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myCybrary. Where’s Slavko?. Who the hell is Roy?. Movie #1 Removed Minority Report Mall Scene. myCybrary ver .001. Movie #2 Removed Brazil Message Tubes Scene. myCybrary .002. Road to myCybrary. Cybrary Website. Current system Apple Xserve, Xserve RAID
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Where’s Slavko? Who the hell is Roy?
Movie #1 Removed Minority Report Mall Scene myCybrary ver .001
Movie #2 Removed Brazil Message Tubes Scene myCybrary .002
Cybrary Website • Current system • Apple Xserve, Xserve RAID • Blue Dragon, MySQL, Innopac Oracle ILS, MT, reSearcher • Most resource pages served from DB/ILS content
Cybrary Resources • Databases, eJournals, Subject Guides, & RSS feeds, What’s New scripts for ILS, eReserves • eManual Information Literacy lessons, guides and viewlets • vRef, expedited ILL, lecture video
1st Generation • First generation of MyCybrary simply provided access to • individual ILS-based account services • personal information management tools • No easy way to deliver other custom services to individuals
MyLibrary Systems • Traditional portal-based MyLibrary systems force user to login to a new environment • Use to date around 5-7% • Content delivery general
MyCourses System • University of Rochester CoURse Resources System more success • Resource delivery based on courses with eReserve material • Required removal of eReserves from ILS for desired functionality
Campus Politics • myCybrary Beta took 2 yrs and 3 weeks to develop • 2 years to get SIS access • 3 weeks to build • Just-Do-It requires Teamwork
myCybrary System • Cornerstone delivery via Course, integrate with SIS/ILS/ILLS/web • Students will use it because • professor tells them to • access to course resources • Success of e/Reserve example
New myCybrary • Same framework as website • 3 different levels of delivery • Student = Personal • Courses = Subject • Library/Campus = General
Student = Personal • Links to student’s own resources, plus others • campus & personal mail • personal web storage • personal blog and wiki via Library’s server
Courses = Subject • Login builds list of courses • Use existing resources + new • course outlines, links to course websites/, Department • DBs, eJs, Guides, RSS, Course Help, eReserves, video feeds
Library = General • Access to general resources • ILL’s, Library account • Furl/unalog, RefWorks • Institutional Repository
Next Steps • 1st Release January • Course Outlines drop zone • LC profile for new books/eJs • dbWiz with course profile • Report on usage in 1st year
Future Options • ILL articles/cite to web storage • RSS notification of Journal issues, search profile results • iPodder lecture notify/feed • IM integration for personal/vRef
Happy Coders • Buy new computer every 2 years • Buy 2 techie toys each year • Buy lunch w beer every week • Praise daily • Salary? Want a new computer?
Mark Leggott, University Librarian University of Winnipeg m.leggott@uwinnipeg.ca (e-mail/MSN)