McDreamy OPAC, Updated for 2009
Transcript of McDreamy OPAC, Updated for 2009
McDreamy OPAC:
Creating a Vision for Next Generation Search Tools
Is McDreamy
the missing link?
YES!
Jessi Crim-Weithman, Associate Director of Support Services. Westerville Public Library.
westervillelibrary.org
Enriched content.
DECOUPLED.
Customize.
Web Integration.
Get into the
driver’s seat!
(On a dark and stormy night!)
PHOTO CREDIT: J.J. Verhoef, Flickr.
The Search Discovery Platform: A Visual Representation
PHOTO CREDIT: Kevin Dooley, Flickr.
Clouds WEATHER WARNING:
No two clouds
are exactly alike. (Discovery vs Refinement)
Opposites Aquabrower > Discover Encore > Refine
PHOTO CREDIT: Stuck in Customs, Flickr.
Relevance
PHOTO CREDIT: Sarah Parrott, Flickr.
Tagging
PHOTO CREDIT: Bern@t, Flickr.
Harvesting
PHOTO CREDIT: Annetta82, Flickr.
Facets
Marketplace Explosion
The Search Discovery Market
Jessi Crim-Weithman, Associate Director of Support Services. Westerville Public Library.
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Endeca, ProFind. NC State.
WorldCatLocal, OCLC. Washington State University.
AquaBrowser, MediaLab Solutions. Queens Public & Columbus Metropolitan.
Encore, III. Westerville Public Library.
Primo, ExLibris. Vanderbilt U.
The Founders (before 2007):
Jessi Crim-Weithman, Associate Director of Support Services. Westerville Public Library.
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Enterprise, SirsiDynix. San Diego Public Library.
Destiny Quest, Follett. Creekview HS in GA.
LS2 PAC, TLC.Terrebonne Public Library, LA.
The New Dependent Kids (2008):
VTLS, Visualizer.
Jessi Crim-Weithman, Associate Director of Support Services. Westerville Public Library.
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Ann Arbor Public Library.III wrapped in Drupal.
University-Funded open source projects:Solrpac, Miami U. VUFind, Villanova U.Blacklight, U of Virginia
Polaris’s PowerPAC.Koha, LibLime.Athens Co Public Library.
The Ones to Watch:
The Three Step Program on Developing a Vision for Search
Play, play, play!
Go spend an hour on Amazon, followed by half an hour on Flickr, followed by…. (you get the idea!)
Make friends with a cataloger
Data is powerful!
Go work the reference desk
Get to know the users!
Ten Trends to Watch
It’s a Go, Go World
WorldCat Mobile:
www.worldcat.org/m
(Find a WorldCat library near you …)
Voice to Search
SpinVox
www.spinvox.com
Converts spoken word to textApplications: Voicemail, Blogging, Texting, Memos, etc.
Visual Pattern Recognition
Snaptell
www.snaptell.com
A marketing spin, but potential for libraries is unlimited.
Face Recognition Search
Riya beta: Visual Search
www.riya.com
Sophisticated person recognition software.
Social SearchStumbleUpon
www.stumbleupon.com
Recommends websites you might like based on your recommendations, people you like and identified interests.
{Amazon model}
FRBRFunctional
Requirements for Bibliographic
Records
Amazon gets it!
Library Thing gets it, too!
Deliverable Content
Searching isn’t just for fun!
No really, it isn’t!
NetFlixiTunesKindle
eReaderiPhone
Widgets
DEFINED: a portable chunk of code that can be installed and executed
within any separate HTML-based web page by an end user without requiring
additional compilation.
Share
Enriched Content
Syndetics ICELibrary Thing for LibrariesVideo DetectiveBrodart’s Web LinksFlickr APIs
Google Books!books.google.com
Influence your vendor
• Before you sign
• Development partner
• Beta tester
I wish our OPAC was
more like _______
because ________.
Questions?
Presentation is available at: slideshare.com/weithman
Thank you!
Jessi Crim-Weithman
Associate Director of Support Services
Westerville Public Library
126 S. State St., Westerville, OH 43081
Email: Jessi at westervillelibrary.org