The document discusses the University of Houston Libraries' experience with various discovery tools over several years before selecting Summon. Key points include:
- UH tried several federated search tools before Summon that were difficult for users and required significant customization.
- A committee evaluated discovery tools and selected Summon due to its superior database coverage, ease of implementation, and lack of vendor bias.
- Summon has worked well out of the box but maintaining synchronization with the catalog has been challenging due to data loading restrictions.
Library OKRA: A Matter of Semantics? Intelligence, Open Data and the Future o...Jonathan Blackburn
The document discusses the challenges of maintaining knowledge bases (KBs) of electronic resources and the possibility of creating a shared, semantic KB to address these challenges. It outlines the current fragmented approach where each library maintains their own local KBs and databases, leading to duplication of data. The document then proposes a vision for a single, global "Library OKRA" KB that is open, shared, and semantic in nature. It acknowledges several challenges to implementing such a system, including issues around scope, privacy, metadata standards, and incentives for participation.
The document discusses using RSS feeds and XML to provide new library services in three main ways:
1. Providing RSS feeds from library websites and research institutes' sites to inform users of new content and updates.
2. Developing an "OPAC 2.0" that allows users to access and use MARC data from the library catalog via APIs and standardized XML formats.
3. Creating a custom RSS reader that can parse additional XML elements from journal RSS feeds and generate OpenURL links to connect users to full text. This provides a "push" method of delivering new content information to users.
This document discusses metadata normalization and linked open data in libraries. It provides an overview of discovery systems like Primo and describes challenges in normalizing metadata from different sources and mapping them to a common schema for use in a single system like Primo. It also discusses the benefits of applying linked open data principles to library data and describes some ongoing work towards applying these principles.
What does it take to manage Electronic ResourcesJeannie Castro
This document outlines the core competencies needed to manage electronic resources. It discusses that electronic resources librarians must understand technologies like hardware, networks, standards and how systems interact. They must also have research skills like data analysis and problem solving. Effective communication skills are essential to explain complex issues. Management duties involve project management, policy development and supervision. Staying aware of trends in licensing, copyright and standards is important. Most competencies apply to various roles in the electronic resources lifecycle from acquisition to discovery.
The document discusses the Big Society initiative and applying its principles to waste and resource management in the UK. It proposes giving citizens more choice and responsibility over waste services by challenging local authorities and taking over services. Citizens would be empowered with more control through referendums and experimenting with new service delivery models. The goal is to harness community enthusiasm and engagement with third sector organizations to provide scalable and family-friendly waste services.
Library OKRA: A Matter of Semantics? Intelligence, Open Data and the Future o...Jonathan Blackburn
The document discusses the challenges of maintaining knowledge bases (KBs) of electronic resources and the possibility of creating a shared, semantic KB to address these challenges. It outlines the current fragmented approach where each library maintains their own local KBs and databases, leading to duplication of data. The document then proposes a vision for a single, global "Library OKRA" KB that is open, shared, and semantic in nature. It acknowledges several challenges to implementing such a system, including issues around scope, privacy, metadata standards, and incentives for participation.
The document discusses using RSS feeds and XML to provide new library services in three main ways:
1. Providing RSS feeds from library websites and research institutes' sites to inform users of new content and updates.
2. Developing an "OPAC 2.0" that allows users to access and use MARC data from the library catalog via APIs and standardized XML formats.
3. Creating a custom RSS reader that can parse additional XML elements from journal RSS feeds and generate OpenURL links to connect users to full text. This provides a "push" method of delivering new content information to users.
This document discusses metadata normalization and linked open data in libraries. It provides an overview of discovery systems like Primo and describes challenges in normalizing metadata from different sources and mapping them to a common schema for use in a single system like Primo. It also discusses the benefits of applying linked open data principles to library data and describes some ongoing work towards applying these principles.
What does it take to manage Electronic ResourcesJeannie Castro
This document outlines the core competencies needed to manage electronic resources. It discusses that electronic resources librarians must understand technologies like hardware, networks, standards and how systems interact. They must also have research skills like data analysis and problem solving. Effective communication skills are essential to explain complex issues. Management duties involve project management, policy development and supervision. Staying aware of trends in licensing, copyright and standards is important. Most competencies apply to various roles in the electronic resources lifecycle from acquisition to discovery.
The document discusses the Big Society initiative and applying its principles to waste and resource management in the UK. It proposes giving citizens more choice and responsibility over waste services by challenging local authorities and taking over services. Citizens would be empowered with more control through referendums and experimenting with new service delivery models. The goal is to harness community enthusiasm and engagement with third sector organizations to provide scalable and family-friendly waste services.
Using technology to facilitate technical services workflowsJeannie Castro
Kelli Getz and Jeannie Castro presented on using technology to facilitate technical services workflows at their library. They discussed three projects: 1) reviewing print and online titles to set up e-access, using Outlook tasks; 2) converting print titles to online-only, using Google Drive spreadsheets; and 3) conducting three serials reviews in 2012 using Drupal, Google Drive, and WordPress. While the tools worked for individual projects, a single permanent solution was needed for ongoing workflows. They asked questions about collaboration, product evaluation and use, communication, training, and project assessment and archiving.
- The ER librarian can collaborate with subject librarians by providing usage statistics and cost-per-use calculations to help with serials reviews, and can work with serials librarians to identify titles that need format changes or issues with access and create tasks in Outlook to address problems.
- Collaboration allows the ER librarian to assist with moving print-only resources to online access when available, and revealed titles that were switched to print+online by Ebsco but never properly set up for access.
- Working together helps all parties efficiently review resources and address access issues.
The University of Houston uses III as its integrated library system and catalog which is shared with two other campuses and its law school. UH Central and two other campuses use Summon, but the law school does not. Analytics data is presented comparing use of journals, database searches, and database sessions before and after implementing Summon in fall 2010, showing increases in all categories after Summon was introduced.
In with the new out with the old castro-wu-final-3-30-2012Jeannie Castro
The University of Houston Libraries serves over 40,000 users across its main library and 3 branches, housing 2.2 million volumes and 400,000 e-titles. It manages electronic resources using Serials Solutions, outsourcing cataloging of individual e-journals. The old process of managing individual e-journals through help desk tickets was inefficient. A new workflow was developed using a spreadsheet, Outlook emails, and color-coded statuses in Serials Solutions to track e-journals from license negotiation to cataloging. This streamlined process improves tracking, communication, and transparency across acquisitions, electronic resources, and cataloging units.
M.d.C. Technology is an electronics design and engineering firm founded in 2008 that specializes in innovation. They provide services including electronic design, firmware design, RF and wireless engineering, and low power design. Their mission is to help customers grow through technological innovation by integrating and complementing their skills. M.d.C. sees customers as their most important asset and focuses on innovation, investing 10% of income annually in R&D. They complete their competencies through partnerships and view customers, innovation, and partners as the three keys to success.
This document summarizes student performance and demographic data from the 2011-2012 AEIS report for Worley Middle School. It shows that in 2011-2012, the majority of Worley students passed the 7th and 8th grade reading, math, writing and science tests, though social studies passage rates were lower. Worley's performance ranked in the top three of six area middle schools for most subjects tested. The report also provides data on student attendance rates, demographics, class sizes, staff demographics, and campus financial expenditures.
M.d.C. Technology is an electronics design and engineering firm founded in 2008 that specializes in innovation. They provide services including electronic design, firmware design, RF and wireless engineering, and low power design. Their mission is to help customers grow through technological innovation by integrating and complementing their skills. M.d.C. sees customers as their most important asset and focuses on innovation, investing 10% of income annually in R&D. They complete their competencies through partnerships and view customers, innovation, and partners as the three keys to success.
The document outlines the development of a new Electronic Resource License Repository (ERLR) at the University of Houston libraries. It discusses the need for the ERLR due to confusion over license terms in the existing Electronic Resource Management system. It then describes the conceptualization, development, feedback process, population workflow, and intended usefulness of the ERLR. The ERLR was designed to make license terms and associated resources more clear and understandable for librarians and users.
This document contains a collection of jokes and puns. It includes jokes about math books, elves in school, teachers wearing sunglasses, basketball players going to jail, chickens disliking Fridays, tea bags, witches liking spelling, crossing elephants and rhinos, peeling onions, skeletons not going to balls, cows enjoying movies, numbers being afraid of each other, porcupines and cacti, watch dogs keeping time, plates serving lunch, zebras being sunburnt and red all over, skeletons going on vacation, grapes being stepped on, crossing snakes and kangaroos, boys bringing ladders to school, toilets flushing, fans leaving baseball games, and calendars having dates
Have you ever wondered how search works while visiting an e-commerce site, internal website, or searching through other types of online resources? Look no further than this informative session on the ways that taxonomies help end-users navigate the internet! Hear from taxonomists and other information professionals who have first-hand experience creating and working with taxonomies that aid in navigation, search, and discovery across a range of disciplines.
Making the Big Move: Moving to Cloud-Based OCLC’s WorldShare Management Servi...Charleston Conference
The library migrated from their previous integrated library system to OCLC's WorldShare Management Services over a 6 month period. They moved their search, circulation, and catalog infrastructure to the new cloud-based system. The migration process involved preparing data for transfer and working through various technical issues. The library has made changes to workflows for acquisitions, technical services, and electronic resources management as a result of the new system. They have also provided feedback to OCLC on ways the system and services could be improved.
Federated to Library Service Platforms
Nikesh Narayanan discusses the transition from individual library databases to integrated search platforms. He covers why integrated search is important, options like federated search and web-scale discovery, parameters for evaluating these systems, and recent advances like linked data and integration with knowledge graphs. Library service platforms are emerging as all-in-one solutions that manage collections, discovery, resource management and more. Major commercial providers and the open source FOLIO project are outlined.
Web-Scale Discovery: Post ImplementationRachel Vacek
Discovery services provide users a single
search box to access a library’s entire prei-ndexed collection. Representatives from
two academic libraries serving different
user populations will discuss marketing,
instructing users, evaluating the product,
and maintaining the resource after a
discovery service is implemented
The document summarizes current and emerging trends in library services discussed in a KLA webinar. It covers topics like cloud-based library services from providers like OCLC and EBSCO; web-scale discovery services and their advantages over federated search; remote access technologies like Google Scholar's CASA and library links programs; electronic resource management systems; and library service platforms like FOLIO and commercial options. It also discusses event and room booking software like LibCal.
INFORMATION SKILLS: NAVIGATING RESEARCH IN LIBRARYChris Okiki
This document provides information and guidance about navigating research in library facilities. It discusses developing information literacy skills like improving discovery of resources, teaching information literacy courses, and deepening faculty collaboration. The document also addresses shifts in the library profession toward more of a focus on services, people, and enabling users rather than just products, facilities, and mediation. It provides examples of free online resources like Khan Academy and Omeka that libraries can offer. Finally, it offers tips for effective search strategies when using databases and electronic sources, including defining information needs, choosing appropriate sources, and using techniques like keyword searching, limiters, and Boolean operators.
Web Scale Discovery Services: Google like search experienceNikesh Narayanan
This document discusses web-scale discovery services as a solution for users' difficulties in finding relevant information from a library's resources. It notes that users often start their research on Google instead of the library website due to the library lacking a single search point for all subscribed resources. A web-scale discovery service provides a Google-like search experience through pre-harvesting and indexing all library resources into a unified index, allowing users to search across materials from a single search box. The document outlines several advantages of discovery services over traditional federated search engines or Google Scholar, such as improved relevancy ranking and the ability to filter by peer-reviewed or subject indexes. Studies show discovery services can increase usage of library resources and user satisfaction
Koha is an open source integrated library system. It is free to download and use, with no licensing fees. Libraries can customize Koha to meet their needs. Over 6000 libraries worldwide use Koha, including 13 in Bangladesh. Koha allows for acquisition, cataloging, patron management, circulation, serial control and reporting. It has an online public access catalog for users. The presenter's organization has implemented Koha for several university and college libraries in Bangladesh.
Using technology to facilitate technical services workflowsJeannie Castro
Kelli Getz and Jeannie Castro presented on using technology to facilitate technical services workflows at their library. They discussed three projects: 1) reviewing print and online titles to set up e-access, using Outlook tasks; 2) converting print titles to online-only, using Google Drive spreadsheets; and 3) conducting three serials reviews in 2012 using Drupal, Google Drive, and WordPress. While the tools worked for individual projects, a single permanent solution was needed for ongoing workflows. They asked questions about collaboration, product evaluation and use, communication, training, and project assessment and archiving.
- The ER librarian can collaborate with subject librarians by providing usage statistics and cost-per-use calculations to help with serials reviews, and can work with serials librarians to identify titles that need format changes or issues with access and create tasks in Outlook to address problems.
- Collaboration allows the ER librarian to assist with moving print-only resources to online access when available, and revealed titles that were switched to print+online by Ebsco but never properly set up for access.
- Working together helps all parties efficiently review resources and address access issues.
The University of Houston uses III as its integrated library system and catalog which is shared with two other campuses and its law school. UH Central and two other campuses use Summon, but the law school does not. Analytics data is presented comparing use of journals, database searches, and database sessions before and after implementing Summon in fall 2010, showing increases in all categories after Summon was introduced.
In with the new out with the old castro-wu-final-3-30-2012Jeannie Castro
The University of Houston Libraries serves over 40,000 users across its main library and 3 branches, housing 2.2 million volumes and 400,000 e-titles. It manages electronic resources using Serials Solutions, outsourcing cataloging of individual e-journals. The old process of managing individual e-journals through help desk tickets was inefficient. A new workflow was developed using a spreadsheet, Outlook emails, and color-coded statuses in Serials Solutions to track e-journals from license negotiation to cataloging. This streamlined process improves tracking, communication, and transparency across acquisitions, electronic resources, and cataloging units.
M.d.C. Technology is an electronics design and engineering firm founded in 2008 that specializes in innovation. They provide services including electronic design, firmware design, RF and wireless engineering, and low power design. Their mission is to help customers grow through technological innovation by integrating and complementing their skills. M.d.C. sees customers as their most important asset and focuses on innovation, investing 10% of income annually in R&D. They complete their competencies through partnerships and view customers, innovation, and partners as the three keys to success.
This document summarizes student performance and demographic data from the 2011-2012 AEIS report for Worley Middle School. It shows that in 2011-2012, the majority of Worley students passed the 7th and 8th grade reading, math, writing and science tests, though social studies passage rates were lower. Worley's performance ranked in the top three of six area middle schools for most subjects tested. The report also provides data on student attendance rates, demographics, class sizes, staff demographics, and campus financial expenditures.
M.d.C. Technology is an electronics design and engineering firm founded in 2008 that specializes in innovation. They provide services including electronic design, firmware design, RF and wireless engineering, and low power design. Their mission is to help customers grow through technological innovation by integrating and complementing their skills. M.d.C. sees customers as their most important asset and focuses on innovation, investing 10% of income annually in R&D. They complete their competencies through partnerships and view customers, innovation, and partners as the three keys to success.
The document outlines the development of a new Electronic Resource License Repository (ERLR) at the University of Houston libraries. It discusses the need for the ERLR due to confusion over license terms in the existing Electronic Resource Management system. It then describes the conceptualization, development, feedback process, population workflow, and intended usefulness of the ERLR. The ERLR was designed to make license terms and associated resources more clear and understandable for librarians and users.
This document contains a collection of jokes and puns. It includes jokes about math books, elves in school, teachers wearing sunglasses, basketball players going to jail, chickens disliking Fridays, tea bags, witches liking spelling, crossing elephants and rhinos, peeling onions, skeletons not going to balls, cows enjoying movies, numbers being afraid of each other, porcupines and cacti, watch dogs keeping time, plates serving lunch, zebras being sunburnt and red all over, skeletons going on vacation, grapes being stepped on, crossing snakes and kangaroos, boys bringing ladders to school, toilets flushing, fans leaving baseball games, and calendars having dates
Have you ever wondered how search works while visiting an e-commerce site, internal website, or searching through other types of online resources? Look no further than this informative session on the ways that taxonomies help end-users navigate the internet! Hear from taxonomists and other information professionals who have first-hand experience creating and working with taxonomies that aid in navigation, search, and discovery across a range of disciplines.
Making the Big Move: Moving to Cloud-Based OCLC’s WorldShare Management Servi...Charleston Conference
The library migrated from their previous integrated library system to OCLC's WorldShare Management Services over a 6 month period. They moved their search, circulation, and catalog infrastructure to the new cloud-based system. The migration process involved preparing data for transfer and working through various technical issues. The library has made changes to workflows for acquisitions, technical services, and electronic resources management as a result of the new system. They have also provided feedback to OCLC on ways the system and services could be improved.
Federated to Library Service Platforms
Nikesh Narayanan discusses the transition from individual library databases to integrated search platforms. He covers why integrated search is important, options like federated search and web-scale discovery, parameters for evaluating these systems, and recent advances like linked data and integration with knowledge graphs. Library service platforms are emerging as all-in-one solutions that manage collections, discovery, resource management and more. Major commercial providers and the open source FOLIO project are outlined.
Web-Scale Discovery: Post ImplementationRachel Vacek
Discovery services provide users a single
search box to access a library’s entire prei-ndexed collection. Representatives from
two academic libraries serving different
user populations will discuss marketing,
instructing users, evaluating the product,
and maintaining the resource after a
discovery service is implemented
The document summarizes current and emerging trends in library services discussed in a KLA webinar. It covers topics like cloud-based library services from providers like OCLC and EBSCO; web-scale discovery services and their advantages over federated search; remote access technologies like Google Scholar's CASA and library links programs; electronic resource management systems; and library service platforms like FOLIO and commercial options. It also discusses event and room booking software like LibCal.
INFORMATION SKILLS: NAVIGATING RESEARCH IN LIBRARYChris Okiki
This document provides information and guidance about navigating research in library facilities. It discusses developing information literacy skills like improving discovery of resources, teaching information literacy courses, and deepening faculty collaboration. The document also addresses shifts in the library profession toward more of a focus on services, people, and enabling users rather than just products, facilities, and mediation. It provides examples of free online resources like Khan Academy and Omeka that libraries can offer. Finally, it offers tips for effective search strategies when using databases and electronic sources, including defining information needs, choosing appropriate sources, and using techniques like keyword searching, limiters, and Boolean operators.
Web Scale Discovery Services: Google like search experienceNikesh Narayanan
This document discusses web-scale discovery services as a solution for users' difficulties in finding relevant information from a library's resources. It notes that users often start their research on Google instead of the library website due to the library lacking a single search point for all subscribed resources. A web-scale discovery service provides a Google-like search experience through pre-harvesting and indexing all library resources into a unified index, allowing users to search across materials from a single search box. The document outlines several advantages of discovery services over traditional federated search engines or Google Scholar, such as improved relevancy ranking and the ability to filter by peer-reviewed or subject indexes. Studies show discovery services can increase usage of library resources and user satisfaction
Koha is an open source integrated library system. It is free to download and use, with no licensing fees. Libraries can customize Koha to meet their needs. Over 6000 libraries worldwide use Koha, including 13 in Bangladesh. Koha allows for acquisition, cataloging, patron management, circulation, serial control and reporting. It has an online public access catalog for users. The presenter's organization has implemented Koha for several university and college libraries in Bangladesh.
Technical skills in multimedia for odl learnersDaniel Koloseni
This document discusses technical skills for multimedia and online learning. It covers:
1) General concepts of browsers, the World Wide Web, URLs, and how they allow access to interconnected documents stored on websites.
2) Information searching techniques including using appropriate search terms, search engines, Boolean operators like AND and OR, and case sensitivity.
3) The searching process, how search engines handle Boolean logic and operators, and how correct spelling is important for finding exact matches.
4) Operators like +, -, and "" that can define the relationship between search terms and refine search results.
5) How to identify file formats from extensions and use the proper program to open downloaded materials.
NCLA 2013 Presentation by Mary Jane Conger "Three to Get Ready...Migration"UNCG University Libraries
This document summarizes the system migration of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro University Libraries from their previous system to WorldShare Management Systems in June 2013. It provides details on the UNCG environment, migration facts and figures such as the number of records migrated, lessons learned from data cleanup, challenges of workflow changes, and final thoughts on the migration process.
This document discusses various techniques for finding information on the Internet, including:
1. Directly visiting websites if the URL is known.
2. Using search engines to find information by entering keywords or using Boolean, proximity, field, or truncation search operators.
3. Browsing subject directories or exploring the "deep web" of databases not indexed by search engines.
4. Joining email discussion groups or Usenet newsgroups to ask experts questions and read discussions on topics of interest.
The document discusses the changing roles of the integrated library system (ILS) and discovery services. It notes that library collections are increasingly digital and user needs and expectations have changed. As a result, the traditional ILS represents a smaller part of library workflows. The document advocates that libraries should have flexibility to choose best-of-breed systems for discovery and resource management that can interoperate, rather than relying on a single vendor suite. It also highlights examples of libraries integrating discovery services with their ILS to provide a unified user experience.
This webinar will provide an overview of the current work undertaken to re-write the techniques for electronic resource management with the incorporation of open access workflow management. This overview will provide insight into the key areas under exploration and outline the feedback compiled from the two interactive sessions held at the UKSG Annual Conference. We will also talk about the next steps we undertake to share the development of this project.
*Updated and reorganised following feedback in the breakouts*
While many librarians have developed mechanisms and
structures for managing local scholarship separate from
their standard resource management practices, the
intersection of the two content streams is occurring at
many institutions. During the past decade the presenters
have dedicated themselves to capturing best practices
of electronic resource management and mapping out
paths for creating open access workflows. Join them for a
lively discussion and interactive session where they outline
ways to bring these two initiatives together and identify the
teams needed.
Graham Stone
Jisc Collections
Peter McCracken
Cornell University
Jill Emery
Portland State University Library
The document discusses the next generation of integrated library systems moving towards modularity and outward integration. Key points are:
1) Future integrated library systems will be more modular, allowing components to be combined more flexibly like Lego blocks. This will enable linking between different systems rather than building monolithic systems.
2) Integration should focus outwardly, making library collections visible on the open web where users search. This allows pulling users from search engines into library resources.
3) A longer term vision sees a more coherent global system for discovery and delivery of information across open, loosely connected systems. Libraries play a role alongside other providers and search engines.
Preparing to Open Pandora’s Box: Readying Your Library’s E-Resources for Alma Migration
Marianne Hebert, Stephanie Hess, Sophie Forrester, Colleen Lougen, and Susan Davis
Members of the SLC Electronic Resources Management Working Group will discuss our findings to date regarding ERM processes in Alma.
Web scale Discovery services are becoming the most sought after solution for Libraries to connect its patrons with the relevant information they seek. Many studies show that these services are getting wide acceptance from users as well as Library staff and making revolution in Library Information retrieval arena. Given such broad implications, selecting a new discovery service for libraries is an important undertaking. Library professionals should carefully evaluate options to meet their goal of finding the best potential match for their library. This Paper attempts to provide a comprehensive overview of Library Web Scale Discovery solutions by depicting various facets of Web Scale Discovery, how it differs from federated searching and highlights the important parameters to be considered for taking an informed and confident decision on selecting discovery service.
OpenURL Linking: the Academic Library ExperienceJohn McDonald
The document discusses resource integration through open URL linking. It provides summaries from several speakers at the Charleston Conference on this topic. John McDonald from Caltech discusses SFX implementation at Caltech. Deborah Loeding from H.W. Wilson discusses the WilsonLink solution. Jenny Walker from Ex Libris discusses link servers and knowledgebases. Harry Samuels from Endeavor discusses what to look for in link resolvers.
How to Make a Field Mandatory in Odoo 17Celine George
In Odoo, making a field required can be done through both Python code and XML views. When you set the required attribute to True in Python code, it makes the field required across all views where it's used. Conversely, when you set the required attribute in XML views, it makes the field required only in the context of that particular view.
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This presentation includes basic of PCOS their pathology and treatment and also Ayurveda correlation of PCOS and Ayurvedic line of treatment mentioned in classics.
How to Manage Your Lost Opportunities in Odoo 17 CRMCeline George
Odoo 17 CRM allows us to track why we lose sales opportunities with "Lost Reasons." This helps analyze our sales process and identify areas for improvement. Here's how to configure lost reasons in Odoo 17 CRM
Exploiting Artificial Intelligence for Empowering Researchers and Faculty, In...Dr. Vinod Kumar Kanvaria
Exploiting Artificial Intelligence for Empowering Researchers and Faculty,
International FDP on Fundamentals of Research in Social Sciences
at Integral University, Lucknow, 06.06.2024
By Dr. Vinod Kumar Kanvaria
Walmart Business+ and Spark Good for Nonprofits.pdfTechSoup
"Learn about all the ways Walmart supports nonprofit organizations.
You will hear from Liz Willett, the Head of Nonprofits, and hear about what Walmart is doing to help nonprofits, including Walmart Business and Spark Good. Walmart Business+ is a new offer for nonprofits that offers discounts and also streamlines nonprofits order and expense tracking, saving time and money.
The webinar may also give some examples on how nonprofits can best leverage Walmart Business+.
The event will cover the following::
Walmart Business + (https://business.walmart.com/plus) is a new shopping experience for nonprofits, schools, and local business customers that connects an exclusive online shopping experience to stores. Benefits include free delivery and shipping, a 'Spend Analytics” feature, special discounts, deals and tax-exempt shopping.
Special TechSoup offer for a free 180 days membership, and up to $150 in discounts on eligible orders.
Spark Good (walmart.com/sparkgood) is a charitable platform that enables nonprofits to receive donations directly from customers and associates.
Answers about how you can do more with Walmart!"
Leveraging Generative AI to Drive Nonprofit InnovationTechSoup
In this webinar, participants learned how to utilize Generative AI to streamline operations and elevate member engagement. Amazon Web Service experts provided a customer specific use cases and dived into low/no-code tools that are quick and easy to deploy through Amazon Web Service (AWS.)
Reimagining Your Library Space: How to Increase the Vibes in Your Library No ...Diana Rendina
Librarians are leading the way in creating future-ready citizens – now we need to update our spaces to match. In this session, attendees will get inspiration for transforming their library spaces. You’ll learn how to survey students and patrons, create a focus group, and use design thinking to brainstorm ideas for your space. We’ll discuss budget friendly ways to change your space as well as how to find funding. No matter where you’re at, you’ll find ideas for reimagining your space in this session.
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This is part 1 of my Java Learning Journey. This Contains Custom methods, classes, constructors, packages, multithreading , try- catch block, finally block and more.
2. We use III as our ILS and Catalog
◦ Since we are a system university, we share our
catalog with 2 other campuses and our Law School
Those two other campuses have separate
instances of Summon
The Law School does not use Summon
3. Our Collections budget is a little over $9 M
Student enrollment is estimated at over
40,000
4. Over several years UH tried multiple federated
search tools
Metafind
LibraryFind
ResearchPro
Encore
5. MetaFind
Federated Search Tool from III
Extremely clunky and difficult for the user
Difficult to configure resources
LibraryFind
Open Source Federated Search tool developed by
Oregon State University Libraries
We had to hire OSU as a consultant to help us set up
the tool
Also very difficult for the user to interface with
6. ResearchPro
◦ MetaFind was reincarnated as ResearchPro
◦ Limited to searching 30 databases at a time
Encore
◦ At the same time we also used Encore, which is
more of a Next Gen catalog
◦ The search tool integrated with Research Pro but
you were limited to searching 5-6 databases at a
time
7. Research Discovery System Committee
formed consisting of
◦ Head of Cataloging
◦ Head of ILS
◦ Head of Web Services
◦ Liaison Librarian
8. We were looking for a product that would
search across all platforms:
Databases
Articles
Catalog
We looked at:
◦ Encore
◦ Summon
◦ EDS
9. UH chose Summon
◦ Superior coverage of most of our databases
◦ Almost ready to use out of the box
◦ Less time spent by Web Services department to get
the product running
10.
11.
12. Very little back end configuration
Worked with 95% of our subscribed content
right out of the box
Did not show a preference for specific vendor
content
Content results list is customizable
13. We have added our local content to our
Summon instance from our Digital Library.
◦ If the user searches, for example, The Republic of
Texas, our Special Collections papers are retrieved
and the full text of this content is displayed
14. Getting our instance of Summon set up was
relatively simple
All of the challenges are post implementation
◦ Keeping Summon in synch with the catalog is very
difficult, especially in the shared instance
◦ Dataload management procedures had to change to
accommodate Summon
15. We used to be able to delete records as
needed, but now there is a 24 hour lag time
There is also a cap on how many records can
be updated or deleted – 10K per day
Had to move away from sharing electronic
resource records
18. This spring a usability team looked at
transaction log data:
◦ We looked at Known Item Author Title searches
◦ Compared the searches between our catalog and
OneSearch
◦ OneSearch returned more results “above the fold”
than the catalog did
19. Adding content from the Texas Digital
Library’s ETD’s and other Institutional
Repositories
Legacy system content
Editor's Notes
We use III as our ILS and CatalogSince we are a system university, we share our catalog with 2 other campuses and our Law SchoolThose two other campuses have separate instances of SummonThe Law School does not use Summon
Our Collections budget is a little over $9 MStudent enrollment is estimated at over 40,000, which is an approximate increase of about 9,000 students from last year
Over several years UH tried multiple federated search toolsMetafindLibraryFindResearchProEncore
Metafind is an old iteration of III federated search tool. Our users found it extremely cumbersome and difficult to use. Our Web services staff found it very difficult to configure. We had to devote quite a bit of staff time to getting it operationalLibrary find was the next product we implemented. It is an open source product developed by Oregon State University Libraries. We had to hire OSU libraries as consultants in order to configure the product. The users had a very hard time navigating with this product and is wasn’t used very much.
Research pro, which is MetaFind with some enhancements is III federated search tool. The drawback is that it is limited to 30 databases and we have almost 300. Again it was clunky and cumbersome to our users. Also, for it to work properly, we had to give the vendors the Research Pro IP. A number of vendors would not add it because the IP was not owned by the University of HoustonWe next switched to Encore, another III product, as a next Gen catalog. The search tool integrated somewhat with Research pro, but was also limited in the number of databases it searched, about 5 or 6 at a time. It was too limited for our users. A committee decided that Next Gen Catalogs did not really meet the needs of our users. We felt that going with another catalog interface did not give us any added value of just the catalog itself.The main reason we didn’t continue with Encore is that it didn’t address the users needs and their research interests. What we really needed was a tool that gave us searching capabilities across more of our databases and journals
So, We formed a committee which included the head of cataloging, head of ils, head of web services and a liaison librarian to look at the various discovery platforms available on the market around early 2009.
We were looking for a product that would search across all platforms:DatabasesArticlesCatalogWhat was available was Ebsco’s EDS, Summon, and Encore.We decided to give another look to Encore’s future enhancement plans to determine whether or not it would meet our needs with future updates.The notion of a next gen catalog wasn’t well received by the liaisons and the head of ils due to is current limitations, so Encore was stricken from the list. We really needed another way to get at our online content.At the time, Summon was a vastly supperior product to Ebsco’s EDS. EDS at the time, wouldn’t work well with any other content other than Ebsco’s and we have a rich selection of databases across multiple platforms. At the time we selected Summon, they covered about 95% of our existing content and we felt that it would be a superior product. We would have had to additional devote staff time to configuring multiple databases if we went with EDS. Summon provided most of the content already configured.We went live with our Summon instance with the start of Fall semester 2010
UH chose SummonSuperior coverage of most of our databasesAlmost ready to use out of the boxLess time spent by Web Services department to get the product running
So, we branded our Summon instance as OneSearch
and placed it front and center on our Web page. If the user types something into the search box, they are immediately taken to our summon instance. If they prefer to search another section, such as our Ejournals, specific databases or the catalog, they have click another tab. Transaction log data shows that there is some tab jumping but not as much as you would think.
Advantages to choosing Summon,There was very little backend configuration for our Web Services department to do, the only configuration was the mapping, which was achieved in relatively very little time. The head of cataloging was able to do this in just a few weeks95% of our content was immediately availableWe were able to arrange which resources were retrieved in a way that made sense to our users. In other words, we were able to push journal vendors to the top and database vendors farther down the list.
Getting our instance of Summon set up was relatively simpleWe have faced some challenges post implementation, but those have mostly centered around the maintenance of the data.Keeping Summon in synch with our catalog, especially since it is a shared catalog with 2 other UH system libraries and the law school ahs been challenging.How we have managed our data loads, our internal database maintenance procedures, and record deletion all factored into our day to day maintenance and we had to rewrite some procedures
We used to be able to delete records as we needed to, such as with content changes within NetLibrary or Books 24x7, or with URL changes and monthly updates. Since Summon has a cap on how many records can be altered at a time, 10K per day, our catalog can quickly get out of synch. We have had to modify our workflow in order to accommodate this limitation. I have recently been told that this record cap is more of an issue with our ILS interface than an actual problem with Summon. However, because of this record cap, the fact that we share the catalog, it has been quite constraining with the workflow we use.We had to move away from sharing electronic resources records, not necessarily because of Summon but because of the workflow change that had to occur. It was faster for the record loads to occur if we did not share.We had to alter the way we coded the records with location codes so that we could extract the titles specific to UH main. We also had to clean up any location code errors very quickly in order to ensure that our users go the most relevant coverage. All of that being said, during the first year of implementation, we had to do three complete reloads of our catalog. Each load took about 6 weeks. Given the synching issues we encountered, the data maintenance became cumbersome. During our second year, we have only had to reload the catalog once, which is an improvement. The reason for this reload was partially related to Summon and partially related to our modification of internal processes
In spite of the challenges, was it worth it for us? The short answer is an emphatic YES
AS you can see from this graph, we have had a huge increase in our ARL stats.Our ARL stats for 2008/20092010/2011722,0691,006,219Our overall journal stats showed an almost 40% increase in usage from before we implement summon to our current usageThe biggest change that our Liaison librarians had to incorporate into their teaching models was to teach only Summon rather than specific journal platforms or databases. University of Houston has a robust teaching model with undergraduate instruction. Because of this de-emphasis on teaching specific platforms, some resource content, such as with JSTOR and Project Muse showed a decrease in statistics. Also, the branding of specific platforms, such as ScienceDirect or SpringerLink as the go to place for content has decreased.Specifically, our Nature usage doubled from the time we implemented summon and our Sage journals rose 230% Clearly summon is uncovering content that was previously hidden. People are not having to hunt for content across multiple platforms
We looked at known item author title searches and compared OneSearch to the Catalog to determine which tool gave our users faster access to physical materials within the main library. The transaction log data was limited to print materials only.We found that we had better results in finding print materials within the first screen presented with OneSearch than with the catalog.
Future issues with our implementationWe would like to explore adding additional content to our Summon instance that is local and pertinant to the state of texas as a whole, such as the institutional repositories from UT, and Texas A&M. Also, we would like to think about adding content from our local Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. We have embarked on a project to include the University of Houstons ETD’s into the Texas Digital Library and would like to see this content included within Summon. Additionally, some vendor platforms that are legacy type systems don’t really play well with summon, such as LexisNexis content. We would like to see these types of systems adapt to making their content more discoverable.