. Key issues:- examination of user requirements, and national infrastructures;- development and integration of delivery, ordering and administrative components;- copyright;- user statistics. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwarenatural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdatabases Programme(s) FP3-LIBRARIES - Specific programme of research and technological development (EEC) in the field of telematic systems in areas of general interest - Libraries -, 1990-1994 Topic(s) 3.14 - Access to and/or delivery of documents Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme Data not available Coordinator Beilstein Institut Address Varrentrappstraße 40-42 60486 Frankfurt am main Germany See on map EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (10) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Biblioteca de la Universitat de Barcelona Spain EU contribution € 0,00 Address Gran via, 585 08007 Barcelona See on map Conware Computer Consulting GmbH Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Killisfeldstraße 64 76227 Karlsruhe See on map Fachinformationszentrum Karlsruhe Gesellschaft für Wissenschaftlich-Technische Information mbH Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address 76344 Eggenstein-leopoldshafen See on map Hellenic National Documentation Centre Greece EU contribution € 0,00 Address 48 vas. constantinou ave 11635 Athens See on map Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona Spain EU contribution € 0,00 Address Edifici a, campus universitari 08193 Bellaterra, barcelona See on map Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya Spain EU contribution € 0,00 Address Jordi girona salgado, 31 08034 Barcelona See on map Universitat Ramon Llull Spain EU contribution € 0,00 Address Via augusta, 390 08017 Barcelona See on map Universitat Rovira i Vergili - Biblioteca Spain EU contribution € 0,00 Address Comte de rius, 2 43003 Tarragona See on map University Library of Creta Greece EU contribution € 0,00 Address 17 dimitrakakis st 74100 Rethymnon See on map University of Patras Greece EU contribution € 0,00 Address Rion 26500 Patras See on map