Subject: [NGC4LIB] ALA Annual Program: 'You've found it, now what?!' Extended Services in Next Generations Catalogs: LITA Next Generation Catalog IG

From: "Schwartz, Raymond" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 14:25:51 -0400

'You've found it, now what?!' Extended Services in Next Generations Catalogs: LITA Next Generation Catalog IG session at ALA Annual on Monday, June 28, 2010, 1:30-3:30pm, HIL-Columbia 8

Discovery is not the only problem to be solved.  Patrons need other services and tools to use the information they find, such as assisting users with capturing, storing, manipulating, and sharing information. There will be presentations and discussion on a variety of extended applications to the catalog, such as the Social Online Public Access Catalog (SOPAC).  A brief IG business meeting will precede the presentations.

Eric Lease Morgan - Services Against Texts: The Next Next-Generation Library Catalog

With the advent of the Internet and wide-scale availability of full-text content, people are overwhelmed with the amount of accessible data and  information. Library catalogs can only go so far when it comes to delimiting what is relevant and what is not.  Even when the most exact searches return 100's of hits what is a person to do? Services against texts -- digital humanities computing techniques -- represent a possible answer. Whether the  content is novels, works of literature, or scholarly journal articles the methods of the digital humanities can provide ways to compare & contrast, analyze, and make more useful any type of content. This presentation elaborates on these ideas and describes how they can be integrated into the "next,   next-generation library catalog".

John Blyberg - SOPAC 2.1: Digital Strategy for the New Library

The Social Catalog Application Suite, SOPAC, is not just another next-gen discovery interface.  It is a comprehensive approach to designing the digital library user experience.  By integrating the discovery layer with the content management system, Drupal, SOPAC effectively put the control over user experience design back in the hands of librarians while providing a solution that is designed for users.  Find out what SOPAC is, how it works, and what's new in the latest version, 2.1. 

Tim Spalding - LibraryThing After Discovery

LibraryThing, the social cataloging website for book lovers, is a great way to find new books, but most of the interesting stuff happens after you get the book and put it in your personal library. Tim will show LibraryThing's post-discovery features, including a just-released ground breaking new way to discuss books with other readers.

Ray Schwartz, Systems Specialist Librarian         [email-masked]
David and Lorraine Cheng Library                       Tel: +1 973 720-3192
William Paterson University                                 Fax: +1 973 720-2585
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