Links to OPAC Enhancements, Wrappers, and Replacements

Peter Murray — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:30:37 +0000

Below are the supplemental links for the presentation at the NISO workshop on discovery layers in Chapel Hill, NC, on March 28, 2008.

Update 20080404T1124 : Carolyn McCallum at Wake Forest University posted a great summary of day two of the NISO discovery layer forum, including an overview of my talk. Thanks, Carolyn!

Foundational Pieces

The presentation started as an extension of a DLTJ blog post. I also mentioned Marshal Breeding’s Library Technology Report published in July/August of 2007 and available from the ALA store.

Tour of Systems

For each of the 10 systems that were toured in the course of the presentation there is a link to the home page of the product/project and a link to a demo or canonical live example. ~~If there is interest in seeing the 2-minute screencasts that go along with each product/project, let me know in the comments or via a private note and I’ll see what I can do.~~ There is a mix of a screencast and the recorded audio of the presentation in another DLTJ posting.

Web OPAC Enhancements

Library Thing for Libraries

Homepage: http://www.librarything.com/forlibraries/
Demo site: http://blais.claremont.edu/

Web OPAC Wrappers

SOPAC

Homepage: http://www.blyberg.net/2007/01/21/aadlorg-goes-social/
Demo site: http://www.aadl.org/catalog/

Web OPAC Replacements

AquaBrowser

Homepage: http://www.medialab.nl/
Demo site: http://aqua.queenslibrary.org/

Encore

Homepage: http://www.iii.com/encore/main_index2.html
Demo site: http://ukty-mt.iii.com/iii/encore/app

Primo

Homepage: http://www.exlibrisgroup.com/category/PrimoOverview
Demo site: http://prime2.oit.umn.edu:1701/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=TWINCITIES&reset_config=true

WorldCat Local

Homepage: http://www.oclc.org/worldcatlocal/
Demo site: http://osu.worldcat.org/

Blacklight

Homepage: http://blacklight.rubyforge.org/
Demo site: http://blacklight.betech.virginia.edu/

fac-back-opac

Homepage: http://code.google.com/p/fac-back-opac/
Demo site: http://library.paulsmiths.edu/catalog

Scriblio

Homepage: http://about.scriblio.net/
Demo site: http://library.plymouth.edu/

SOPAC2

Homepage: http://www.blyberg.net/2008/08/16/sopac-20-what-to-expect/
Demo site: http://www.darienlibrary.org/

VuFind

Homepage: http://vufind.org/
Demo site: http://vufind.org/demo/

On the Horizon…

BiblioCommons

Homepage: http://bibliocommons.com/
Demo site: http://www.opl.on.ca/

Extensible Catalog (XC)

Homepage: http://extensiblecatalog.info

Presentation Mechanics

Several people have asked about how the presentation was put together and executed. Everything was done on a Mac using Keynote. The screencasts were recorded with IShowU with the assistance of Mousepose to highlight the mouse cursor and clicks. The presentation was controlled from an HTC Mogul over Bluetooth using the Salling Clicker software.

[Updated 20080329T1925 : Added links.]

[Updated 20080424T1151 : Updated link to the NISO page for the event. Thanks Jodi!]

[Update 20080911T1143 : Added SOPAC2 and Bibliocommons (thanks Josh!) plus XC as well as a link to the screencast/audio mashup of the session.]

[Updated 20090526T1603 : Added link to Oakville Public Library as an example of Bibliocommons. Thanks, Chris!]

The text was modified to update a link from dltj.org/article/web-opac-schemes/ to http:///dltj.org/article/web-opac-schemes/ on December 30th, 2010.

The text was modified to update a link from http://www.techsource.ala.org/ltr/next-generation-library-catalogs.html to http://www.alatechsource.org/ltr/next-generation-library-catalogs on January 20th, 2011.

The text was modified to remove a link to https://publications.techsource.ala.org/bookstore/displayItem.pl?itemID=2604 on January 20th, 2011.

The text was modified to remove a link to http://ukty-mt.iii.com/iii/encore/app on January 20th, 2011.

The text was modified to update a link from http://www.iii.com/encore/main_index2.html to http://web.archive.org/web/20080328163000/http://www.iii.com/encore/main_index2.html on January 20th, 2011.

The text was modified to update a link from http://blacklight.betech.virginia.edu/ to http://www.lib.virginia.edu/digital/resndev/blacklight.html on January 28th, 2011.

Ann Arbor District Library Camp, 20 March 2008

Peter Murray — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:59:14 +0000

Formal information about the AADL Camp is available on the Library Success wiki, including logistical details, a list of people that are planning to attend, and a list of possible topics. Registration at the Library Success wiki is required to edit the page.

Last month, Ed Vielmetti posted about the plans for the Ann Arbor District Library Camp 2008 on March 20th, 2008 in Ann Arbor, MI. For those unfamiliar with the “camp” conference format (also known as an “unconference”), it is modeled after the Open Space Technology style from Harrison Owen. It focuses on creating the right meeting for the people who attend. As such, there is not a pre-set agenda or predetermined list of speakers. Instead, the agenda is formed as the meeting starts based on the interests and skills of those that come. As Harrison says, the technique is effective when “real learning, innovation, and departure from the norm are required. When you aren’t quite sure where you are, and less than clear about where you are headed, and require the best thinking and support from all those who wish to be involved, Open Space Technology will provide the means.” For a more gentle introduction to the camp/unconference topic, see The Rules of Bar Camp.

I’m planning on attending the Ann Arbor District Library Camp — and Code4Lib in Portland, Oregon, this year (if I get off the waiting list) — with two big thoughts in mind. First is to soak up and contribute to the meeting. Second is to watch how the meeting is done in anticipation of replicating it in Ohio with a focus on academic library technology. For those in Ohio, do you think you would find something like this useful? We have a large number of skilled developers in the state, and based on what I heard of the experiences of Kent State and Miami from a meeting in the spring of last year, there is a strong desire to share experiences.

Add this event to your desktop calendar program.

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