Post on 16-Dec-2015
“I servizi messi a disposizione dalle Biblioteche con e per l’utente”
Oltre il tradizionale OPAC…
Ian Pattenden
Bowker
• Privately owned, founded 1872, ISBN Agency - USA• Part of Cambridge Information Group since 2001
• Offices in USA, UK, Australia, The Netherlands• 225 employees• Books in Print – leading bibliographic source• 2004 – acquired Syndetic Solutions• 2007 – acquired Medialab – creator of AquaBrowser• 2009 – partnered with LibraryThing
Catalogue enrichment services…
Professional enrichment for your catalogue… book cover images, TOCs, summaries…
It’s all about the users… tags, ratings, reviews, recommendations – web 2.0
Bowker just partnered with LibraryThing in January 2009!
Ian PattendenRegional Sales Manager, Bowker
http://www.librarything.com/forlibraries/
What is it?
• Enriches your library's online catalogue with the power and fun of Library 2.0
• Gives your patrons exciting new content, including recommendations, tag clouds, and the ability to write reviews
• Allows your users to participate in the catalogue without the library losing control or worrying about MARC records
• Draws on the collective intelligence of your users and LibraryThing members
LibraryThing background
LibraryThing.com launched by Tim Spalding August 2005
Online service to help people catalogue their books easily – started as an “enthusiast’s hobby” and has since exploded!
Personal users are free to sign-up at www.librarything.com
35 million books catalogued / 45 million tags
600,000 users / 250,000 reviews
Transform your library catalogue with datafrom LibraryThing…
• Tags to accompany your subject headings.
Recommendations Offer reader's advisory on the spot. Show high-quality "recommended" or "similar" books that can be found at your library.Covers over 650,000 ISBNs.
• Tag browsing Give your patrons the power and flexibility of searching and browsing your books by tags. Over 43 million vetted by LibraryThing.
• Other editions / translations Link related editions and translations of the same work
(works like FRBR). Covers over 275,000 ISBNs
Linking bib records together
Tag cloud
Reviews Enhancement Package
•User reviews Access hundreds of thousands of reviews and let your patrons add their own.
•User ratings Add our ratings and give patrons the ability to rate books.
•Widgets Patrons get a first-of-its-kind library-branded "blog widget" and "At My Library" Facebook application, allowing them to show their friends what they're reading at the library they love.
How does it work? Can I trial?
Step one: Get a price quote and set up an accountPrice is based on English language book title count
Step two: Paste the HTML
Add a few lines of HTML to your catalogue template
Export ISBN, title and author information in tab-delimited format or raw MARC records, and upload them on your LTFL account page.Installation generally takes about 15 minutes - 10 if you have an IT department.
Step three: Test and go!
You can test out LibraryThing for Libraries without your users noticing any changes. We provide support for those without skills in CSS (the way to customize how LTFL looks in your catalogue). Turn it on. (Turn it off anytime too.)
Want to know more?
Price quotes, trials etc. contact me Ian Pattenden ian.pattenden@bowker.co.uk +44 (0)1342 310460
Further information and FAQ online at www.librarything.com/forlibraries
Search/discovery platform…
Market leading software already in use at 600 institutions worldwide
AquaBrowser’s very own “social library experience” allowing users to personalise and take an active role in the catalogue
The basics
• Independent search engine and discovery platform• Local dedicated server• Integrates with any ILS / data source• Metadata (MARC, MARCXML, ONIX, OAI) is loaded into
AquaBrowser, indexed and stored in SQL database• Index updated automatically every 24 hours• Highly customisable• Highly flexible
Search (traditional)
Search!!!
• Single search box• Easy to use• Familiar results list• Relevancy ranked• Help
Discover
• Context• Associations• Spelling
variations• Translations• Thesaurus terms• Discovery trail
Refine
• Breakdown of results allowing user to filter
• Format• Location• Author• Language
Improve relevancy…
• Indexed Content Enrichment• Upgrade Syndetic Solutions subscription to make the
enrichments searchable within AquaBrowser• Allows users to find previously hidden relevant resources
by letting them query summaries/TOCs in their searches• An economical alternative to enriching MARC records• Involves little initial work and no ongoing maintenance…
automatic ISBN linking
Search without ICE; 5 records returned
Search with ICE TOCs; 16 records returned
MARC record contains no reference to search terms
Searching the ICE TOCs made the connection
Live sites
• Authority file - University of Chicago Library: http://lens.lib.uchicago.edu/
• Integration with Millennium – Aston University: http://aquamarine.aston.ac.uk/ABLaston/
• Integration with Aleph – Free Library of Belgium: http://www.bibliotheek.be/
• Complete customer list: http://www.aquabrowser.com/customers/
Harvesting websites/metadata
• Option to point AquaBrowser to websites specified by library
• AquaBrowser easily harvests metadata from OAI servers such as CONTENTdm, DSpace, etc.
• Indianapolis Marion County Public Library: http://sherloc.imcpl.org/
The social OPAC…
• Allows users to contribute their own knowledge• Community contributed content enriches the catalogue
for the benefit of all users• Worldwide connectivity• Tags (LibraryThing)• Reviews• Lists• RSS
The social OPAC…
“I servizi messi a disposizione dalle Biblioteche con e per l’utente”
Oltre il tradizionale OPAC…
Ian Pattenden