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Sirsi Rooms implementation project at the University of Leicester
Janet GuineaSystems [email protected]
EUUG annual conference Amsterdam 2004
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The project to date• Current practise and reasons for change• Our Rooms vision• The project• SingleSearch• Resolver• The Rooms themselves and using
Builder• Next steps
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Why Change?
• Managing electronic resources– Web pages– Catalogue
• OpenURL linking solution• Federated searching• A new look to info pages!
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Web Pages: Subject A to Z
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Example 1
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Example 2
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Cataloguing E-resources
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E-resources on WebCat
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•Opportunity for reorganisation
•New web developments in an integrated package
•Local Web Content •Complete Web Site•Syndicated News•Resource Lists•SingleSearch™ Content•OPAC Content
•SingleSearch
•Management of e-resources with OpenUrl Resolver
Why Rooms?
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Project Plan
• Decided to purchase Rooms - Late 2003• Purchase and install hardware/software for Rooms - January 2004• Rooms Workshop - March 2004• Rooms Builder Training - March 2004• Monthly project team meetings - April 2004• Bi-weekly meetings for content builders - April 2004• Identifying pilot Rooms and team members - July 2004• Standards for the look and content of Rooms - July 2004• Rooms Builder Training - May 2004• Establish Rooms hierarchy - June 2004• Review/select SingleSearch plugins for pilot Rooms project - July 2004• Admin Interface Training - June 2004• Plug-ins testing - August 2004• Configure Knowledge Base - July 2004 • Building of pilot Rooms - August 2004• Go live with Rooms Pilot project ? - End of September 2004
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How many librarians does it take to build a hierarchy…
(and what DO you do with the History of Transport?)
Dept + Subject + Faculty
Politics
= ???!!!!
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Hierarchy proposal
• Arts and Humanities • Biological Sciences• Business and Management• Education• Geography and Environment• Law and Criminology• Medicine and Health• Psychology• Sciences• Social Sciences• Social Work and Counselling
• E-Resources Index• Official Publications and European Documentation Centre• Reference Room• Statistics• Archives, Manuscripts and Rare Books
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Pilot Rooms
• Law & Criminology• General Medicine and Health• General Reference• Social Work • Biological Sciences
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The Lobby
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SingleSearch
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Managing Plugins
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Quick Search
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Resolver
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Categories 1
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Categories 2
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SingleSearch with Resolver
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OpenUrl created, menu offered
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Links to Catalogue
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Links from the Catalogue
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Resolver Menu
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Link to Journal Title
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Builder
• Create Rooms• Structure – hierarchy (granular!)• Content modules – building blocks• Customise rooms
– Layout– Style
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Browse Content Modules
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Create Content Modules
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Local Web content
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Builder – create local web content
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Resource lists
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Builder – establish resource lists
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Builder – create OpenURL
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An OpenURL is born!
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Resolver Menu
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Direct to full text
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Journals and e-journals
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Complete web site
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Builder – embed web site
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RSS news feeds
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Builder – create RSS feeds
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Customising Rooms
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Visuals
• CSS – create skins on the server – file structure!
• Create banner/buttons/images• Apply to application/Room/Content module
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Rooms Standardisation
• Guidelines• Graphics• Layout - customisation
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Future Developments
• Student evaluation • Staff training • More Plugins!• W3C compliancy• Test Server• Additional subject rooms - Feb 2005 • Formal launch of Rooms - Sept 2005