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Free and Open Source Options for Creating Database-Driven Subject Guides
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Title:Free and Open Source Options for Creating Database-Driven Subject Guides (ID: CSD5388)
Author(s):Edward M. Corrado (Binghamton University) and Kathryn A. Frederick (Elmira College)
Source:The Code4Lib Journal
Origin:Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (03/28/2008)
Type:Articles, Papers, and Reports
Abstract:

This article reviews available cost-effective options libraries have for updating and maintaining pathfinders such as subject guides and course pages. The paper discusses many of the available options, from the standpoint of a mid-sized academic library which is evaluating alternatives to static-HTML subject guides. Static HTML guides, while useful, have proven difficult and time-consuming to maintain. The article includes a discussion of open source database-driven solutions (such as SubjectsPlus, LibData, Research Guide, and Library Course Builder), Wikis, and social tagging sites like del.icio.us. This article discusses both the functionality and the relative strengths and weaknessess of each of these options.

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http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/47[Off site]
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Drupal in Libraries
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Title:Drupal in Libraries (ID: CSD5381)
Author(s):Andy Austin (Genesee Valley BOCES) and Christopher Harris (Genesee Valley BOCES)
Source:American Library Association
Origin:Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (06/23/2008)
Type:Articles, Papers, and Reports
Abstract:

"Drupal in Libraries" features helpful case history examples of Drupal use in libraries. Most of the report, however, is dedicated to a useful and user-friendly how-to guide for libraries interested in utilizing Drupal — and its dedicated developer community — to build dynamic and easy-to-use library Web sites.

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http://www.techsource.ala.org/ltr/drupal-in-libraries.html[Off site]
https://publications.techsource.ala.org/products/archive.pl?article=2621[Off site]
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Seems Seamless: Joining Library Borrowing Systems with Custom Programming
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Title:Seems Seamless: Joining Library Borrowing Systems with Custom Programming (ID: NCP08080)
Author(s):Bonnie Buzzell (Brown University), Jean Rainwater (Brown University), and Birkin James Diana (Brown University)
Origin:Presented at NERCOMP Conferences (03/10/2008)
Type:Presentations/Speeches
Abstract:

Brown University Library's easyBorrow service is an example of local programming that stitches together multiple vendors' services, providing an apparently seamless interface for borrowing a book from any of five systems. Using teamwork, service-oriented architecture, and a determination to make it easy, easyBorrow's modular implementation allows for quick adjustments as situations (and services) change.

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http://dl.lib.brown.edu/its/software/easyborrow/easyBorrow
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http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/powerpoint/NCP08080.ppsSeems Seamless powerpoint presentation
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E07 Podcast: An Interview with Heather Gordon
Created by Kelly Walker (Tintinnabulous) on November 12, 2007

In this 12-minute podcast, we feature a phone interview with Heather Gordon, Director, Information Services and University Librarian, James Cook University . She discusses the University's recent Review of Information Services Report and the role of the library and its staff in providing resources to enhance learning, research, and information literacy. Gordon also discusses her role as Copyright Officer for James Cook University.

Sponsored by Real Networks

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An Interview with Peter Brantley at CNI's 2007 Spring Task Force Meeting
Created by Gerry Bayne (EDUCAUSE) on April 27, 2007
This is a 19 minute interview with Peter Brantley, new Executive Director of the Digital Library Federation.

The collective expertise of digital libraries in making available the diverse literatures of science and artistic expression, in concert with the increasing sophistication of commercial partners and the development of distributed, interactive forms of publishing, require libraries to chart the engineering of new architectures for teaching, learning, and research. Digital Libraries must work to forge the new collaborations required to enable and build these services. Peter Brantley talk about the digital library landscape and the challenges that lie ahead.

This interview is provided courtesy of CNI and was recorded at their 2007 Spring Task Force Meeting.  The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) is an organization dedicated to supporting the transformative pr
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Library Workflow Redesign: Six Case Studies
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Title:Library Workflow Redesign: Six Case Studies (ID: CSD4910)
Edited by:Marilyn Mitchell (University of Puget Sound)
Source:Council on Library and Information Resources
Origin:Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (2007)
Type:Articles, Papers, and Reports
Abstract:The proliferation of electronic information and tools has changed the way that readers and researchers do their work. It has also changed the way library staff members provide materials and services. Several years ago a group of liberal arts college librarians, realizing the need to streamline processes to serve changing needs, asked CLIR to help.

With support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, CLIR offered workflow redesign support to teams from six institutions that are part of consortia. This volume documents their work. These institutions were pioneers. Now the issue of workflow redesign appears to be on the minds not only of librarians in small institutions, but also of many librarians in research libraries. We hope that this publication can be the beginning of describing changing work patterns, and that it can be followed by additional publications, both in print and through the CLIR Web site, on imaginative ways of providing good services in a shifting environment.

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http://www.clir.org/pubs/abstract/pub139abst.html[Off site]
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The Online Library Catalog: Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained?
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Title:The Online Library Catalog: Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained? (ID: CSD4860)
Author(s):Karen Markey (University of Michigan-Ann Arbor)
Source:D-Lib Magazine
Origin:Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (2007)
Type:Articles, Papers, and Reports
Abstract:This think piece tells why the online library catalog fell from grace and why new directions pertaining to cataloging simplification and primary sources will not attract people back to the online catalog. It proposes an alternative direction that has greater likelihood of regaining the online catalog's lofty status and longtime users. Such a direction will require paradigm shifts in library cataloging and in the design and development of online library catalogs that heed catalog users' longtime demands for improvements to the searching experience.
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http://dlib.org/dlib/january07/markey/01markey.html[Off site]
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Using the Audit Checklist for the Certification of a Trusted Digital Repository as a Framework for Evaluating Repository Software Applications: A Progress Report
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Title:Using the Audit Checklist for the Certification of a Trusted Digital Repository as a Framework for Evaluating Repository Software Applications: A Progress Report (ID: CSD4743)
Author(s):Joanne Kaczmarek (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Patricia Hswe (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Janet Eke (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), and Thomas G. Habing (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Source:D-Lib Magazine
Origin:Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (2006)
Type:Articles, Papers, and Reports
Abstract:Digital library initiatives have encouraged the development and implementation of repository software applications such as DSpace, Eprints, and Greenstone. These applications are being commonly deployed within the context of institutional or digital repositories. As the boundaries of, and landscapes around, institutional or digital repositories become more clearly defined and expressed, there is a greater need to have useful methods for evaluating repository software applications and the role they play in the broader context of repository services. Regarding digital preservation specifically, the 2005 RLG/NARA Audit Checklist for the Certification of a Trusted Digital Repository, Draft for Public Comment (Audit Checklist) is a current document under consideration for determining an institution's ability to be a Trusted Digital Repository. The NDIIPP-sponsored ECHO DEPository project is proposing a framework of evaluation for repository software applications based on the Audit Checklist in conjunction with a common software evaluation scoring methodology. This paper provides an overview of our work to date in this area.
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http://www.dlib.org/dlib/december06/kaczmarek/12kaczmarek.html[Off site]
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Chasing a Moving Target: Using the CMS in an Evolving Web Environment
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Title:Chasing a Moving Target: Using the CMS in an Evolving Web Environment (ID: NCP0644)
Author(s):Bryan P. Carson (Middlebury College) and Carrie M. Macfarlane (Middlebury College)
Origin:Presented at NERCOMP Conferences (03/21/2006)
Type:Presentations/Speeches
Abstract:The Middlebury College libraries converted to a campus-wide Web content management system (CMS) in 2003, and further improvements are always on the horizon. We will evaluate the merits and limitations of the new CMS by discussing how library staff use it in this constantly changing environment.
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http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/powerpoint/NCP0644.ppsChasing a Moving Target: Using the CMS in an Evolving Web Environment
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E2005 Podcast: Life-Cycle Replacement
Created by Podcaster (EDUCAUSE) on March 27, 2006
This 39 minute recording provides coverage of the 2005 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference Session entitled Life-Cycle Replacement: IT Funding's Holy Grail.
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