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Software Applications Library Consortia

Software Applications Library Consortia. Michael McDonnell The Alberta Library michael@winterstorm.ca http://www.talonline.ca/. The Alberta Library. Members. Post-secondary University of Alberta University of Calgary NAIT Grant MacEwan Mount Royal College Olds College

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Software Applications Library Consortia

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  1. Software Applications Library Consortia Michael McDonnell The Alberta Library michael@winterstorm.ca http://www.talonline.ca/

  2. The Alberta Library Members Post-secondary University of Alberta University of Calgary NAIT Grant MacEwan Mount Royal College Olds College Lakeland College Northern Lakes Alliance/Nazarene St. Mary’s College …many more… Public Edmonton Public Calgary Public Parkland System Yellowhead System Peace System …many more… Private, Non-profit Membership-based Library Consortium “Reducing Barriers To Access” Special Legislature Library Banff Centre Software Application in Library Consortia - Michael McDonnell

  3. The Alberta Library • Services • TAL Card • TAL Online • http://www.talonline.ca/ • AAQ : Ask-a-Question • http://askaquestion.ab.ca/ • Advocacy • http://visityourlibrary.net/ • http://www.thealbertalibrary.ca/ • “Ezproxy” / RPA Software Application in Library Consortia - Michael McDonnell

  4. Lois Hole Campus Alberta Digital Library Members Government Funded Post-secondary Library Initiative 4 Universities 6 First Nations Colleges All other colleges All post-secondaries …including non-TAL members… • Province-wide full-text Digital Collections • Digitization Centres • Digital Repositories • Linking Server • Remote Access / Authentication • Interlibrary Loan • Information Literacy • Virtual Reference Software Application in Library Consortia - Michael McDonnell

  5. Traditional Library Software Applications • The “Virtual” Library • Virtual Union Catalogue • Virtual Reference • Remote Patron Access • Advocacy Software Application in Library Consortia - Michael McDonnell

  6. Virtual Union Catalogues • Union Catalogues • Copy all the records from many catalogues into a new catalogue • Hard to keep them up-to-date • “Virtual” Union Catalogue • Search all catalogues at the same time • Aggregate all the results • TAL Online • http://www.talonline.ca/ • Uses Z39.50 over the Internet • You can search all the library catalogues in the province at once • Unreliable, Inconsistent, Weird results • No significant advantage over non-virtual Union Catalogue Software Application in Library Consortia - Michael McDonnell

  7. Virtual Reference • Reference via • Web, Email, Instant Messenger, “Chat” • AAQ : Ask A Question • http://askaquestion.ab.ca • Ask Question via website • Get Answer via email • No reference interview (by design / mistake / committee) • Collaborative • Province-wide • Public and Post-secondary • Rural and Urban • Questions can be assigned to one or more librarians • Or opened to All librarians for collaboration • Administration • Collects statistics on usage • Classifies questions • Archives the best questions • Reroutes questions when libraries are closed Software Application in Library Consortia - Michael McDonnell

  8. Remote Patron Access • Access databases from home • Ezproxy • http://ae.talonline.ca/ (EPL as an example) • http://alap.talonline.ca/ (Parkland Regional) • http://aec.talonline.ca/ (Concordia College) • Authentication • Barcodes and PINs • Many ILS systems and databases Software Application in Library Consortia - Michael McDonnell

  9. Other Web Applications • Advocacy • http://visityourlibrary.net/ • Information Literacy • Interaction USA • Visual Course Builder • “Screen Casts” • Blogs and Portals • “Web Templates Project” Software Application in Library Consortia - Michael McDonnell

  10. Concept: Federation • Federation • A trust relationship • among a set of institutions/authorities • No root authority • Each institution maintains its own authority • Federation members trust each other to identify their own communities properly, so they do not need direct access to each others' user lists etc. Software Application in Library Consortia - Michael McDonnell

  11. Federated Library Applications • Federated Catalogue Search • Virtual Union Catalogue? • OCLC WorldCat and Google • Federated E-resource Search • Meta-data • Full-text • Federated Digital Libraries • LOCKSS: Lots Of Copies Keeps Stuff Safe • Federated Identity • Access, Authentication, and Authorization • Federated Licensing • E-Resource Management System (ERMS) Software Application in Library Consortia - Michael McDonnell

  12. Library 2.0 • “Social” Software • Books are for USE • Ranganthan’s Five Laws of Library Science • Information is for USE • Information use is SOCIAL • We share it; we communicate it • Web 2.0 • User-centered • Participation • Findability • Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) • Distributed • Read/Write Web Software Application in Library Consortia - Michael McDonnell

  13. Federation and Library 2.0 • Socially Enhance Federated Applications • Enabled by Federated Identity • Enabled by Social Network Applications • Examples • Readers Advisory 2.0 • Virtual Reference 2.0 • Catalogue 2.0 Software Application in Library Consortia - Michael McDonnell

  14. Questions? • More Questions? Email me: • michael@winterstorm.ca • I would be happy to answer your questions about Information Technology Software Application in Library Consortia - Michael McDonnell

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