Transcript Portals - American Library Association

Portals in Libraries Symposium:
Current State of
Portals in Libraries
Robert H. McDonald
Assistant Director of Libraries for Technology
Florida State University
[email protected]
June 26, 2004
Orlando, FL
online at:
http://www.rmcdonald.info/presentations/portal2004
Current State of Portals
Agenda: Environmental Scan
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Overview
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Portals in Libraries
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Portals in Higher Education
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Summary
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Questions
Overview
• Portals in Libraries
– Higher Education – Accenture Survey
Definition
• Gateway that provides a single point of entry to
information and tools.
• Web-based aggregation point.
• Targeted User Groups.
• My “homepage” or “library”
• Easy to use.
• Accessible from anywhere anytime.
Overview
• Portals in Libraries
– Higher Education
• Information Channel within a University Portal
• Stand Alone Customizable/Personal EResource
Portal
• Set of personalized Web Services Provided by a
Library to interact with any or all of the above.
Agenda: Environmental Scan
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Overview
2
Portals in Libraries
3
Portals in Higher Education
4
Summary
5
Questions
Library Portal
Information
Channels
Customizable Library EResources/Services
EJournal Lists, New Book Lists, Indexing and
Fulltext Database Links, Book Renewal
Course Management Integration
Integration of specific Eresources/Services with
Course Management Systems ex. WebCt,
Blackboard, Desire2Learn
MetaSearch Services
This can be tied to a MetaSearch Service that
includes relevance ranking and de-duping or can be
a drop down of web based search services.
Web
Browser
University Web Services
Web Services tied to course registration, financial
services, documents on demand or extracurricular
associations such as sports ticketing.
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User Identity
Institutional Identity
Web Search of Campus and Departmental Web Pages
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Student/Customer Ecommerce Web Services
Course Syllabi Course Grades
Institutional and
Departmental
Announcements
Individualized
Announcements
Transcripts
Course Fees
Customizable News Feeds
Library Portal Feeds/Links
Library MetaSearch Tools
Portals in Libraries
• Customizable EResource Portals
– MyLibrary (NCSU)
• Discipline Based Organization
– Scout Portal Toolkit (Internet Scout Project)
• Collection Based Organization
– phpWebSite (Open Source)
• Web Content Based Organization
Portals in Libraries
• Integrated Web Services
– Integration with Campus Portal
• Royal Holloway University - London – New Books
RSS Feed/SCT Luminis
– Integration with Course Management Systems
• University of Maryland – WebCT/Metalib
– Integration with Course Reserve Systems
• University of Rochester – HTML/MyLibrary
Portals in Libraries
• MetaSearch Systems with Portal Features
– Iowa State University
• ZPortal
– Kansas State University
• Encompass
– University of Maryland
• Metalib
Agenda: Environmental Scan
1
Overview
2
Portals in Libraries
3
Portals in Higher Education
4
Summary
5
Questions
Portals in Higher Education
• Customizable Institutional Portals
– UPortal (Open-Source)
• Cornell University
– SCT Luminus (Proprietary)
• Royal Holloway University
– Locally Developed Systems - MyUW
• University of Washington
Agenda: Environmental Scan
1
Overview
2
Portals in Libraries
3
Portals in Higher Education
4
Summary
5
Questions
Summary
• More Libraries are working with portal
type features – Not just for the interested
10% but for all customers.
–The “KillerApp” Idea must be rethought
with this integration.
–If we force all constituents through a
portal?
• ex. Need=Use
• Needing Access to Grades will drive use of
easily available library EResources.
Summary
• Many Parent Institutions –
(Universities/Municipalities) are starting
to work with portal concepts for their
customers who expect ecommerce web
services.
Summary
• Work must be done with integrating
library portal systems as Web Services
within Institutional Portals or via other
standards yet to be named.
• Early Adopters will ensure that the Library
has a channel within the parent institution
portal.
Portal Working Groups
• ARL Scholar’s Portal Project
– http://www.arl.org/access/scholarsportal/
• ARMPIG (ARL Metalib Portal Interest
Group)
– http://www.smugnet.org/2003na/presentations/armpig.ppt
• Java Architectures Special Interest Group
(uPortal)
– http://www.ja-sig.org/
Agenda: Environmental Scan
1
Overview
2
Portals in Libraries
3
Portals in Higher Education
4
Summary
5
Questions