1. Delivering Library Services in the Web 2.0 environment: OSU Libraries’ ICAP Publishing System for and by Librarians Code4Lib 2008 Kim Griggs, Margaret Mellinger, Jane Nichols

2. Connecting Students to Libraries  Connect students with quality library information when and where they need it for course assignments.  Single access point to relevant library resources at a course or assignment level.  Integrate Web 2.0 features, chat and RSS feeds, etc. with traditional library content, such as catalogs and article databases.

3. ICAP Publishing System: For and By Librarians Librarians have enough to do and maintaining static HTML pages is tedious and time consuming. OSU Libraries developed the ICAP Tool, which enables librarians to quickly and easily create, manage and publish ICAPs through a web browser

4. Why Custom Solution?

5. User-Centered Design Paper prototyping User Test / Feedback Integration Rapid prototyping User Test / Feedback Integration Release User Test / Feedback Integration Rinse and Repeat …

6. ICAP Technology Stack The ICAP tool was developed using:  Ruby on Rails, MySQL, Apache & Mongrel  AJAX, (X)HTML, CSS ICAPs are ADA and W3C Compliant  Tested on IE 6/7, FireFox 1/2, Safari & Opera (latest)

7. ICAP Screencast http://screencast.com/t/mSsmLVeFd /Users/Kim/ICAP/Jing/ICAP-screencast.swf

8. Drag & Drop Interface

10. Open Source Release available for download: http://ica.library.oregonstate.edu/about/index.html

11. Coming to a Library near you …  Requirements –Sudo / root access to (UNIX) server –Apache, Mysql, Ruby interpreter & Image Magic  Installing the ICAP tool –Run Database Migrations & Install script –Login to Admin Interface  Customizing the ICAPs –Adding a Header –Format Layout with CSS  Extending the Open Source Code –New Modules –New Functionality

12. Thank You Questions? Contact Us For More Information:  {kim.griggs, margaret.mellinger, jane.nichols} at oregonstate.edu ICAP Project Website: http://ica.library.oregonstate.edu/about/index.html

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