1. Solr workshop (continuation of pre-conference bootcamp) by KUPERUS, Age Jan and Mr. VAN INGEN, Joost (Wageningen UR Library)
Most ‘next generation discovery interfaces’ seem to rely on the same indexing engine named Lucene. This makes the apache Lucene project one of the most succesful open source projects. Solr is the popular, blazing fast open source enterprise search platform from the Apache Lucene project. Its major features include powerful full-text search, hit highlighting, faceted search, dynamic clustering, database integration, and rich document (e.g., Word, PDF) handling. Solr is highly scalable, providing distributed search and index replication, and it powers the search and navigation features of many of the world’s largest internet sites. Some NG discovery interfaces, such as the VUfind solution are based on Solr.
This bootcamp will provide hands on experience working with Solr.
The architecture of Solr will be described and demonstrated.
Participants will learn how to install Solr and create indexes on any collection of metadata.
Attendees can bring their own computer and leave the bootcamp with their own Solr based search solution.
Bring your own data source or work together to create a search and browse interface on your active SFX targets.
Use your SFX export tool and have your current A-Z list replaced by a powerful Solr solution.
Participants already familiar with Solr, may find their peers, get together, share their knowledge and explore special features.
2. Web Services workshop (continuation of pre-conference bootcamp) by COOMBS, Karen (OCLC)
Today there are a variety of web services which can provide data which can be used to enhance library interfaces and services. From bibliographic data to author information to subject headings, the data available to libraries is growing exponentially. Open Library contains bibliographic data, covers, and author information. LibraryThing offers covers, ratings, awards and honors and a variety of other metadata. The New York Times offers an API for their best seller lists, movie reviews, and articles. Library system service providers too are offering more web services. Serial Solutions offers web services for their OpenURL resolver and Summon discovery platform. In addition, OCLC Web Services such as xISSN, WorldCat Search API, WorldCat Identities, WorldCat Registry, and QuestionPoint web service provide a variety of data which can be used to enhance and improve the experience of library users. Additionally, an increasing number of services which offer Linked Data are also available such as Dewey.info, LCSH (http://id.loc.gov/authorities), OpenLibrary, and VIAF (http://viaf.org/).
This workshop will provide hands on experience working with a variety of web services. Key library web services will be described and demonstrated. Participants will learn the basics of key search protocol; how to work with data in a variety of formats: XML, JSON, HTML and manipulate data from web services using both client and server side scripting languages. Attendees will learn about existing web services utilizing Linked Data and skills needed to utilized Linked Data. Then attendees with participate in a discussion of ways to connect library information with other Linked Data projects as well as how OCLC can expose bibliographic data in Linked Data format(s). Come and learn how to effectively use web services in your library applications
3. Discovery interfaces 1:What’s needed and what’s available? by Mr. KINSTLER, Till (Verbundzentrale des GBV)
Discovery Interfaces aim at providing easier access to all resources of a library. Many different software solutions that address library resource discovery are available today. To name only a few: Blacklight, Serials Solutions Aquabrowser and Summon, VuFind, Ex Libris Primo, OCLC Touchpoint and Worldcat, eXtensible Catalog, home grown projects like Beluga or Summa etc. They differ in service models, functionality, technical approaches, business models and limitations. In this workshop, we will look at the characteristics of these offerings and compare them with users’ needs and libraries’ requirements. As a result we will publish a document summarizing our requirements and a comparison of different solutions.
4. Discovery interfaces 2: FRBR and identifiers by GATENBY, Janifer (OCLC)
Resource discovery relies on persistent and well diffused identifiers. Related to discovery is access and rights management and they too rely on persistent identifiers. The aim of the workshop is to discuss the identifiers that relate to resources and their creators and how well they fit the FRBR model. What proactive roles should libraries be playing in relation to identifiers, their maintenance and diffusion?
Many identifiers will be considered. Among those at the work level are the ISTC (International standard text code), OWI (OCLC work identifier), ISWC (Musical works), ISAN (Audio-visual works) and OWI. At the manifestation level there are ISBN, ISSN, ISMN (music) v-ISAN, DOI, Handle, ARK, LC and other national bibliography identifiers and the OCN (OCLC control number). For creators, there is the new draft International standard ISNI and the emergent ORCID (Open Research Contributor Identifier).
Tasks for the workshop will include examining the existing identifier landscape and its completeness, examining the role of identifiers in discovery and in linking data.
5. Knowing our users by Mrs. BRODSHAUG, Marit (BIBSYS)
In this workshop we would like to present three case studies from Norwegian libraries, describing what they have done to get to know their users (internal and external) and promote the library and its services.
Innlandet Hospital Trust
This medical library has developed a strategy on how to make the library become a crucial service to the institution. During this process they have made sure their board was supporting them in the effort, and have managed to market the library and the expertise they can offer the institution and their users.
Østfold University College
In order to better meet users’ expectations and be able to convey their message, this library has involved students in the process of marketing the library and its services. It is interesting to see that we as librarians often use a very different language and terminology from that of our users.
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
The libraries at this university have worked hard at giving their users a good first impression. They have made use of videopresentations as well as getting fellow students to write about thier experiences with using library services.
During the workshop we would like to discuss how we can analyze if the services we are offering are what our users need, and ideas on how we can maximise the use of library resources. We suggest a discussion focusing on different user groups: external (students, researchers etc.) and internal (overall institution, board etc.).
We hope that this workshop will prove to be an excellent possibility to share ideas, experience and thoughts.
6. Data wells by MANNICHE, Steen (DBC)
Introduction
With still more libraries making their bibliographic content available in digital form, the needs for systems to handle and expose these informations rise.
Description
Object storages are widely thought of as one way of addressing this need. The workshop will explore the possibilities of the existing object storages such as Fedora Commons as central building blocks in so-called data-wells, that apply bibliographic expertise to data storages in order to construct intelligently structured and accessible bibliographic content linked with content on the internet.
The aim of the workshop is to give the participants a general view of the area of object storages and data-wells as well as giving hands-on tutorials in setting up a data-well for handling bibliographic content enriched with Linked Data.
links:
Fedora Commons: http://www.fedora-commons.org/
DBC data-well: http://oss.dbc.dk/plone/software
Linked Data: http://linkeddata.org/
7. E-memory by Mr. ROS, Ramon (CBUC)
We understand by E-memory the digitation of local materials in a way that everyone can access and improve the past memory of our society. In the last years most of our libraries, specially national ones, have enbarked in different local content digitation projects. While these projects are growing more and more we need to create a stable infrastructure to maintain them, let the user use it in a friendly way, share with other libraries and give added value. There are different ways to achieve this: we can create our own services or use existing ones, we can centralize all materials in one site or allow different sites/projects to fulfill specific requirements, we can create the e-memory by the library itself or let the user get involved. One of the roles of the library, “maintaining the written and printed memory” has now new tools to achive its goal and to broad audience to the once very closed content.
There are hundreds of very nice projects to show us how libraries or other organizations can gather collective memory and create a unique e-memory with the aid of their users. Some newspaper/journal collections are impossible to digitize complete without the aid of people who can fill the missing issues the library has. Some pictures, part of a library collection, are impossible to describe without the help of people who were there.
The aim of the workshop is to share experiences and discuss different approaches to e-memory management in libraries. Everyone will be engouraged to discuss topics such as:
- E-memory management systems.
- Different materials to be included in a e-memory project.
- Crowdsourcing: The involvement of the user to help us create/enhance the collection.
- Preservation of e-memory.
- Coordination efforts between libraries to avoid duplication.
- Etc.
The output of the workshop will be a set of recommendations to libraries who want to start their own e-memory project and new ideas and tools for those already working on it.
Some examples we can look at to improve discussion are:
- Europeana (http://europeana.eu/portal/)
- Utah Digital Newspapers (http://digitalnewspapers.org/)
- World Digital Library (http://www.wdl.org/en/)
- WW2 People’s War (http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/)
- Bundesarchiv in Wikimedia Commons (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Bundesarchiv)
