About Scriblio
Getting Scriblio and related files Installing Scriblio on your server Managing Scriblio at your place of work Using Scriblio as an end user Lamson Library, of Plymouth State University Cook Memorial Library, in Tamworth New Hampshire (our public library development partner) Beyond Brown Paper, an archive of photos from the Brown Manufacturing Company in northern New Hampshire Boston University School of Theology’s History of Missiology collection Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Unsucking The OPAC Library 2.0 In The Real World WPopac: An OPAC 2.0 Testbed Casey Bisson Lichen Rancourt Jessamyn West
Small Steps
The proposal included two major, interconnected components: the development of OpenLibrary.org into a feature-rich global catalog linking users to materials in Open Content Alliance’s book scanning project and including information about all other published books with distributed editing tools development of a multi-user version of Scriblio based on WordPress MU, delivering faceted searching and browsing of all a libraries web-accessible content including the catalog and website By developing these as an integrated pair (based on open protocols that would allow either component to be replaced), we can finally overcome the limitations of our stand-alone catalogs, leverage the network to develop shared resources, and allow libraries to focus on delivering locally unique resources.
COinS-PMH and Microformats
For reference here are the applicable specs/overviews: OpenURL COinS: A Convention to Embed Bibliographic Metadata in HTML ContextObjects in Spans Protocol for Metadata Harvesting – ROGUE Spec An over simplification is that COinS is a way of using OpenURLs within HTML and COinS-PMH is a simplified OAI-PMH protocol/set-up that allows the easy extraction of metadata regarding an object marked with COinS.
Personalized Search
In reading The Search one of the topics that comes up is the goal of the perfect search. In order to achieve the perfect search it’s believed you need to have personalized search so that searches can be put into context and the likely search “intent” of the searcher.
Now It’s Really Official
“By allowing patrons to add information to library records online, the software allows the community to work together to make their library resources more informative and more valuable. “This joint effort between library and IT professionals brings more technologies, online research materials, academic tutoring, writing and reading services to a central location in the library.
Scriblio MATC Project Final Report
We have also done a number of presentations and media appearances as part of our outreach efforts, including: Top Tech Trends, Ontario Library Association Superconference, February 2 2008 (Bisson) Scriblio, Ontario Library Association Superconference, February 1 2008 (Bisson) Libraries on the Social Internet, Rhode Island Office of Library and Information Services program, December 6 2007 (Bisson) Keynote, IT-Faggruupen meeting on Today’s Hottest IT Trends (Copenhagen, Denmark), November 16 2007 (Bisson) Keynote, New Hampshire Library Association Annual Meeting, November 1 2007 (Bisson) OPAC for Web 2.0, Internet Librarian, October 31 2007 (Bisson) Young Librarians, Talkin’ ‘Bout Their Generation, interview in The Chronicle of Higher Education, October 19 2007 (Bisson and others) Scriblio and Tamworth Library, New England Library Association annual conference, October 16 2007 (Rancourt) Web 2.so, Tamworth Public Library event, September 26 2007 (Rancourt) Web 2.so, New Hampshire Library Association workshop, September 24 2007 (Rancourt) Bringing The Library To The User, AALL Annual, July 15 2007 (Bisson) Transforming Your Library, ALA Annual, June 23 2007 (Bisson) Web 2.so, ALA Annual (LITA Social Software Showcase online-only presentation), June 23 2007 (Rancourt) Small Steps, ALA Annual (LITA Social Software Showcase online-only presentation), June 23 2007 (Bisson) Faceted Searching and Browsing in Scriblio, ALA Annual, June 22 2007 (Bisson) Scriblio discussion at Simmons College, April 18 2007 (Rancourt and Bisson) Keynote, Boston Library Consortium Annual Meeting, April 12 2007 (Bisson) Libraries in the Digital Age, New Hamshire Public Radio interview on The Front Porch, March 1 2007 (Rancourt and Bisson) Libraries vs.
