1. Next Generation OPACs Kat Hagedorn Scott Martin Jake Glenn July 12, 2007

2. What is it? What do you think? In one “definition” * –Not a catalog –Not multiple databases –Utilizes 2.0 services –Built using “things” that are open –Built with the user in mind…always Mostly, Eric Lease Morgan’s talk http://www.library.nd.edu/daiad/morgan/musings/ngc/

3. Outline Kat: faceted browsing Scott: social tagging Jake: open data

4. Faceted browse What is it? AKA faceted classification AKA hierarchical faceted categories “…allows the assignment of multiple classifications to an object, enabling the classifications to be ordered in multiple ways, rather than in a single, pre-determined, taxonomic order.” * Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faceted_classification

5. Studies say… Facets help users because –“…simultaneously shows previews of where to go next, and how to return to previous states in the exploration…” –“…reduces mental work by promoting recognition over recall and suggesting logical but perhaps unexpected alternatives at every turn…” “Clustering vs. Faceted Categories for Information Exploration” Marti A. Hearst

6. Catalogs using facets Easier to see than say… NCSU Libraries (sorta) started it all http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/catalog/ Also have worked to integrate catalog with quick search on library gateway http://diglib.org/forums/spring2007/pres entations/sierra.pdfhttp://diglib.org/forums/spring2007/pres entations/sierra.pdf

7. Catalogs using facets McMaster Library Catalogue http://libcat.mcmaster.ca/

8. Catalogs using facets Plymouth State University http://lamson.wpopac.net/library/ (not using Endeca, actually built using open source tool WordPress)

9. Questions? Discussion?

10. Social tagging What is it? –Labelling items using un- or semi- controlled vocabulary –Ability to view and search other people’s tags as well as your own Example: Flickr (http://www.flickr.com)

11. Tagging in a library: AADL http://www.aadl.org/catalog Items tagged by AADL patrons At present, clearly not representative of AADL holdings

12. Tagging tools: LibraryThing http://www.librarything.com Flickr for your book collection: enter and tag titles from your personal bookshelf, and search other users’ collections Over 15 million titles cataloged Integration tools for library OPACs available (example: http://www.librarything.com/demo_nypl.html) http://www.librarything.com/demo_nypl.html

13. Tagging tools: PennTags http://tags.library.upenn.edu/ Similar to del.icio.us (tagging Web bookmarks; http://del.icio.us), but limited to UPenn communityhttp://del.icio.us Allows tagging of library catalog items, some journal articles in addition to Web links

14. Questions? Discussion?

15. Open Data

16. “The OPAC Has Left The Building!” - Christopher Harris (Infomancy)

17. What Is An OPAC, Anyway? Online - because electronic catalogs had previously been offline with terminal access only. Public Access - as opposed to private mainframes with usage accounting to track every second of access time. Catalog - a set of MARC records (machine- encoded document surrogates).

18. The Network Reconfigures The Library Systems Environment

19. Mashupability “The coolest thing to do with your data will be thought of by someone else.” - Jo Walsh & Rufus Pollock (Open Knowledge Foundation) XTech 2007

20. Who’s Doing This? NCSU: CatalogWS AADL: PatREST Others?

21. CatalogWS

22. PatREST

23. Demo Time

24. Could We Do It Here? Yes!

25. Questions? Discussion?

26. Don’t forget! Please fill out the session feedback form –https://lessons.ummu.umich.edu/2k/mlib20/nextge nopacshttps://lessons.ummu.umich.edu/2k/mlib20/nextge nopacs –Available from the Lib2.0 Events page This presentation is also on the site Do your 13 things! –http://www.lib.umich.edu/lib20/13things.htmlhttp://www.lib.umich.edu/lib20/13things.html Use the Project Blog to post ideas –http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/lib20projects/http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/lib20projects/

27. OPAC Feedback The Aleph OPAC group wants your feedback! What features would you like to see in a next-generation Mirlyn catalog? Send your thoughts to: ngo-feedback@umich.edu