Fontys Library Portal

Slide 1: Fontys Library Portal partner in learning communities Gerard Bierens Fontys Library webcoordinator     December 12, 2006

Slide 2: 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

Slide 3: History 1998 2003 2006

Slide 4: 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

Slide 5: 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

Slide 6: So...our librarians needed to: 1. Know more about needs of our users (teachers/students/institutions) 2. Find more quality information for them 3. Share more with learners, educators and others 4. Support more users, online and offline To do all that, the library needed a new [interactive] platform

Slide 7: 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.    

Slide 8: The basic idea…     • Weblog for news • Wiki for background information • iPort for electronic resources AND … Multiple ways of access!

Slide 12: Multiple ways of access 1. Content as glue 2. Embed library in other platforms 3. 24/7 access 4. Development of tools

Slide 13: 1. Content as glue

Slide 14: Example 1 •Search simultaneously in both library weblog & wiki •Save searches as RSS feed • Continue search in library databases or even Google •Stay in same interface

Slide 15: Example 2 Based on the topic of interest, readers of the library weblog get quick and easy access to relevant databases

Slide 16: 2. Embed library in other platforms 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 ...

Slide 20: Example from our wiki: using Google Maps to locate the nearest Fontys library

Slide 21: 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)

Slide 22: 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!

Slide 23: More tools: Fontys RSS Reader • RSS Reader for Fontys Sharepoint Portal • Fontys Library news automatically included

Slide 24: Statistics 2006 Statistics until december 6 2006, www.fontysmediatheek.nl Within a year number of visitors trippled!

Slide 25: 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

Slide 26: Library 2.0 Dr Paul Miller – Technology Evangelist – Talis Library 2.0 white paper at www.talis.com/resources • 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

Slide 27: December 2006: 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.    

Slide 28: Thank you Questions? Gerard Bierens Fontys Library webcoordinator Email: g.bierens@fontys.nl Phone: +31 877 875 895 www.fontys.nl/library