Fontys Library Portal

Fontys Library Portal partner in learning communities Gerard Bierens Fontys Library webcoordinator December 12, 2006

Fontys Library Fact sheet
±35.000 students
16 libraries in 8 cities
±130 library staff
information specialists
media specialists
front + backoffice
±80 eResources
1 digital library
www.fontysmediatheek.nl

History 1998 2003 2005 2006

Situation – fall of 2004
Problems :
Library had to deal with tons of digital information
No solid distribution model
Opportunities :
The library as a learning space
The library as partner in education

Idealisme in learning communities
Fontys wants more from the library than just ‘ providing access to information ’
Fontys wants a strong relationship between education and information

So...our librarians needed to:
Know more about needs of our users (teachers/students/institutions)
Find more quality information for them
Share more with learners, educators and others
Support more users, online and offline
To do all that,
the library needed a new [ interactive ] platform

The Fontys Library Portal
The Fontys Library Portal needs to be more than just a website ;
it should be a portal of knowledge where we [ the library ] can share our expertise and offer quality information services.

The basic idea…
Weblog for news
Wiki for background information
iPort for electronic resources
AND … Multiple ways of access!

Multiple ways of access
Content as glue
Embed library in other platforms
24/7 access
Development of tools

1. Content as glue

Search simultaneously in both library weblog & wiki
Save searches as RSS feed
Continue search in library databases or even Google
Stay in same interface
Example 1

Example 2 Based on the topic of interest, readers of the library weblog get quick and easy access to relevant databases

New and (often) easy-to-use technology to dynamically mix up library content with other services:
RSS-Webparts-iFrames-OAI-SRU-SFX-OpenURL-XML-API’s ...
2. Embed library in other platforms

Example from our wiki: using Google Maps to locate the nearest Fontys library

3. 24/7 access
Worldwide access to library eResources
Worldwide access to library weblog and wiki
( library as knowledgeportal )
Access when you need it through RSS ( information comes to the user)
Personal use (RSS reader like Bloglines.com, Google Reader or Netvibes.com)
Web (website, internal web, eLearning environment)

4.Development of tools
Fontys Library Toolbar
for Internet Explorer and Firefox
quick access to digital library ( search/news/info )
over 350 downloads
over 26.000 searches!

More tools: Fontys RSS Reader
RSS Reader for Fontys Sharepoint Portal
Fontys Library news automatically included

Statistics 2006 Statistics until december 6 2006 , www.fontysmediatheek.nl Within a year number of visitors trippled!

Plans for coming year(s)
Continue development Fontys Library Portal
Federated Search & Retrieve
Fontys repositories
Mobile services
Knowledge Management
Internationalization (English/German)
Web 2.0
Library 2.0

Open the library
Push the library everywhere
Engage with actual and potential user communities
Get the service to the user,
not the user to the service
Library 2.0 Dr Paul Miller – Technology Evangelist – Talis Library 2.0 white paper at www.talis.com/resources

The Fontys Library Portal now is a portal of knowledge from where we distribute and share our expertise and offer quality information services to our users.
December 2006:

Thank you
Gerard Bierens
Fontys Library webcoordinator
Email: g.bierens@fontys.nl
Phone: +31 877 875 895
www.fontys.nl/library
Questions?

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