A Virtual Science Reference Library Richard Wakeford November 2007

Richard Wakeford

November 2007

Problems in Building a Web Library What to select - overwhelming size of web How to present - www.bl.uk www.rdn.ac.uk / www.intute.ac.uk

What to select - overwhelming size of web

How to present

- www.bl.uk

www.rdn.ac.uk / www.intute.ac.uk

Web 2.0 - A Way Forward? Select research level resources - databases, text libraries, image libraries Present on a wiki - www.pbwiki.com

Select research level resources - databases, text libraries, image libraries

Present on a wiki - www.pbwiki.com

Research Resource Wiki www.research-resource.pbwiki.com Collaboration – password access Easy to use - Point-and-Click Editor Supports html, tags, plug-ins (Customised Search Engines) Web based tools for link checking & traffic analysis

www.research-resource.pbwiki.com

Collaboration – password access

Easy to use - Point-and-Click Editor

Supports html, tags, plug-ins (Customised Search Engines)

Web based tools for link checking & traffic analysis

Building a Web Library? Selection? Coverage? Granularity? Description?

Selection?

Coverage?

Granularity?

Description?

Where Next? Enquiry team editors? Stand alone Wiki? Link to BL page? Migrate to BL? More subjects? More editors?

Enquiry team editors?

Stand alone Wiki?

Link to BL page?

Migrate to BL?

More subjects?

More editors?