THE CATRIONA PROJECT - FEASIBILITY STUDY AND OUTCOMES

The CATRIONA (Cataloguing and Retrieval of Information over Networks A pplications) Feasibility Study, funded by the British Library Research and Development Department and run at Strathclyde University, was a s ix-month study which ended in January 1995, The feasibility study had two main aims: to investigate the technical, organisational and financ ial requirements for the development of applications programs and proc edures to enable the cataloguing, classification, and retrieval of doc uments and other resources over networks; and to explore the feasibili ty of a library system supplier led collaborative project to develop s uch applications and procedures and integrate them with one or more ex isting library housekeeping systems and associated OPAC interfaces. Th e original proposal can be found at: <URL:http://www.bubl.bath. ac.uk/ BUBL/catriona.html> This article outlines the context in which the fea sibility study arose, the specific aims of the study, the main results of the study and possible future developments.