Sirsi Rooms implementation project at the University of Leicester

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Sirsi Rooms implementation project at the
University of Leicester
Janet Guinea Systems Librarian jcg9_at_le.ac.uk
EUUG annual conference Amsterdam 2004
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The project to date

• Current practise and reasons for change
• Our Rooms vision
• The project
• SingleSearch
• Resolver
• The Rooms themselves and using Builder
• Next steps

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Why Change?

• Managing electronic resources
• Web pages
• Catalogue
• OpenURL linking solution
• Federated searching
• A new look to info pages!

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Web Pages Subject A to Z
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Example 1
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Example 2
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Cataloguing E-resources
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E-resources on WebCat
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Why Rooms?

• Opportunity for reorganisation
• New web developments in an integrated package
• Local Web Content
• Complete Web Site
• Syndicated News
• Resource Lists
• SingleSearch Content
• OPAC Content
• SingleSearch
• Management of e-resources with OpenUrl Resolver

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Project Plan

• Decided to purchase Rooms - Late 2003
• Purchase and install hardware/software for Rooms
  - January 2004
• Rooms Workshop - March 2004
• Rooms Builder Training - March 2004
• Monthly project team meetings - April 2004
• Bi-weekly meetings for content builders - April
  2004
• Identifying pilot Rooms and team members - July
  2004
• Standards for the look and content of Rooms -
  July 2004
• Rooms Builder Training - May 2004
• Establish Rooms hierarchy - June 2004
• Review/select SingleSearch plugins for pilot
  Rooms project - July 2004
• Admin Interface Training - June 2004
• Plug-ins testing - August 2004
• Configure Knowledge Base - July 2004
• Building of pilot Rooms - August 2004
• Go live with Rooms Pilot project ? - End of
  September 2004

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How many librarians does it take to build a
hierarchy(and what DO you do with the History
of Transport?)
Dept Subject Faculty Politics

???!!!!
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Hierarchy proposal

• Arts and Humanities
• Biological Sciences
• Business and Management
• Education
• Geography and Environment
• Law and Criminology
• Medicine and Health
• Psychology
• Sciences
• Social Sciences
• Social Work and Counselling
• E-Resources Index
• Official Publications and European Documentation
  Centre
• Reference Room
• Statistics
• Archives, Manuscripts and Rare Books

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Pilot Rooms

• Law Criminology
• General Medicine and Health
• General Reference
• Social Work
• Biological Sciences

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The Lobby
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SingleSearch
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Managing Plugins
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Quick Search
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Resolver
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Categories 1
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Categories 2
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SingleSearch with Resolver
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OpenUrl created, menu offered
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Links to Catalogue
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Links from the Catalogue
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Resolver Menu
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Link to Journal Title
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Builder

• Create Rooms
• Structure hierarchy (granular!)
• Content modules building blocks
• Customise rooms
• Layout
• Style

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Browse Content Modules
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Create Content Modules
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Local Web content
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Builder create local web content
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Resource lists
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Builder establish resource lists
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Builder create OpenURL
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An OpenURL is born!
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Resolver Menu
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Direct to full text
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Journals and e-journals
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Complete web site
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Builder embed web site
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RSS news feeds
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Builder create RSS feeds
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Customising Rooms
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Visuals

• CSS create skins on the server file
  structure!
• Create banner/buttons/images
• Apply to application/Room/Content module

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Rooms Standardisation

• Guidelines
• Graphics
• Layout - customisation

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Future Developments

• Student evaluation
• Staff training
• More Plugins!
• W3C compliancy
• Test Server
• Additional subject rooms - Feb 2005
• Formal launch of Rooms - Sept 2005