Reviving the OPAC: an overview of catalog overlay software products by Mary Aycock & Jee Davis University of Missouri-Columbia Link: http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/staff/catalogdept/presentations/mobius2008.ppt Aquabrowser Encore Endeca Primo Next gen catalogs Catalog overlay Catalog search overlay Facets From metadata sources Authority control Possible facets: · Author · Format · Online resources · Topic · Pub date · Geographic region · Genre · Time period · Language · Series · Locatioan · New book · Availability · Source · Lc class # Other expected features Relevancy ranking Spelling alternatives Tag clouds Rss feeds Federated searching ability to contribute user generated content Integration of vendor generated enriched content Aquabrowser Word discovery panel – visual cues with color University of Chicago example Encore Works with development partners including Springfield Greene Endeca McMaster University Primo Boston College Emory University Similar products Blacklight eXtensible Scriblio Solrpac Vufind worldCat Local proprietary software vs open source users needs? What’s wrong with you current catalog? How flexible is the product in choosing facets? What are the features that the product offers How/where are the data for the facets coming from? Questions – Where would overlay happen since we’re a consortium? Audience comment – Mobius looked at it, but it’s
Monthly Archives: June 2008
Session 2 – Free and open source software
Free and open source software = Benefits and hidden costs Stephen Pryor Tech mngr St. Louis University Free software – can do what you what – think free speech not free beer Open source software Who uses it? Approximately 87% of US organizations – Linux Why would you use free and open source software? No cost Security – peer review of code allows it to get better Reliability – more sets of eyes looking over code Affordability – free of charge, may be charge for installiation and maintenance Licensing – General public Linux MySQL Apache PHP Firefox Thunderbird OpenOffice.org Koha Evergreen VuFind – Web 2.0 OPAC LibraryFind – Web 2.0 OPAC Moodle So what’s the catch? Staff time Learning curve Updates – often manual Bugs, erros, crashes, End of life, obsolescence, decay Wordpress Mediawiki Webcalendar Rakim – chat Sourceforge.net Freshmeat.net www.fsf.org oss4lib.org koha.org vufind.org libraryfind.org Pryorsw@slue.edu Pius1.slu.edu/oss Questions Asked about Drupal – Mobius Consortium Office uses camtasia Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Share on FriendFeed Share on netvibes share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Buzz it up Subscribe to the comments on this post Print for later Tell a friend
Session 1 – Podcasting 101
Podcasting 101, Using Podcasting in an Academic setting by Jodie Borgerding & Martha Allen Piux XII Memorial Library St Louis University Definition of podcasting Definition of vodcasting What’s the buzz? Stats about tech savvy users, 1st qrtr of 2007 iPod sales reached 100 millionth rank Oct 2007 14% of adults age 18-29 have downloaded a podcast 35% of 677 profs say podcasts are an important communication tool Rise in pop of online videos hula.com Uses of podcasting at other libs: Bellevue community college life science center Valdosta University Library – Plagiarism video Moaine Valley Community College Library – promote lib events, record speakers Morton College Library – national library week – blip.tv March of the Librarians – ALA Midwinter 2007 Duke University Medical Center – orientation, tour Winona State University Library – Orientation Sheridan Libraries – John Hopkins University – promote services Fairfield Uni – promotion of services, Laguna Beach type of video Planning your first project Choose theme – think small, choose a purpose Write script and/or storyboard Check for copyright issues Recording – record audio in one take, remember for every 5 min of video you’ll need 30 min of footage, you can
SCOM Videos
MRRL now has a Self Checkout Machine (SCOM) and staff made videos to help patrons understand how to use it. I got a hold of them and put them on both MRRL’s Flickr and Youtube accounts. The flickr video is so much clearer, of course we’re paying for a pro account, but I can’t see why we’d bother with YouTube anymore. Am I missing something? What do you think? Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Share on FriendFeed Share on netvibes share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Buzz it up Subscribe to the comments on this post Print for later Tell a friend
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