Table of contents - Special Issue: Next generation OPACs
Guest Editors: Brad Eden
Conference contrasts
Michael SeadleThis editorial seeks to compare the German Bibliothekartag, the American Library Association Annual Meeting, and the International Federation of Library Associations meeting.
Making the new OPAC seamless: dealing with the transition from “finding” to “getting”
Carmel Denholm, Leto Kauler, Jan Lavelle, Lloyd SokvitneThis paper aims to describe the process of development undertaken by the State Library of Tasmania to provide a new generation OPAC – TALISPlus.
Subjecting the catalog to tagging
Luiz H. Mendes, Jennie Quiñonez‐Skinner, Danielle SkaggsThe purpose of this paper is to present the implementation of LibraryThing for Libraries (LTFL) in an academic library and analysis of usage of LTFL data and their potential for…
Accessing information in a parliamentary environment: is the OPAC dead?
Roxanne Missingham, Rina Brettell, Shirley White, Sarah MiskinAccess to library collections in an era where users want to “get” rather than “find” offers particular challenges. This paper seeks to explore users' needs for bibliographic…
Project Blacklight: a next generation library catalog at a first generation university
Elizabeth (Bess) SadlerThis paper sets out to provide an overview of the open source online public access catalog (OPAC) software known as Blacklight. It includes a discussion of the reasons why the…
The new cooperative cataloging
Tom SteeleThis paper aims to examine the social phenomenon known as tagging and its use in libraries' online catalogs, discussing folksonomies, social bookmarking, and tagging web sites…
LibraryThing for libraries at Claremont
Jezmynne Westcott, Alexandra Chappell, Candace LebelThe purpose of this paper is to share the experience of implementing LibraryThing for Libraries (LTFL) at the Claremont University Consortium's libraries, the first US academic…
Implementing VuFind as an alternative to Voyager's WebVoyage interface: One library's experience
Birong Ho, Keith Kelley, Scott GarrisonThe purpose of this paper is to present a case study of what is involved in implementing the VuFind discovery tool.
The VuFind implementation at Villanova University
John HouserThis case study seeks to document the experiences of Villanova University's Falvey Library staff as they developed and implemented the VuFind open source discovery tool for…
Tracking repetitive use of electronic reserve items: Using electronic reserves repetitive use information to help gauge copyright compliance
Astrid OliverThe purpose of this paper is to share findings on how to track the recurring use of items placed on electronic reserve over a period of time using the Create Lists application in…
One box to search them all: Implementing federated search at an academic library
Ian Gibson, Lisa Goddard, Shannon GordonThe purpose of this paper is to present how, in May 2008, the Ad Hoc Committee on Federated Search was formed to prepare a preliminary report on federated searching for a special…
A mobile video service trial: TOEST
Sungwon KimThe purpose of this paper is to introduce Commercial Mobile Video Service Trial (TOEST) of Korea Telecom (KT), relaying experience related to the implementation of mobile video…
Item‐level usage statistics: A review of current practices and recommendations for normalization and exchange
Christine Merk, Frank Scholze, Nils WindischThe purpose of this paper is to present how the JISC Usage Statistics Review Project aims to formulate a fundamental scheme for recording usage data and to propose a standard for…
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hybridEditors:
- Dr Dickson K.W. Chiu
- Dr Kevin K.W. Ho