|
Presentation Title |
Presenter(s) |
Description |
| Realizing
the Vision: Improving Interoperability with Z39.50 Profiles |
Bill
Moen, University of North Texas |
Discusses
the role of Z39.50 profiles, such as ZTexas and Bath, in enhancing
interoperability – the ability of users to search and retrieve
information in a meaningful way and have confidence in the results.
Z39.50 profiles represent a community consensus on requirements, identify
Z39.50 specifications to support requirements, improve seaerch and
retrieval results, aid in purchasing decisions, and provide specifications
to vendors to build Z39.50 products. |
| Implementing
User Authentication for a Statewide Initiative |
Mary-Elise
Haug, INSPIRE (INdiana SPectrum of Information REsources) |
Describes
implementing user authentication for INSPIRE, Indiana's virtual library
on the Internet,.through the use of a proxy server and digital certificates.
This approach allows INSPIRE staff to verify residency and maintain
information about authorized users. INSPIRE is available to all Indiana
residents, regardless of whether they have a library card or other
institutional affiliation. |
| Out
of Africa and Into Wisconsin: Using SiteSearch to Create a Special
Collection |
Rose
Smith, University of Wisconsin |
Discusses
using WebZ and Database Builder to create Africa Focus: Sights
and Sounds of a Continent. Africa Focus consists of digitized
visual images and sounds of Africa contributed to the African Studies
Program of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Users can search the
Africa Focus database by collection, country, keyword, or multiple
criteria. |
| Alberta
Library Interface |
Peter
Binkley, Alberta Library |
Describes
how the Alberta Library, a province-wide library consortium of academic
and public libraries, is developing the Alberta Library Interface
(ALI), a common interface to online resources. ALI's pilot projects
include a centrally administered virtual union catalogue to be implemented
with WebZ, a portal management system, and My Library. My Library
will allow some customization of the ALI for individual libraries.
|
| Planning
a Campus-wide Course Materials Support System with SiteSearch |
Jennie
McKee, Reed College |
Describes
Reed College's experience in using SiteSearch and Database Builder
to develop the Course Materials Support System (CMSS). The CMSS
is an integrated system for managing materials required for courses
offered at Reed College. While the core of the CMSS is electronic
reserves, it also encompasses book ordering, copyright clearance,
electronic syllabi, and course packs. It includes local databases
built with Database Builder and external databases. A customized
WebZ interface is the front-end to these databases.
|
| Coordinating
Statewide Virtual Library Development: the Minnesota Experience |
David
Barton, Minnesota Library Information Network (MnLINK) |
Describes
the multi-year effort to create and implement MnLINK, a statewide
information system that provides access throughout Minnesota to Minnesota's
public, academic, government, special, and school library catalogs,
selected commercial databases, and Web links of interest to Minnesotans. |
| Integrating
a Statewide Web Gateway with Digital Collections |
Eric
Weig and Beth Kraemer, University of Kentucky and Kentucky Commonwealth
Virtual Library (KCVL) |
Discusses
the development of the KCVL, which provides a single point of access
to Kentucky library catalogs, commercial database access for all Kentucky
citizens, a collection of state government information, and digital
library collections. Describes KCVL's processes for developing production
guidelines for digital library collections, creating metadata for
digital resources, and scanning and imaging the digital resources. |
| Interface
Design and Usability Testing |
Jeff
Penka, OCLC |
Uses a case
study approach to interface design and usability testing based on
the experience of the OCLC WebExpress team. Participants divided
into small groups to consider a number of factors affecting interface
design: development partners, tasks and issues to address, audiences,
audience expectations, and system constraints.
In addition
to the PowerPoint presentation, materials include HTML versions
of usability design templates and additional resources.
|
|
Standards
Development – Panel and Discussion
Z3950
ISO-10161
NISO
Circulation Exchange Protocol
|
Ralph LeVan,
OCLC
Dena
Bovee, OCLC
Pat
Stevens, OCLC
|
(NISO
Circulation): Describes the process of and progress toward developing
a circulation exchange protocol. This standard will provide a repertoire
of messages and associated rules of syntax and semantics between and
among computer-based applications to effect circulation and support
controlled access to certain electronic resources or other library
services. |
| Edinburgh
Data and INformation Access (EDINA) |
Ben
Soares, EDINA |
Provides
a look at EDINA from political, organizational, and geographical viewpoints.
Describes EDINA's geospatial and bibligraphic services, authentication,
and user interfaces. |