Next Generation Library Catalog Resources

From Independent Study: Library Automation

Contents 1 Talks/Presentations/Papers/Groups on NextGen Catalog 2 Next Gen Catalog Examples 3 Library Tools Experimental Sites 4 Directories of New Library Tools 5 Specific Tools and Live Sites 6 Innovative Library Consortia 7 Library Practice Wikis

[edit] Talks/Presentations/Papers/Groups on NextGen Catalog

• GSLIScast http://gslis.simmons.edu/podcasts/index.php; http://gslis.simmons.edu/podcast/podcast.php?cat=Newtechnologies
• Library Tech Guide: Next Generation Catalogs http://www.librarytechnology.org/discovery.pl?SID=20080424816558837
• Future of Integrated Library Systems http://infoservices.uwindsor.ca/ils/?p=44
• Hildreth, C. R. Online Catalog Design Models: Are We Moving in the Right Direction? http://myweb.cwpost.liu.edu/childret/clr-two.html
• Google Unveils Tools to Integrate Its Digitized Books Into Campus Library Catalogs. http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/index.php?id=2819
• Using Google Calendar to Manage Library Website Hours http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/46
• Open Source OPAC Market Penetration in US Public Libraries http://esilibrary.com/blog/?p=28
• Librarians Duel Over the Future of Producing Bibliographic Records http://chronicle.com/free/2008/03/2311n.htm?rss
  • LC Workgroup's report: On the Record http://www.loc.gov/bibliographic-future/news/lcwg-ontherecord-jan08-final.pdf
  • Thomas Mann's criticism: “On the Record” but Off the Track http://www.guild2910.org/WorkingGrpResponse2008.pdf
• DLF ILS and Discovery Systems
  • wiki https://project.library.upenn.edu/confluence/display/ilsapi/Home
  • draft proposal: https://project.library.upenn.edu/confluence/display/ilsapi/Draft+Recommendation
  • google group discussion: http://groups.google.com/group/ils-di
• Computer in Libraries 2008
  • Librarianinblack blog: http://librarianinblack.typepad.com/librarianinblack/
  • From WoePac to WowPac:
    • http://librarianinblack.typepad.com/librarianinblack/2008/04/computers-in--8.html
    • http://www.web2learning.net/archives/1668
  • Ilibrarian's blog: http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/2008/cil2008-presentations/
• Code4lib 2008 videos
  • http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=code4lib+2008&so=1&sitesearch=
• VALE next generation Academic Library System Symposium OLS (Open Library System)
  • video streaming and ppt files: http://www.valenj.org/newvale/ols/symposium2008/program-schedule.shtml
• Library Language Studies
  • By Elizabeth Edwards (George Washington University): http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=p8kTawTxfuMk3AFyxwaEaXw
  • By Thomas Cox at Tufts Univ: http://www.library.tufts.edu/tisch/staff/webTeam/ethno/
• MaintainIT cookbooks:
  • http://maintainitproject.org/cookbooks
• Discussion on RDA:
  • http://inquiringlibrarian.blogspot.com/2008/05/lc-statement-on-rda.html

[edit] Next Gen Catalog Examples

• AquaBrowser http://www.aquabrowser.com/ (from Medialab Solutions);
  • Example site: University of Chicago LENS http://lens.lib.uchicago.edu/
• Endeca's search engine for library catalogs http://endeca.com/;
• Encore (from Innovative Interfaces)http://www.iii.com/encore/main_index2.html;
• Primo (from Ex Libris) http://www.exlibrisgroup.com/category/PrimoOverview ;
  • Example site: Vanderbilt University http://alphasearch.library.vanderbilt.edu/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do
• WorldCatLocal (from OCLC) http://www.oclc.org/worldcatlocal/default.htm;
• Polaris (from Polaris Library Systems)http://www.polarislibrary.com/products-services/ILS-system.html ;
• open-source software-based interfaces Evergreen http://www.open-ils.org/ and Koha http://liblime.com/koha;
  • Example site for Koha: Athens County Public Library http://search.athenscounty.lib.oh.us/
• LibraryThing http://www.librarything.com/, the social-networking, personal library cataloging software.

[edit] Library Tools Experimental Sites

• Allen County Public Library (Fort Wayne, Indiana) ACPLib2.0 http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/acpl2.html
• Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Library Sandbox http://library.ust.hk/sandbox.html

[I like their Scriblio beta catalog because it includes tags, faceted browsing, book cover images, reader comments, and a clean look and feel.]

• Johns Hopkins University Library Betas http://library.jhu.edu/services/beta/index.html
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) MIT Libaries' Betas http://libraries.mit.edu/help/betas/
• National Library of Australia LibraryLabs http://ll01.nla.gov.au/
• New York Public Library NYPL Labs http://labs.nypl.org/
• North Carolina State University Digital Library Initiatives Projects http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/dli/projects/
• University of Alabama Web Laboratory http://www.lib.ua.edu/weblab/
• University of Minnesota Digital Library Development Lab https://wiki.lib.umn.edu/IT/DigitalLibraryDevelopmentLab
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign UIUC Library Labs http://www.library.uiuc.edu/liblabs/
• University of Michigan MLibrary Labs http://www.lib.umich.edu/labs/
• University of Pennsylvania PennLabs http://labs.library.upenn.edu/
• University of Virginia Library Lab http://lab.lib.virginia.edu/index.html
• Vanderbilt University Test Pilot http://testpilot.library.vanderbilt.edu/
• Chopac: http://chopac.org/

[edit] Directories of New Library Tools

• 25 awesome library beta tools http://www.collegedegree.com/library/college-life/25-awesome-beta
• 12 Screencasting tools http://mashable.com/2008/02/21/screencasting-video-tutorials/
• Open Access Tools http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Open_Source_Software#Great_Free.2FOpen_Source_Tools_for_Libraries
• Accessiblity Software http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Accessibility
• Web Calendar http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Calendars
• Links to OPAC Enhancements, Wrappers, and Replacements http://dltj.org/article/niso-discovery-presentation-links/
• 80 online resources for book lovers http://ydabondelli.wordpress.com/2008/03/15/80-online-resources-for-book-lovers/

[edit] Specific Tools and Live Sites

• Open Library
  • http://openlibrary.org/
• LibraryThing for Libraries
  • http://www.librarything.com/forlibraries/
• Koha with class site
  • http://liblime.com/projects/koha-with-class/for-instructors/apply
• Encore & 16 live encore sites
  • http://del.icio.us/icplstaff/opac
  • Demo site: http://ukty-mt.iii.com/iii/encore/app9
• Primo
  • demo site: http://prime2.oit.umn.edu:1701/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=TWINCITIES&reset_config=true
• VuFind
  • demo site: http://vufind.org/demo/
• Scriblio & its download site
  • http://about.scriblio.net/
  • http://about.scriblio.net/download
• Omeka
  • http://omeka.org/about/
• Free/Open Access Content Management System
  • Drupal
    • Screencast on using drupal to create library database management pages: http://chicagolibrarian.com/node/262
  • Textpattern
    • http://textpattern.com/
  • Joomla!
    • http://www.joomla.org/
• Meebo (IM for library chat reference services)
  • Homepage: http://www.meebo.com/
  • Meebo Widget: http://www.meebome.com/
• Twitter
  • homepage: https://twitter.com/
  • Videoguide: http://www.commoncraft.com/Twitter
  • example of using twitter in library: http://twitter.com/askundergrad
• LinkedIn (similiar to facebook)
  • http://www.linkedin.com/
• Vanilla (Open Source Discussion Board)
  • http://getvanilla.com/
• Pageflakes
  • Dublin Public Libraries Pageflake http://www.pageflakes.com/dublincitypubliclibraries/18431638/
  • Glasgow College Libraries Pageflakes http://www.pageflakes.com/gclnglg/20522782
  • SLIC / Scottish Libraries http://www.pageflakes.com/scottishlibraries
• SubjectPlus (the subject guide management tool)
  • Home page: http://www.ithacalibrary.com/subsplus/
• Social Network Systems:
  • SciLink (claims to be the first and largest online professional networking platform for scientists)
    • http://www.scilink.com
  • Pronetos (professor's networks)
    • http://pronetos.com/
    • http://pronetos.com/disciplines/10
  • Facebook
    • facebook and libraries groups: http://onlinesocialnetworks.blogspot.com/2008/04/libraries-and-facebook.html
• Zetero (a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources. It lives right where you do your work — in the web browser itself)
  • http://www.zotero.org/
• Equinox (Evergreen Resource)
  • http://esilibrary.com/esi/
• Converting MARC21 records to MARCXML records:
  • marc4j, http://marc4j.tigris.org/
  • MarcEdit, http://oregonstate.edu/~reeset/marcedit/html/index.php
• Springshare
  • LibGuides for library subject guides: http://www.springshare.com/libguides/index.html
  • LibMarks for social bookmarking: http://www.springshare.com/libmarks/index.html
• Bungee View: visualizing OPAC
  • http://cityscape.inf.cs.cmu.edu/bungee/
• Technology Planning Software: Techatlas
  • http://webjunction.techatlas.org/tools/
• Doodle: Free online scheduling system
  • http://www.doodle.ch/main.html
• Awesome Highlighter (highlights texts on a web page)
  • http://www.awesomehighlighter.com/
• Library Subject Guide Tools:
  • Libguide http://demo.libguides.com/
  • ICAP tools http://ica.library.oregonstate.edu/about/index.html
  • Web Collaboration Tools
  • dimdim: http://www.dimdim.com/
  • yugma: http://www.yugma.com/
• Talis
  • http://catalogue.statelibrary.tas.gov.au/
• Ever note:
  • http://evernote.com/about/support/windows.php
• blurb.com
  • booksmart: http://www.blurb.com/
• Library management tool:
  • biblioteQ:
    • download site: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=129976
    • corp site: http://biblioteq.sourceforge.net/

[edit] Innovative Library Consortia

• MassCat http://www.masscat.org/
• WALDO http://www.waldolib.org/
• MLC Michigan Evergreen http://www.mlcnet.org/evergreen/
• VALE New Jersey (hosts multiple VALE Symposium) http://www.valenj.org/newvale/index.shtml)
• Conifer (consortium of McMaster University, University of Windsor, and Laurentian University) Ever Green Test Page: http://biblio-dev.laurentian.ca/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/index.xml
• GSLIS West using LibraryThing: http://www.librarything.com/catalog/gsliswest

[edit] Library Practice Wikis

• LISWiki http://liswiki.org/wiki/Main_Page
• Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki, http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Main_Page
• Library instruction: http://instructionwiki.org/Meebo