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What can We do with the What can We do with the WebPAC? WebPAC?
Is it Relevant in a Web 2.0 WorldIs it Relevant in a Web 2.0 World
John Wenzler: [email protected]
San Francisco State University
The Anxiety of FreedomThe Anxiety of Freedom
The “OPAC Sucks” Meme The “OPAC Sucks” Meme
Roy Tennant says that trying to fix the Roy Tennant says that trying to fix the OPAC is like putting “Lipstick on a pig” in OPAC is like putting “Lipstick on a pig” in Library Journal, 2005.Library Journal, 2005.
Karen Schneider does a 3 part series on Karen Schneider does a 3 part series on “How OPACs Suck” on her ALA blog“How OPACs Suck” on her ALA blog
An “OPAC Sucks” video shows up on An “OPAC Sucks” video shows up on YouTube: YouTube: http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?vwww.youtube.com/watch?v=tJD-safYEb0=tJD-safYEb0
David Walker’s “OPAC Sucks” David Walker’s “OPAC Sucks” DemoDemo
Specific Complaints -- PartSpecific Complaints -- Part I IIt is not as good as the old card Catalog
Lack of context when browsing: hard to Lack of context when browsing: hard to see where you are in the indexsee where you are in the index
Less access to experts (i.e. Librarians)Less access to experts (i.e. Librarians) Deceptively non-intimidating user Deceptively non-intimidating user
interfaceinterface
Specific Complaints -- Part IISpecific Complaints -- Part IIIt is not as good as Amazoogle
Relevance Ranking ineffectiveRelevance Ranking ineffective Too many complex search optionsToo many complex search options Poorly integrated with the library’s digital Poorly integrated with the library’s digital
resources and with the Internet in generalresources and with the Internet in general No suggestions or recommendationsNo suggestions or recommendations Lacks user-generated content such a Lacks user-generated content such a
reviews and ratingsreviews and ratings
What can we do about it?What can we do about it?
Outsource Redesign (WebPAC Outsource Redesign (WebPAC refresher)refresher)
Hide the WebPAC (behind a Hide the WebPAC (behind a “discovery layer”)“discovery layer”)
Enhance the WebPACEnhance the WebPAC
WorldCat Local: WorldCat Local: WebPAC in the Back OfficeWebPAC in the Back Office
Scriblio: An Open-source Scriblio: An Open-source “wrapper” for WebPAC“wrapper” for WebPAC
Solrpac: Potential Open-Source Solrpac: Potential Open-Source OptionOption
AquaBrowser: Hip Skin for AquaBrowser: Hip Skin for WebPacWebPac
Encore: WebPAC as Cyrano de Encore: WebPAC as Cyrano de BergeracBergerac
WebPAC for Data -- not for WebPAC for Data -- not for displaydisplay
Enhancements OverviewEnhancements Overview
Innovative Interfaces EnhancementsInnovative Interfaces Enhancements
Third-party EnhancementsThird-party Enhancements
Home Made EnhancementsHome Made Enhancements
III Enhancements: InnReachIII Enhancements: InnReach
III Enhancements: III Enhancements: WebBridge/Pathfinder ProWebBridge/Pathfinder Pro
WebBridge/Pathfinder Pro WebBridge/Pathfinder Pro WindowWindow
Literary Databases for Literary Call Literary Databases for Literary Call NumbersNumbers
Engineering Databases for Engineering Databases for Engineering Call NumbersEngineering Call Numbers
III Enhancements: ERM as a III Enhancements: ERM as a Database Pathfinder in the Database Pathfinder in the
WebPACWebPAC
ERM: Browsing Electronic ERM: Browsing Electronic ResourcesResources
ERM: adding the Ejournal A-Z listERM: adding the Ejournal A-Z list to WebPACto WebPAC
III Enhancements: Metadata III Enhancements: Metadata Builder and Media Builder and Media
ManagementManagement
Media Management: WebPAC as a Media Management: WebPAC as a digital archivedigital archive
III Enhancements: Spellcheck – III Enhancements: Spellcheck – searching for “Omnivore’s searching for “Omnivore’s
dillema”dillema”
III Enhancements: Patron III Enhancements: Patron Reviews Harry got Married?Reviews Harry got Married?
Reading History/Preferred Reading History/Preferred SearchesSearches
RSS Catalog FeedsRSS Catalog Feeds
RSS Patron FeedsRSS Patron Feeds
Updates for patron Updates for patron eventsevents
Overdue booksOverdue books
Pickups availablePickups available
Third Party Enhancements: Third Party Enhancements: LibraryThing LibraryThing
LibraryThing: Another ViewLibraryThing: Another View
Library Thing Tag Browser: Library Thing Tag Browser: Adding Collective Wisdom to Adding Collective Wisdom to
WebPACWebPAC
Third Party Enhancements: Third Party Enhancements: SyndeticsSyndetics
LibX: Adding WebPAC to the LibX: Adding WebPAC to the BrowserBrowser
LibX: Taking WebPAC to the LibX: Taking WebPAC to the JungleJungle
Third Party Enhancements: Google Third Party Enhancements: Google BooksBooks
Third Party Enhancements: Third Party Enhancements: AmazonAmazon
Third Party Enhancements: Third Party Enhancements: Other PossibilitiesOther Possibilities
Amazon: Reviews, Tags, Descriptions Amazon: Reviews, Tags, Descriptions (API Now available)(API Now available)
Google Books: Tags, Jackets, (API Google Books: Tags, Jackets, (API now Available)now Available)
LibraryThing (API now Available)LibraryThing (API now Available) OCLC (API available soon)OCLC (API available soon) Metasearch Engines: Research Pro, Metasearch Engines: Research Pro,
Metalib, WebFeat …Metalib, WebFeat …
Home Made Enhancements: Home Made Enhancements: JavaScript – Context Sensitive JavaScript – Context Sensitive
helphelp
JavaScript: Context Sensitive JavaScript: Context Sensitive HelpHelp
Home Made Enhancements: Home Made Enhancements: Text MessagesText Messages
Adding Reference to Adding Reference to WebPACWebPAC
More JavaScript More JavaScript EnhancementsEnhancements
Facets with JavaScriptFacets with JavaScript
Home Made Enhancements: Home Made Enhancements: Wish Lists and Suggested Wish Lists and Suggested
ReadingReading
Home Made RSS Feeds and Home Made RSS Feeds and Cover BrowserCover Browser
Online New Book DisplayOnline New Book Display
XML Tricks: AADLXML Tricks: AADL
John Wenzler ([email protected])
Slides: http://online.sfsu.edu/~jwenzler/research/webPAC2.ppt
Handout: http://online.sfsu.edu/~jwenzler/research/webPAC2.pdf