Presentation by Roberto Esteves & Linda Crowe

ICOLC

Next Gen OPAC

April 16, 2008

Presentation by Roberto Esteves & Linda Crowe

CALIFA

Established by Calif. State Library in 2003 Serves multi-type libraries (primarily Public) Research & Development Introduces new products/services to members

Presentation by Roberto Esteves & Linda Crowe

CALIFAthe OCLC Experience:

World Cat: State-wide subscription for P.L.s CalCat: Groups of California libraries

Future: WorldCat Local interface

Concept: “Think Global; Go Local”

Presentation by Roberto Esteves & Linda Crowe

CALIFA: CalCat.org

Presentation by Roberto Esteves & Linda Crowe

Next Gen OPAC: Bibliocommons

Evolution of features: Faceted results (FRBR) vs sole bibliographic record Personalized lists vs library bibliographies Tagging vs subject headings Trusted sources vs librarian-recommendation Simple (standard) front-end vs ILS vendor-driven Personal ratings & Peer Reviews vs prof. reviews

Plus: Social Search and Discover (community) Using Collections to make Connections

Presentation by Roberto Esteves & Linda Crowe

Personalize the Patron Experience Recommendations are pushed to user’s inbox

when items have been highly rated by trusted sources

Sorting & prioritizing tags & reviews contributed by trusted sources

Presentation by Roberto Esteves & Linda Crowe

+ Social search & discovery

Presentation by Roberto Esteves & Linda Crowe

Using collectionsto build connections:

The personal approach

Think local; go global:

Presentation by Roberto Esteves & Linda Crowe

Trust thru Reading

Presentation by Roberto Esteves & Linda Crowe

CALIFAAction Plan

. MOU & Master Service Agreement

. Piloting Bibliocommons’ OPAC front end with Santa Clara County & Palo Alto

. Developing state proposal for a multi-library demonstration project

. Planning a pilot project demonstrating resource sharing across ILS platforms.