delivering individualized library content: portals & the future of library web sites
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Delivering Individualized Library Content: Portals & The Future of Library Web Sites. Tom Ipri Media Services Librarian Connelly Library Philadelphia, PA [email protected]. Founded in 1863 Philadelphia, PA 6200 students Main campus and 2 satellites. La Salle University. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Delivering Individualized Library Content: Portals & The Future of
Library Web SitesTom Ipri
Media Services LibrarianConnelly LibraryPhiladelphia, [email protected]
Tom Ipri - Wide Open Portals
La Salle University
• Founded in 1863• Philadelphia, PA• 6200 students• Main campus and 2
satellites
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Connelly Library
• 9 Full time librarians• 1 Part-time at satellite• No dedicated Web
person• No dedicated Portal
person
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mylasalle
• Luminis/Campus Pipeline• University Wide• Live Summer 2003 • Cradle to Grave
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Why Library Services in mylasalle?
• The largest source of information on campus
• Best opportunity to segment information from a vast collection and direct it to specific populations
• Only way to get email• Registration, housing, grades
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Brief History
• On development committee• Ensure library presence• Library “tab”
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Original Look
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First Version
• Basically a “dumbed-down” version of home page
• Not taking advantage of potential• Director of Portal Communications hired
2004
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Second Version
• This time it’s personal• Campus and Targeted Announcements• myConnellyLibrary• myResources
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myResources
• Library subject guide +• Resources from departments
– Forms, procedures, job ads, etc.• Education, Social Work, Grad Psych, SLH
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New Developments
• Assignment Calculator• Use of RSS feeds• Federated search• WebPac Pro
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RSS Feeds
• Simple XML code• Library news• Databases• Electronic Journals• Library Links• Basically anything
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Snags
• Director of Portal Communication leaves– Change of priorities– Uncertain future
• New Web team– PHP/MySQL– Code to read database output
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Back on Track
• A lot of bits and pieces– Adding hand-coded & RSS channels– Converting database info to feeds
• Can be aggregated on one “Tab”• Tab – channels – tab• Marketing• Training
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What’s Next
• Federated search• SSO for databases• WebPAC Pro
– Circulation info in channel• More use of CSS
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Is it a mash-up?
• Darlene Fichter– Web site or web application that uses context
from one or more sources to create a completely new service
– Building blocks
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Portals and Library 2.0
• Paul Miller– Push the library everywhere– Disaggregate library systems– Liberate the data– Get the data to the user, not the user to the
data
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Impact
• Rethinking library services with the portal in mind
• Portal is designed to be dynamic and customizable
• Bring information closer to user• Portal roles
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Impact
• Not a huge entity parsed into smaller bits• But smaller bits that are greater than the
whole• Don’t add up to one thing, but different
things for different people• Future of library web sites?
Delivering Individualized Library Content: Portals & The Future of
Library Web SitesTom Ipri
Media Services LibrarianConnelly LibraryPhiladelphia, [email protected]