EULER: An EU ‘Telematics for Libraries’ Project

Abstract

Since April 1998 the European Commission is funding the EULER project (European Libraries and Electronic Resources in Mathematical Sciences) in the framework of the ‘Telematics for Libraries’ sector from the Telematics Applications programme.

Main goal of EULER is to integrate different, electronically available information resources in the field of mathematics. EULER aims to construct a “digital library mathematics” from existing heterogeneous sources. The following existing publications-related information resources on mathematics will be covered by the EULER service:

• scientific literature databases

• library OPACs and document delivery services

• electronic journals from academic publishers

• archives of preprints and grey literature

• quality controlled subject information gateways on the Internet

• robot-generated indexes of other relevant Internet resources

These resources are considered to be the most frequently used when conducting searches for scientific results and ongoing developments in the field of mathematics - today the user have to search them one by one. The intention of the EULER project is to offer a “one-stop-shopping site” for users interested in mathematics.