WebPAC Pro A Preview

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WebPAC ProA Preview
WILIUG June 16, 2006
Diane Lewin Customer Sales Consultant
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The next generation in public catalogs

• WebPAC Pro is coming as a FREE upgrade from 2006
  Web OPAC
• Sites will be able to go Pro by placing a
  service commitment request
• Some new products will require you to be on the
  Pro platform
• WebPAC Pro supports your existing customized
  pages and web options (with a handful of little
  changes)

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Why Pro?

• The internet has changed a lot since we
  introduced Web OPAC over a decade ago. Its time
  for a new platform on which we can build for the
  innovations of today tomorrow.
• Employing cutting edge technology
• Better able to engage Web-savvy users
• Poised to take advantage of emerging innovations
  in public access
• In a position to better demonstrate the librarys
  value in the Web environment
• Bringing the benefits of new Web technology to
  patrons

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Coming in Release 2006

• 21 new features in Web OPAC (also in WebPAC Pro)
• 7 new features only in WebPAC Pro
• 6 new WebPAC-related products which require Pro

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WebPAC Pro in 2006

• In addition to the long list of new features
  coming to the classic Web OPAC in 2006, WebPAC
  Pro will also offer some very special new
  features.
• It will be the platform for exciting new products
  including more ILS firsts.
• And it will continue to be enhanced on our
  industry-leading development schedule.

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RightResulteven better Advanced Keyword

• The best results will appear first for keyword
  results.
• More results can be returned, but with clearer
  organization that helps patrons understand what
  theyve found
• The library has control over the terminology used
  to describe the groups of results

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Classic style Keyword results
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RightResult in Pro
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50 results per page feature
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Enhanced citation display

• Use of brief citation with a variety of new
  examples to choose from when you go Pro
• Put lots of detail or a minimal display as best
  suits your patrons.

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Customizable record display feature

• Dramatically increased control over the
  bibliographic record display including variation
  by scope language
• Emphasize what is most important to your patrons
• Key elements of page now represented as tokens
  which the library can rearrange and surround with
  additional presentation
• Also supported for the resource record display

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Just one bold idea for how you might change the
Pro bib display
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Another example of changing the bibliographic
record display
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Automatic login to My Millennium

• Optionally the library can allow any
  authentication to start a My Millennium session
  for the patron
• When the catalog needs the user to log in - e.g.
  when requesting or rating materials - it will
  prompt
• After patrons log in once in a session, they
  dont need to do it again to receive a
  personalized experience

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2006 WebPAC-related products

• Community Reviews
• Spell Check
• Feed Builder
• My Record Feeds
• Courseware Integration - Blackboard
• Single Sign-On

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Community Reviews product
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Community Reviews productStaff interface
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Spell Check product

• provides extra patron assistance for keyword
  searching

• includes both a "best guess" link as well as the
  ability to get additional suggestions

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Feed Builder product

• A tool for strategic dissemination of information
  by RSS feeds
• Create a feed for a saved query of the Millennium
  database of catalog records (e.g. new books at
  the Science library)
• Create a feed for a review file of catalog
  records (e.g. Local authors)
• Use 2006LE token feature to display the feed in
  the catalog

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Feed Builder

• How do you publicize your collection?
• New materials display
• Showcase
• Collection spotlight
• All delivered online, in or out of the catalog.

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My Record Feeds product

• Personalized feed of timely patron record
  information
• Materials ready for pickup on hold shelf
• Materials due soon
• Materials recalled
• etc.
• Wording of alerts is customizable by the library
• Patron can subscribe in the feed reader of their
  choice on their own computer or in a personalized
  web portal

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RSS overview

• Incoming feeds displayed in the catalog(built-in
  RSS to XHTML converter token)
• Free feature in 2006LE
• Outgoing one-to-many feeds of catalog data
• Feed Builder product in 2006 WebPAC Pro
• Outgoing one-to-one feeds of patron record events
• My Record Feeds product in 2006 WebPAC Pro

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Courseware Integration Blackboard product

• Search catalog directly from Blackboard
• Search MetaFind directly from Blackboard
• One-click access to library patron record from
  Blackboard
• Enter catalog already logged into a My Millennium
  session - no need to reauthenticate

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Single Sign-On product

• Use same credentials to log into library as
  everywhere else on campus
• No need to re-key credentials
• Reduce confusion for users
• Reduce staff time dedicated to helping with
  authorizations

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The new KidsOnline

• New look
• Powerful, friendly, flexible Picture-It
• Kid-friendlier results
• Easier maintenance
• Improved accessibility and reliability
• Staging directory and FTP access
• Supports new WebPAC features as they are released

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KidsOnline, updated
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KidsOnline, updated
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Converting to the new version of KidsOnline

• Requires Release 2005
• Since it involves major changes to
  library-customized pages it is not a
  self-upgrade. Instead we will work with each
  KidsOnline customer to move to the new design.

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And introducing Encore
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Whats coming next?
Millennium Encore!

• New discovery services platform
• Real-time Millennium Integration
• Simultaneous import of Research Pro WebBridge
  search results
• Faceted results display

• RightResult relevance ranking
• Community tagging, ratings, reviews
• Visual shelf browse
• Apache-based technology
• Learn more at our booth at ALA!

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• Thank you!
• dlewin_at_iii.com