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Bright Ideas for the Web

This presentation by Darlene Fichter from the University of Saskatchewan discusses innovative ways to integrate external content into library services using web technologies. It covers the use of RSS feeds, Web parts, widgets, and Amazon web services to create custom portals and enhance user engagement. Examples include building personalized "newspapers," using PHP scripts for RSS feed display, and connecting to library catalogues with drag-and-drop features. Attendees will learn how to creatively utilize these tools to transform library offerings and reach users effectively.

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Bright Ideas for the Web

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  1. Internet Librarian Monterey, CA Bright Ideas for the Web Darlene Fichter darlene.fichter@usask.ca University of Saskatchewan November 4, 2003

  2. Overview • External Content integration • Getting easier • Examples • Web parts, portlets, gadgets, widgets • New mind set • Examples • Land of Oz • Assimilate and be assimilated

  3. RSS and headlines • Create your own “newspaper” • Use Bloglines • Publish your list to the web • Sites to read • No coding • Web forms • Javascript • Cut and paste

  4. http://library.usask.ca/~pas508/blogline.html

  5. News to Read

  6. zFeeder • zFeeder is a PHP script used to display RSS content on your webpages • Show the news to your visitors • It parses RSS (or RDF or backend) files (xml files) and shows content formatted • It is simple to use, implement and customize accordingly to your needs • http://zvonnews.sourceforge.net/zfeeder.php

  7. zFeeder Example • Show the headlines • Example

  8. Why just news stories? • High quality links to web sites? • Librarians' Index to the Internet • http://www.ylpl.lib.ca.us/liintw92.rss • Example

  9. To the land of Oz and back • Future is not a page • Think of it as parts • Building blocks • It’s not all assembled from your database or your site

  10. Amazon web services • Amazon web services • Associate ID • Web token • Light weight (non-programmer) • XML Scratch Pad • Heavier weight (programming)

  11. Each of these areas

  12. First steps • News feed • New web sites • Integration of some Amazon content

  13. Amazon for fundraising and/or content • Fundraising • Set up a Amazon store • Sell complimentary items – posters, calendars, toys

  14. Output choices • XML • Get a script that can display it • XML and XSLT • Use one of Amazon’s • Make your own • Use a CSS

  15. Canned XLST templates

  16. So how can this help My Library? • Integrate this rich book content with your catalogue of books, movies, music

  17. Provide Related LinksBe Creative • Find more by a “publisher” • Scratch Pad – manufacturer • Books by Oxford University Press

  18. From Oz to Kansas again • Jon Udell’s Library Lookup • http://weblog.infoworld.com/udell/stories/2002/12/11/librarylookup.html • Innovative • Voyager • iPac • DRA • Talis

  19. Library catalog bookmarklet • Drag a link to your library to browser's link toolbar or add it to bookmarks • You can look up books at your local library when you’re on a book-related site (Amazon, BN, isbn.nu, All Consuming) • ISBN must be in the URL

  20. ISBN

  21. My Library Catalog

  22. Bigger steps • Be everywhere • New portal • Portal with every students course schedule, link to course web pages • What should be there?

  23. Students – see their courses • Ideally the library would have a list of resources for each course Faculty • Easy ways to link at the lesson level to our material • We need to offer vendor products like ILSs and article databases like ProQuest that support and allow deep and persistent links • Wizards to make this easy for our faculty

  24. More services • HotScripts.com • Search for XML • http://www.hotscripts.com

  25. Look, learn and experiment

  26. Questions? • Darlene Fichter darlene.fichter@usask.ca University of Saskatchewan Library library.usask.ca/~fichter/

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