Pan-European Portal Conference April 2003 Geneva PEPC © 2003 Dynix Inc The Role of the Library in Portal Projects Mark Carden Vice President, EMEA Dynix

Pan-European Portal Conference April 2003 Geneva PEPC © 2003 Dynix Inc Introduction Dynix: Library Automation Systems Dynix  Ameritech  epixtech  Dynix Products: Notis, Dynix, Horizon 450 staff, $70m revs, 42 countries

Pan-European Portal Conference April 2003 Geneva PEPC © 2003 Dynix Inc Dynix is the Global Leader Installed Systems Worldwide Source: Dick Boss, Library Consultant (Talis estimated)

Pan-European Portal Conference April 2003 Geneva PEPC © 2003 Dynix Inc Introduction Dynix: Library Automation Systems Dynix  Ameritech  epixtech  Dynix Products: Notis, Dynix, Horizon 450 staff, $70m revs, 42 countries VP for Europe, Africa & Middle East Joined UK LMS supplier SLS in 1995 Bought by Innovative Joined Dynix in 2002

Pan-European Portal Conference April 2003 Geneva PEPC © 2003 Dynix Inc The Extinction of the Library Library (Book Repository) Library (Book Access Point) Learning Centre (Information Access Point) Portal (Information Management Resource) Evolution —— Library ——

Pan-European Portal Conference April 2003 Geneva PEPC © 2003 Dynix Inc The Role of The Library The Library is at the Center The Library has Expertise The Library has Unique Qualities The Library System has a Portal Academic, Public, Special

Pan-European Portal Conference April 2003 Geneva PEPC © 2003 Dynix Inc The Library Knows The People The Library knows about users The Library knows about groups Personal Data Usage History Behaviour History Discipline Practices Groups (or Blackboard Roles) Authentication and Authorisation

Pan-European Portal Conference April 2003 Geneva PEPC © 2003 Dynix Inc The Library Knows The Data Content Management Classification MetaData Presentation of Digital Resources Ownership & Copyright Acquisition of 3rd-Party Content

Pan-European Portal Conference April 2003 Geneva PEPC © 2003 Dynix Inc The Library is Focussed Learning Resource Repository Learning Resource Management Learning Resource Access Point Supports Teaching and Learning Real Portal Content to Support Educational Objectives Not CNN, Weather, Bus Timetable

Pan-European Portal Conference April 2003 Geneva PEPC © 2003 Dynix Inc Portal Content and Services Teaching & Courses Learning Resources University Information Universal Information VLE / MLE Library System Webpages Channels Data Integration

Pan-European Portal Conference April 2003 Geneva PEPC © 2003 Dynix Inc The Library Has The Culture A Core Service Increasingly a Learning Resource A Trusted Service Tradition of Collaboration 3,000 Years of Managed Content Good Relationship with Management A Non-Technology Leader A way to overcome institutional process barriers and academic practice barriers

Pan-European Portal Conference April 2003 Geneva PEPC © 2003 Dynix Inc The Library Has Portal Technology Web-based Access Since 1995 Plenty of Content and Usage Vendors Now Building Real Portals Standards are Strongly Supported 99% Penetration in Market

Pan-European Portal Conference April 2003 Geneva PEPC © 2003 Dynix Inc Horizon Information Portal

Pan-European Portal Conference April 2003 Geneva PEPC © 2003 Dynix Inc Horizon Information Portal

Pan-European Portal Conference April 2003 Geneva PEPC © 2003 Dynix Inc Horizon Information Portal Admin

Pan-European Portal Conference April 2003 Geneva PEPC © 2003 Dynix Inc USER GOAL: Search, discover, capture, integrate, & manipulate information Other Lib CAT Personalization Agent Online DBs Authentication & Single Sign-on Preference & Rules Wizard Multi-Lingual Search Engine Stored Searches CAT Other Lib CAT Online DBs Local Collection SDI Agent Rules-based Alerts Consolidated Search CIRC Other Lib CIRC SER Device Support PDA PC Voice ACQ Personalized Portal Book Jobbers Resource Suppliers ILL Hold/Reservation e$ e£ e€ m-payments, smart cards Auth and Copyright Management Horizon Application Architecture LDAP

Pan-European Portal Conference April 2003 Geneva PEPC © 2003 Dynix Inc Horizon Information Portal 3.0 Built on industry standards J2EE, LDAP, Web Services Open, documented XML and XSL APIs Thin & wireless client support UNICODE Multi-Lingual Interface and Searching Personalization & SDI

Pan-European Portal Conference April 2003 Geneva PEPC © 2003 Dynix Inc The Library Has Portal Technology Web-based Access Since 1995 Plenty of Content and Usage Vendors Now Building Real Portals Standards are Strongly Supported 99% Penetration in Market

Pan-European Portal Conference April 2003 Geneva PEPC © 2003 Dynix Inc The Role of The Library in the Portal S un ® Digital Campus Primer Chapter 9 - Managing the Content: 1. Repositories 2. Standards 3. Cataloging & Classifying 4. Meta-tagging 5. Collaboration 6. Version Control

Pan-European Portal Conference April 2003 Geneva PEPC © 2003 Dynix Inc The Role of The Library in the Portal Key Content Provider Key Content Management Expertise Useful Ally in Project Management Useful Technologies and Standards BUT Library Profession Barriers Technology Integration Barriers

Pan-European Portal Conference April 2003 Geneva PEPC © 2003 Dynix Inc The Future The role of the Library will be recognised There will be contention between the Library Portal and 'the Portal' (as with VLEs) Then there will be opening access to components and easier integration And then there will be vendor co-operation and consolidation

Pan-European Portal Conference April 2003 Geneva PEPC © 2003 Dynix Inc The Role of the Library in Portal Projects Mark Carden Vice President, EMEA Dynix

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