Latest Andornot News
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Interlink (BC Public Library network)
This redesign features the integration
of the AudioBooks database with a new site template and
various options based on user roles and logins, ie. the public can
search and email, save or print their results; Interlink member libraries
can request items from participating libraries; and other Canadian
Libraries can purchase titles.
http://interlink.andornot.com/audiobooks/search.aspx
BC Health Libraries OneSearch - HLABC
The Health Libraries Association of BC OneSearch demo web site allows users
to search selected HLABC member library catalogues that use Inmagic
software in one step using Andornot's OneSearch Add-on.
http://hlabc.andornot.com/
Anglican Church of Canada
We updated the interface to their five Inmagic databases and added the
ability for users to email, save or print selected records. Another neat
feature is the truncation of the full text on the brief display using
stylesheets. Search the databases at: http://www.anglican.ca/search/databases.htm
Archives Online version 3
Development of on an updated version of Archives Online is underway and all
feedback from existing clients is welcome! We have recently added a new web
form to the demo web interface that acts as a Finding Aid so that all the
records in a Fonds or Collection can be sorted by hierarchy. Visit our
Archives Online Starter Kit demo on our web site (http://demos.andornot.com/archives/)
and click on "Finding Aid - Steveston Community Society fonds". |
Inmagic Updates
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Imaging Software Provides Access to
Critical Mission Images Across NASA
@Inmagic
Newsletter - June/July 2007
Here's a quick reminder to check out the latest @Inmagic newsletter. Read
it online or sign-up to
receive future issues. |
Summer Reading
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When we come across interesting articles or websites that we
want to be able to find again we add them to our Furl list (http://www.furl.net/members/Andornot).
The Furl site is a great example of Web 2.0 social software capabilities -
check out more Furl features at http://www.furl.net/furlFeatures.jsp.
Here are just a few interesting articles recently added to our Furl
collection.
Do you have a specialized collection that you want to publicize?
We recommended this article to Sylvia Stopforth at Trinity Western
University and she immediately added information to the Wikipedia entries
for two individuals whose private papers are held in their Archives, e.g. Lyle Wicks. Sylvia emailed us
"It really is a good idea and and I thank you for bringing it to my
attention, even if it did suck up an extra couple of hours I didn't really
have...!".
Using Wikipedia to Extend Digital Collections, D-Lib Magazine.
May/June 2007. Volume 13 Number 5/6 (http://www.dlib.org/dlib/may07/lally/05lally.html).
We highly recommend this article to anyone that manages publicly accessible
special collections (i.e. digital images, archival records and/or library
holdings). The article discusses a University of Washington Libraries
Digital Initiatives unit project aiming to improve the ability to find
items in the UW Libraries Digital Collections by inserting links into the
online encyclopedia Wikipedia. Wikipedia is often the starting point
for searching for information on a particular topic and is often one of the
first references in a search engine results list. Articles in Wikipedia can
include hyperlinks to external sources for additional information and this
article discusses the methodology used to add links to the UW colllections.
Archivists for example could create or edit a Wikipedia article using the
detail already existing in their fonds level descriptions and provide a
link back to their own website, thus providing a much more accessible
method for users to find out that their collection exists. This is a
great way of driving traffic to your website!
Would you like a quick overview of Web 2.0 social software?
Social Tools: More than Just a Good Time? by Jenn Horwath.
Partnership: the Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and
Research, Vol 2, No 1 (2007) (http://journal.lib.uoguelph.ca/index.php/perj/article/view/270/338).
This article is by an Andornot client and is an easy to read introduction
to the possibilities of Web 2.0 tools. Check out the mentioned
BRAINLinks web site which uses Inmagic software and was designed with
Andornot assistance. (http://brainlinks.mohawkcollege.ca/).
Are you finding it hard to justify your time spent cataloging?
The Peloponnesian War and the Future of Reference, Cataloging, and
Scholarship in Research Libraries by Thomas Mann, Prepared for AFSCME
2910, June 2007 (http://guild2910.org/Pelopponesian%20War%20June%2013%202007.pdf).
This article uses a research request to show the need for the skills of a
reference librarian versus relying on web search engines. What is
interesting is the author's comments on the need for scope match subject
headings as well as granular conceptual level keywords. We are often
asked about the need for LC Subject Headings when everything can be keyword
searched. "Full-text searching is indeed extremely valuable in many
situations; but if a researcher wishes to get an overview of the important
works on a topic, that kind of searching is positively counterproductive -
it cannot segregate whole books from fragments of books, nor can it
separate substantial treatments from trivial. It buries high and low
quality sources in huge sets without the discriminations that users
need." It is a lengthy article, but well written, thought
provoking, and a good justification for spending time on vocabulary
control. |
