Calames Ca talogue en L igne des A rchives et des M anuscrits de l’ E nseignement S upérieur Online Catalogue of Archives and Manuscripts in French Higher Education Libraries CERL, Paris November 7, 2008

Ca talogue en L igne des A rchives et des M anuscrits de l’ E nseignement S upérieur

Online Catalogue of Archives and Manuscripts in French Higher Education Libraries

CERL, Paris

November 7, 2008

Contents About Calames The online EAD editor The online public catalogue Calames and the web scale

About Calames

The online EAD editor

The online public catalogue

Calames and the web scale

1. About Calames

1. About Calames Designed and developed by the ABES : B ibliographical A gency for H igher E ducation A state institution (created in 1994) Its main mission : The SUDOC (Higher Education union catalogue) Other activities : STAR, Calames

Designed and developed by

the ABES :

B ibliographical A gency for H igher E ducation

A state institution (created in 1994)

Its main mission : The SUDOC (Higher Education union catalogue)

Other activities : STAR, Calames

1. About Calames Project June 2006 – December 2008 Another union catalogue (separate from Sudoc) Contains descriptions of manuscripts from higher education and research libraries (a part of the CGM) About 36 000 records from 45 institutions Mazarine | Institut de France | Sorbonne | Doucet | Muséum | Sainte-Geneviève | BNU Strasbourg | BDIC | Montpellier University | Clermont-Ferrand University | …

Project June 2006 – December 2008

Another union catalogue (separate from Sudoc)

Contains descriptions of manuscripts from higher education and research libraries (a part of the CGM) About 36 000 records from 45 institutions

Mazarine | Institut de France | Sorbonne | Doucet | Muséum | Sainte-Geneviève | BNU Strasbourg | BDIC | Montpellier University | Clermont-Ferrand University | …

1. About « Calames » 1 name, 2 applications and 1 network : The online EAD editor used by 9 libraries since April 2008 12 more libraries in 2009 The online public catalogue launched in December 2007 A network, a community Commons tools, rules and practices

1 name, 2 applications and 1 network :

The online EAD editor

used by 9 libraries since April 2008

12 more libraries in 2009

The online public catalogue

launched in December 2007

A network, a community

Commons tools, rules and practices

2. The online EAD editor

2. Key Requirements for the EAD editor From the user point of view (catalogers) : A collective cataloging tool XMetal, a fairly-known EAD editor Dynamic help for editing About the data : Data must remain in EAD Huge EAD files : 4 Mb for some of them Many components by level

From the user point of view (catalogers) :

A collective cataloging tool

XMetal, a fairly-known EAD editor

Dynamic help for editing

About the data :

Data must remain in EAD

Huge EAD files :

4 Mb for some of them

Many components by level

2. The solution A shared database Each library has its own working space A web application as an Internet Explorer plugin faster A database with XML support : The keystone of Calames Interface = XMetal + home made functions

A shared database

Each library has its own working space

A web application as an Internet Explorer plugin

faster

A database with XML support : The keystone of Calames

Interface = XMetal + home made functions

2. The online EAD editor

2. Link to SUDOC’s authority records

2. Editor’s features Tree browsing for each EAD file Copy/cut/paste any component, or any group of components Multiple edits on the same file All of XMetal’s functionalities SUDOC’s authority files (searching, linking and soon creating/updating) One-click process to publish data on the web To export data in various formats To validate data (« diagnostics »)

Tree browsing for each EAD file

Copy/cut/paste any component, or any group of components

Multiple edits on the same file

All of XMetal’s functionalities

SUDOC’s authority files (searching, linking and soon creating/updating)

One-click process

to publish data on the web

To export data in various formats

To validate data (« diagnostics »)

3. The online public catalogue

3. Key features of the public catalog’s design From the user point of view : Everybody Simple and advanced ways to search and browse. Depends on user’s needs About the data : Same EAD data, but how to : display them on a web page ? use the EAD format’s richness for the search ?

From the user point of view :

Everybody

Simple and advanced ways to search and browse.

Depends on user’s needs

About the data :

Same EAD data, but how to :

display them on a web page ?

use the EAD format’s richness for the search ?

3. The solution A W3C standards compliant web site A light interface which uses the browser to process data: XHTML interface, Javascript and web services = Ajax More reactive interface

A W3C standards compliant web site

A light interface which uses the browser to process data:

XHTML interface, Javascript and web services = Ajax

More reactive interface

3. The search page

3. The dynamic search page

3. The advanced search page am

3. The « search as you type » feature

3. The results page

3. The facets of the results page

3. The components display page

3. The tree browsing feature

3. Tags cloud

3. Local Calames

3. Digitized materials (work in progress)

3. User generated content (in development)

4. Calames and the Web scale

4. Calames and Google

4. Open Calames Sharing Dublin Core Metadata Via OAI-PMH With anyone First with the CERL Portal !

Sharing Dublin Core Metadata

Via OAI-PMH

With anyone

First with the CERL Portal !

4. Open Calames Federated Search With SRU Open to anyone First with CCfr (BnF) … Teasing for Florent

Federated Search

With SRU

Open to anyone

First with CCfr (BnF)

… Teasing for Florent

4. Open Calames Being a piece of the semantic web Calames in RDFa as a first step = Putting RDF metadata in XHTML pages <div class=&quot;unitdate&quot;> <span class=&quot;controlC&quot;>Date : </span> <span content=&quot;1601/1700&quot; property=&quot;dc:date&quot; class=&quot;unitdate&quot;>XVII^e siècle</span> </div> <http://www.calames.abes.fr/pub/ms/res/MAZB10378> <dc:date> &quot;1601/1700&quot;

Being a piece of the semantic web

Calames in RDFa as a first step

= Putting RDF metadata in XHTML pages

<div class=&quot;unitdate&quot;>

<span class=&quot;controlC&quot;>Date : </span>

<span content=&quot;1601/1700&quot; property=&quot;dc:date&quot; class=&quot;unitdate&quot;>XVII^e siècle</span>

</div>

<http://www.calames.abes.fr/pub/ms/res/MAZB10378> <dc:date> &quot;1601/1700&quot;

Conclusion

Calames between the local and the global LOCAL People (community, network) Tools Interfaces Data : EAD GLOBAL Search engines Web services Semantic Web URL for each component Hard case ! Data : Dublin Core + FRBR + RDF

LOCAL

People (community, network)

Tools

Interfaces

Data : EAD

GLOBAL

Search engines

Web services

Semantic Web

URL for each component Hard case !

Data : Dublin Core + FRBR + RDF

Calames : www.calames.abes.fr Contact : [email_address] Blog : www.calames.wordpress.com

Calames :

www.calames.abes.fr

Contact :

[email_address]

Blog :

www.calames.wordpress.com