PURL Architecture Migration

Last Updated: December 31, 1969
Published: April 20, 2010

GPO is pleased to announce that a contract for upgrading the PURL Server architecture and hosting the new solution has been awarded to Zepheira. The new PURL architecture provides greater flexibility, new features, and the scalability to face an increased demand for PURLs. GPO is currently in the process of migrating to this new architecture (PURLS to PURLZ.)

This transition boasts many benefits, including:

A more robust system architecture
Immediate system back-up through synchronization
Immediate system fail-over
Enhanced statistical reporting
Enhanced Web referral reporting
Improved speed for resolution of redirects

The targeted date for the transition to this new architecture is summer 2010.

More information will be forthcoming at the Spring Depository Library Council Meeting in Buffalo, New York (April 26 – 28, 2010) and via the FDLP Desktop and fdlp-l.