Contributed by Organizations or Campuses and Library Information Systems
Free and Open Source Options for Creating Database-Driven Subject Guides
| 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. | | View this resource: | |
Library Workflow Redesign: Six Case Studies
| 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. | | View this resource: | |
Using the Audit Checklist for the Certification of a Trusted Digital Repository as a Framework for Evaluating Repository Software Applications: A Progress Report
| 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. | | View this resource: | |
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