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3rd Open SiteSearch User Meeting
March 22-24, 1999. OCLC, Dublin OH
Register by March 5
 
On March 22-24, 1999, OCLC will hold the third Open SiteSearch User Meeting on the OCLC campus in Dublin, Ohio. The User Meeting serves as a networking and learning event for current Open SiteSearch users and offers opportunities for users to share tips and techniques for customizing the Open SiteSearch toolkit. The User Meeting will include user presentations and panel discussions, updates from the Open SiteSearch staff, and two OCLC-led training courses. A special thank you to the following SiteSearch users who provided a great deal of ideas, feedback, and time to the planning of this meeting: Phil Boyer (WRLC), Peter Ivanick (Lehigh University), Tari Keller (University of Kentucky), Kurt Kopp (University of Missouri), and Jenny Levine (Suburban Library System).

Presentations

Title Presenters Organization

Formatting Class Forum

Discusses how users have extended, customized, and implemented the WebZ formatting classes.

 Larry Baerveldt

Sandy Card

Tim Prettyman

INCOLSA

Binghamton University

University of Michigan
Creating Your Own Access Client

Showcases sites which have created and implemented their own Access clients which communicate between the WebZ Access Server and a patron database.		 Phil Boyer

Tod Olson		 WRLC

University of Chicago
Performing Usability Testing with your WebZ Interface

Reviews a case study of how a SiteSearch site performed usability testing on its WebZ interface, what results they received from the test, and how they have implemented the feedback into their interface.		 Vicki Mills University of Arizona
Innovative Projects with the Open SiteSearch Software Toolkit

Highlights two SiteSearch sites which have created and implemented unique projects with the Open SiteSearch WebZ and Database Builder software.		 Brad Baxter &
Al Horne

Ben Wallberg &
Lily Wee		 University of Georgia


University System of Maryland

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OCLC-led Training Courses

Title Requirements

Understanding and Using the Access Component

This exercise-based session will explain how to: create an authorization database update the database configure the Access component "out of the box" implement authorization within the interface The session will also discuss how to plan the Access component's role in a site's WebZ implementation, allowing the site to identify their requirements and goals for authorization and access control before beginning the implementation process. The authentication process will be outlined and the option of using WebZ with an existing patron database will be discussed.

 You should have attended an OCLC designed/presented SiteSearch 4.0 training session. You will need to have knowledge of and experience with:
  • The Java programming language (JDK 1.1.4 or greater)
  • SiteSearch administrative utilities/functions like ssadmin
  • SiteSearch system configuration files related to interface creation, system components, databases and servers
  • UNIX and a UNIX editor such as emacs, vi, or pico
Participants should be be familiar with SQL databases and system concepts.
Implementing Interface Gadgets (Advanced Course)

This exercise-based session will review the role of WebZ interface gadgets and the steps for creating your own gadget. The session will: review the elements taught in New User Training provide a walk through of existing gadgets found in the interface explore a model of the components and processes involved in creating a new interface gadget		 You should have attended an OCLC designed/presented SiteSearch 4.0 training session. You will need to have knowledge of and experience with:
  • The Java programming language (JDK 1.1.4 or greater)
  • SiteSearch administrative utilities/functions like ssadmin
  • SiteSearch system configuration files related to interface creation, system components, databases and servers
  • UNIX and a UNIX editor such as emacs, vi, or pico
For the Interface Gadgets class, participants should have:
  • Used HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) including tables, frames, and forms
  • Modified HTML pages and style information in the Out of the Box Interface or created their own new interface
  • Explored the Javadoc supplied with their installation
  • Compiled a Java formatting class within their installed environments

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