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Iain Wallace Digital Services Development Librarian Spoken Word Services www.spokenword.ac.uk. Library 2.0. Back in the day. The 'Google Generation'. This is a title. This is the body text. www.spokenword.ac.uk. User Expectations. Spoken Word Services. Use web services & apis.
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Iain Wallace Digital Services Development LibrarianSpoken Word Serviceswww.spokenword.ac.uk
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Use web services & apis • LibraryThing • OCLC WorldCat Grid Services • Amazon Web Services • Google Book Search API
Other Libraries demos • University of Huddersfield • http://webcat.hud.ac.uk/ • Ann Arbor District Library • http://www.aadl.org/catalog • Darien Library • http://www.darienlibrary.org/catalog • Plymouth State University • http://library.plymouth.edu/ • North Carolina State University • http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/catalog/
Vendors • Talis Platform • Bowker AquaBrowser • Ex Libris Primo • Innovative Interfaces Encore • SirsiDynix – Enterprise?
What can you do now? • Think about what your users (and non-users) want and need • Learn from others in your community • Blogging • Podcasting • Experiment with Delicious/Flickr/Facebook/etc • New generation OPACs?
Some ‘stars’ of ‘Library 2.0’ • Dave Pattern, University of Huddersfield • http://www.daveyp.com/blog/ • Paul Miller & Richard Wallis, TALIS - • http://librarygang.talis.com • Michael Casey, Gwinnett County Public Library - http://librarycrunch.com/ • John Blyberg, Darien Library - http://www.blyberg.net/ • Casey Bisson, Plymouth State University • http://maisonbisson.com/blog/ • Library 2.0 tag at Delicious - http://delicious.com/tag/library2.0
Blogging • Wordpress.com, Blogger.com, etc. • Very easy to set up and maintain (no software or tech knowledge required) • RSS pushes updates to users • Comments functionality encourages interaction • Syndication encourages collaboration and generates publicity • Can have different blogs for different purposes/subjects • Some examples online ….
Podcasting • Pretty simple to set up • Fits will with blogging – uses same RSS technology to push new ‘episodes’ • Can be accessed anytime/anywhere • Accessible via browser or downloaded to portable device (music player/phone, etc.) • Sound and video can bring subject to life • Screencasts can capture screen behaviour for e-resources • Some examples online …
Make an Opac 2.0 wishlist • DIY and/or Vendor Support? • Personalisation • spell checking (“did you mean?”) • search all library resources (inc. e-resources) • relevancy ranking, search refining, and facets • manual recommendations (“best bets”) • automated suggestions • (based on both global and user-specific data) • user participation (“read-write OPAC”) • With thanks to Dave P
If all else fails www.spokenword.ac.uk
Further Information This presentation will appear on Slideshare soon http://www.slideshare.net/iainjwallace Iain Wallace Digital Services Development Librarian E: iain.wallace@gcal.ac.uk T: 0141 273 1901 W: http://www.spokenword.ac.uk