Friday, May 02, 2008

What should we do...Part 2

What can we do about it?
  • outsource redesign (webPAC refresher service -- $$ from III)
  • hide the WebPAC (behind a "discovery layer" -- like Encore / BiblioComm / WorldCat Local (first two libs to try were III libs)
  • enhance the WebPAC
  • Scriblio:
    • open source wrapper
    • Plymouth State University (Casey Bisson)
    • uses a word press blog
    • no separation btw lib web site and opac...interesting...hidden (or *seamless* opac -- open source)
  • Solrpac: Miami Univ
    • Solar (indexing) + Drupl (cms)
    • exports bibs from iii to new interface
    • facets
  • King County Library System
    • Aquabrowser (from Bowker)
    • hip skin for WebPac
    • facets
  • Encore
    • WebPac as Cyrano de Bergerac!!!
    • takes your records and displays them in a different way
    • more intimate relationsihp with OPAC than 3rd party options (no sync / uploads needed)
  • Enhancements overview
    • iii enhancements
      • InnReach (like WorldCat local)
      • WebBridge
      • Pathfinder Pro (like WebBridge for the opac)...links out to web based onyour bibs (eg. set certain call numbers to highlight literary databases / subject guides)
      • ERM as a database pathfinder in the webPac...good idea -- how much?
      • eg: Bowling Green State University (BGSU)...
        • Virtual Coll inegrated in to the cat...also can add the A-Z journal title list
      • MetaData builder and media management (iii product to store digital images...think about using this for NWO History stuff????)
      • spellcheck (one of Karen Schneider's OPAC suck-isms)
      • patron reviews
      • reading history / preferred searches (DONE!!! :) )
      • RSS Cat feeds ("product" but easy to do on your own...see notes for Bob Duncan presentation) (feeds for eg. for new books and patron info)
    • 3rd party enhancements
      • Library Thing for Libraries (San Fransisco State Univ Lib did)
        • tapping in to tags / recommendations / read-a-likes of LThing users
        • tag browser -- adding collective wisdom to webPAC (similar philosophy to google search results -- popularity contest!)
      • Syndetics (Got it!)
      • LibX
        • adding WebPAC to the browser...patrons would have to install (Virginia Tech did it)...also adds your cat to amazon
    • home made enhancements

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