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Delivering Individualized Library Content: Portals & The Future of Library Web Sites

Delivering Individualized Library Content: Portals & The Future of Library Web Sites. Tom Ipri Media Services Librarian Connelly Library Philadelphia, PA ipri@lasalle.edu. Founded in 1863 Philadelphia, PA 6200 students Main campus and 2 satellites. La Salle University.

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Delivering Individualized Library Content: Portals & The Future of Library Web Sites

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  1. Delivering Individualized Library Content: Portals & The Future of Library Web Sites Tom Ipri Media Services Librarian Connelly Library Philadelphia, PA ipri@lasalle.edu

  2. Founded in 1863 Philadelphia, PA 6200 students Main campus and 2 satellites La Salle University Tom Ipri - Wide Open Portals

  3. 9 Full time librarians 1 Part-time at satellite No dedicated Web person No dedicated Portal person Connelly Library Tom Ipri - Wide Open Portals

  4. mylasalle • Luminis/Campus Pipeline • University Wide • Live Summer 2003 • Cradle to Grave Tom Ipri - Wide Open Portals

  5. Why Library Services in mylasalle? • The largest source of information on campus • Best opportunity to segment information from a vast collection and direct it to specific populations • Only way to get email • Registration, housing, grades Tom Ipri - Wide Open Portals

  6. Brief History • On development committee • Ensure library presence • Library “tab” Tom Ipri - Wide Open Portals

  7. Original Look Tom Ipri - Wide Open Portals

  8. First Version • Basically a “dumbed-down” version of home page • Not taking advantage of potential • Director of Portal Communications hired 2004 Tom Ipri - Wide Open Portals

  9. Second Version • This time it’s personal • Campus and Targeted Announcements • myConnellyLibrary • myResources Tom Ipri - Wide Open Portals

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  16. myResources • Library subject guide + • Resources from departments • Forms, procedures, job ads, etc. • Education, Social Work, Grad Psych, SLH Tom Ipri - Wide Open Portals

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  18. New Developments • Assignment Calculator • Use of RSS feeds • Federated search • WebPac Pro Tom Ipri - Wide Open Portals

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  20. RSS Feeds • Simple XML code • Library news • Databases • Electronic Journals • Library Links • Basically anything Tom Ipri - Wide Open Portals

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  25. Snags • Director of Portal Communication leaves • Change of priorities • Uncertain future • New Web team • PHP/MySQL • Code to read database output Tom Ipri - Wide Open Portals

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  28. Back on Track • A lot of bits and pieces • Adding hand-coded & RSS channels • Converting database info to feeds • Can be aggregated on one “Tab” • Tab – channels – tab • Marketing • Training Tom Ipri - Wide Open Portals

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  31. What’s Next • Federated search • SSO for databases • WebPAC Pro • Circulation info in channel • More use of CSS Tom Ipri - Wide Open Portals

  32. Is it a mash-up? • Darlene Fichter • Web site or web application that uses context from one or more sources to create a completely new service • Building blocks Tom Ipri - Wide Open Portals

  33. Portals and Library 2.0 • Paul Miller • Push the library everywhere • Disaggregate library systems • Liberate the data • Get the data to the user, not the user to the data Tom Ipri - Wide Open Portals

  34. Impact • Rethinking library services with the portal in mind • Portal is designed to be dynamic and customizable • Bring information closer to user • Portal roles Tom Ipri - Wide Open Portals

  35. Impact • Not a huge entity parsed into smaller bits • But smaller bits that are greater than the whole • Don’t add up to one thing, but different things for different people • Future of library web sites? Tom Ipri - Wide Open Portals

  36. Delivering Individualized Library Content: Portals & The Future of Library Web Sites Tom Ipri Media Services Librarian Connelly Library Philadelphia, PA ipri@lasalle.edu

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