web services today
DESCRIPTION
This is a presentation given to the library staff at Sonoma State University on January 29, 2009. Presentation covers all aspects of web services in a library environment.TRANSCRIPT
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Web Services Today
Miles StaufferJan 29, 2009Sonoma State University
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Outline
• A bit about me• Purpose of the presentation• Web services today• Where are they going?
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Me
• Consultant Librarian and SydneyPLUS• MLIS – University of British Columbia• BA – University of Washington• Hobbies – climbing and traveling• Favorite book – A Tomb for Boris Davidovich
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The Presentation
• Explain holistic nature of library portal• How it accesses user needs and information• Current technologies and trends• What lies ahead?
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What is a library portal?
• What is holism?o all the properties of a given system
• What are the elements of a library portal?o Structure – how are we going to organize our content?o Content – what information will we provide to our audience?o Audience – who wants access to our content?o Access – how can we provide relevant information?
• Library is not just a repository, but also a learning centero Why would a portal be any different?o Library portal should bring together the same elements o Provide the same services (or more!) of the library
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Structure
• The overall layout and design of the portalo Architect
• How will you virtually house your content?• Things to consider
o Navigation o Colorso Logoso CSS
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Structure – Technologies
• Open source• Content Management Systems
o Drupal at Luthero Scriblio at Lamson Libraryo WordPress at Carnegie-Vincent Library
• Wiki's• Blog's
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Structure – Technologies - Luther
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Structure – Technologies – Lamson
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Structure – Technologies – Carnegie
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Structure - Trends
• Browser based• Always new content• White space• "User-centered design", ISO 13407
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Structure – Trends – NCSU
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Structure – Trends – BYU
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Structure – Trends – Libris
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Audience
• What is a user? o “At its most basic level, the Library 2.0 model
gives library users a participatory role in the services libraries offer and the way they are used. Customers, should they desire, will be able to tailor library services to best meet their own needs.” (LJ 9/1/06)
• Who is this portal for? (demographic)o Students, faculty, public, and librarians
• Are you getting the correct content?o Does you subscriptions meet need of users?
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Audience - Technologies
• Course Management Systemso Moodleo Sakai
• Subject Pageso MyLibraryo Research Guide
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Audience - Technologies - Moodle
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Audience – Technologies – Sakai
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Audience – Technologies – Sakai 2
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Audience – Technologies - MyLibrary
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Audience – Technologies – Research Guide
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Audience - Trends
• User generated• Department controlled• Customizable work spaces for students
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Audience – Trends - BYU
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Content
• What is content?o Books, Journals, Events, News, db's, and Zebras?o Everything you are going to provide access to
Library and non-library created materials• Who is creating the content?
o Library, staff, students
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Content - Technologies
• RSS • ‡biblios• Affinity strings• XML• RDA
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What is RDA?
• RDA = Resource Description and Access• Why are we moving from AACR2 to RDA?
o AACR2 encodes to a machine language (MARC 21)o RDA will encode to XMLo More international standard (no more Anglo-American)
• Why is it important?o Will be release July 2009
• How is this all connected?
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RDA and Portal Design
RDA
FRBR FRAD
Data entry
Display
Encoding
ISBD
XML (Dublin Core)MARC 21 XML (MODS)
“... RDA provides the building blocks for new generation OPAC's, ...” CILIP, 2008
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Content – Technologies - RSS
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Content – Technologies – Biblios
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Content – Trends
• NEW NEW NEW!• Tagging library materials • Subject oriented • Harvesting data
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Content – Trends – NEW NEW NEW
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Content – Trends – Tagging
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Content – Trends – Harvesting
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Access
• How are we going to access all this content?• How do we know it will be relevant?
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Access - Technologies
• Open URL and LinkResolvero SFXo Umlauto CUFTSo COinS (ContextObjects in Spans - Z39.88)
• Solr• Component-based
o XC (extensible catalog)• API• OAI• LibraryH3lp
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Access – Technologies
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Access – Technologies
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Access – Technologies
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Access – Trends
• Seamless integration• Federated searching• Harvesting free/paid databases• Filtering• “Prosumer”
o Active vs. passive interaction with information
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What's ahead?
• Not what you own, but what you can access!• Component-based tools to integrate with existing OPAC• Seamless design• Faceted browsing• Active and Passive content generation
o Active = tagging materialso Passive = collecting user information (ex. Affinity Strings)
• Link Resolvers over massive targetso Not 450, but 1,000'so DOI (Document Object Identifier) integration
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My Portals - .NET OPAC
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My Portals - BBG
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My Portals - CLFM
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My Portals - Innova
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My Portals - JCC
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My Portals - Dashboard
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My Portals – Legal OPAC