let's go blue! lunchtalk presentation

Let's go blue!Internship at the Hatcher Graduate Library, University of

Michigan, Ann Arbor

Lunchtalk @ UB Ffm12/09/2008

Fabienne Kneifel, Frankfurt Public Library

Have you ever wondered...

• ...what an Espresso Book Machine does?

• ...how libraries can literally be 'ugly'?• ...what patrons can do in a Knowledge

Navigation Center?

• ...why (and how!) we would let an elephant into the library?

Have you ever wondered...

• ...how many square feet a library needs to have in order to be called the largest public library in the world?

• ...how libraries can be innovative with the help of Facebook, Twitter, MTagger and the SOPAC?

• ...what a wolverine is and why it is so important for a2?

Overview

• U-M, U-M Library, Hatcher Graduate Library- Quick facts & pictures- Web 2.0- Digital library- Information literacy

• Ann Arbor District Library• Chicago Public Library• Ann Arbor: Let's go blue!

U-M, U-M Library – Quick facts

• University of Michigan (U-M):

- One of the original eight „Public Ivys“

- 41.000 students

• U-M Library:

- 19 libraries

- 8M volumes, 72.000 serials

- 4M users/year

- 1M circulations/year

- 9 independent libraries, affiliated with the U-M

U-M, U-M Library, Hatcher Graduate Library

• U-M Library:- Hatcher Graduate Library

- Health Sciences Library (HSL)- Art, Architecture and Engineering Library- Law Library- Clements Library- Shapiro Library (Askwith Media Library,

Science Library, UGLi)

Hatcher Graduate Library – Quick facts

• Hatcher Graduate Library:

- 3.5M volumes (11.000 serials, 20.000 eJournals, 500 databases, 1.5M microforms)

- 500.000 circulations/year

- Two separate but connected buildings

- 95 staff members, 26 Subject specialist librarians

- Library automation system = ALEPH 500

- Federated search product = Metalib

- OpenURL Link resolver = SFX

U-M Library – Web 2.0

• MLibrary 2.0

• MTagger

• Chat & E-Mail

• Second Life & Facebook

• MLibrary Labs

• Next gen catalog a.k.a. OPAC 2.0


• MLibrary 2.0

- 2007 Forum series

- Explore new directions for access & services: library 2.0, social networking, future of searching

- Wide range of activities:• Presentations

• Interactive workshops

• Hands-on experiences

• Discussions


• MLibrary 2.0

- Outcome:• Library-wide enthusiasm for „Library 2.0“ concepts

and technologies

• Basic grounding in those concepts and technologies

• MLibrary 2.0 Website & Wiki

• Staff bloggers (including Dean of Libraries)

• Monthly Brownbag session

• Services like MTagger, MLibrary Labs, Facebook pages


• MTagger- Tagging tool- „Find It. MTag It. Share It.“- Save and label things• Library web pages• Items in the library catalog• Digital images• Any other web page

- Build online collections- Explore collections of others- Discover library tag clouds


• Chat & E-Mail

- Chat via IM and Meebo

- E-Mail via web form

- Integrated into almost all online services (web pages, catalog, databases, ...)

- 7 days a week

- 40 staff members

- 80 hours/week during semester

- 270 chat session/month

- 270 e-mails/month


• Second Life & Facebook

- Second Life (SL):• „Wolverine Island“

• HSL librarians answer questions and help w/ getting around in SL

- Facebook (FB):• Search box

• Library hours

• Subject guides

• FB page (w/ basic info, news, chat, ...)


• MLibrary Labs

- Some tools that are not quite ready for „prime time“

- Users are asked to try them out and submit feedback

- Current „experiments“:• Library RSS Feed Browser

• iGoogle Gadget

• Interactive Maps

• Browser Plug-Ins


• Next gen catalog a.k.a. OPAC 2.0

- Usability Group discusses software products

- Currently tested: VuFind

- VuFind offers:• Drilldowns

• Tagging

• Display of „Similar items“

• Reviews & Ratings

• Personalization („Add to favorites“, „Save this“, ...)

• Mash-ups w/ external sources (Google Book Search, LibraryThing, Amazon)

U-M Library – Digital library

• „There's an elephant in the library“: HathiTrust

• Espresso Book Machine


• „There's an elephant in the library“: HathiTrust- Started off as „MBooks“- Goal: Digitize the entire print collection of the

U-M Library- Now: HathiTrust• Collaboration of various US-University Libraries• Digital repository of their digitized collections• Hathi = Hindi word for elephant• Experimental Search (+ access via Library catalog,

„Public collections“, Google Book Search)• „PageTurner“


• Espresso Book Machine

- Book-making machine

- Automatically prints, binds, and trims on demand library-quality paperback books in about 7 minutes

- Currently on sale: small stock of popular items from the digital collections

- In the future: e.g. printing and binding course materials and self-publishing for Ann Arbor authors

- $6 - $10

U-M Library – Information literacy

• Reference Service

• Knowledge Navigation Center & Faculty Exploratory

• Usability

• Copyright

• Computer and Video Game Archive


• Knowledge Navigation Center (KNC) & Faculty Exploratory (FE)- Centers for learning about technology- One-on-one consultation over the phone, in

person, or over e-mail on a variety of technology issues

- KNC = for all users of the U-M Library- FE = designed specifically for U-M faculty to

enhance lecturing, research and publishing skills

- FE also provides hands-on workshops


• Usability- User feedback and usability studies are highly

important- Usability Group constantly guides and

implements usability testing of the Library's web resources and services

- Projects:• VuFind• MTagger• MBooks• Library Gateway• SFX Label & Menu


• Copyright

- „University Library Copyright Specialist“

- Provides basic information about copyright and scholarly publishing

- Offers presentations and workshops on copyright, publishing, and Creative Commons


• Computer and Video Game Archive

- Academic research collection of computer & video games

- Usable archive with hands-on access to the broad and diverse history of video games

- Inventory includes:• Classic consoles & controllers (e.g. Atari, Sega, PS2)

• Classic computers (e.g. Commodore Vic20)

• Games (e.g. Space invaders, Tetris)

• Books & Magazines

Ann Arbor District Library

• AADL:- 5 libraries- 340.000 volumes- 3M circulations/year

• AADL 2.0:- SOPAC- Website = „one stop shop“- Twitter & MySpace- Gaming- „pictureAnnArbor“

Ann Arbor District Library

Chicago Public Library

• 79 libraries

• 9M volumes

• 7.5M circulations/year

• Harold Washington Library Center is „largest Public Library building in the world“- 10 floors- 756.640 square feet (70.294 m2)- Winter garden- 385-seat auditorium- Includes a Popular and a Children's Library

Chicago Public Library

Ann Arbor: Let's go blue!

Ann Arbor: Let's go blue! – Conclusion

• Lots of impressions in just 4 weeks

+ Various events at the U-M Library

+ Tours through various libraries

+ Courses at the School of Information

• Helpful for the Frankfurt Public Library's discussion about a next gen catalog

• MLibrary 2.0 Forum Series might serve as basis for „Library 2.0“ workshops in Frankfurt

Ann Arbor: Let's go blue! – Conclusion

• Information and media literacy programs help bridge the „digital divide“

• „Library 2.0“ ≠ only technology

• „Library 2.0“ = new concept for all library services

• Traditional library services, functional buildings and focus on our user's needs are still key factors

• Last but not least: meeting great people!

Fabienne [email protected]

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