tisch library 2.0: leveraging web 2.0 and gis

Leveraging Web 2.0 and GIS

Thom W. CoxTechnical Project

ManagerTisch Library

Tufts Universitythomas.cox@tufts.e

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Tisch website re-launch – a major step forward

How we’re leveraging Web 2.0 tools: success and challenges

Using GIS to create a spatial information manager for the library

My how you’ve grown (since 2003)

The Web has changed

The User has changed

One full year of research: How have other universities met the

challenge? What do we know about our users

already? How do our users seek information? What can the library staff tell us? [ 1 ] [ 2 ] What do students think so far? What more can students tell us?

Provide direct access to our resources and content

Increase awareness of resource availability Did You Know / Now@Tisch / Featured Resource

on every page Preserve, and even improve readability,

accessibility, “printablity”, usability of the site

Tisch& You begins a drive to personalize the site

Podcasts JavaScript-enabled content rotationRSS syndicationWhat’s next? LibGuides?

ASP.NET/AJAX?

for orienting students to the library and to library research

an annual poetry reading episode interviews with distinguished Tufts

alumni authorsVideo tour of the music librarypanel discussion with four Tufts

faculty members on how to write a senior honors thesis

Challenge: get usage stats on podcasts:

Web stats from an RSS feed?WebTrends? Google Analytics?

awstats?

Challenge – convert online library instruction tutorials into video podcasts

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/captivate/articles/ipod.html

http://www.sothink.com/product/swftovideoconverter/

Fine, but does it look ok on the iPhone?

Export from Captivate at highest quality

Convert to AVI format in SWF Converter:

Then use a professional video conversion program like Sorenson Squeeze to convert to MPEG-4 format and reduce to an iPhone/iPod compatible screen size

Challenge: make our content available as RSS feeds

Blog host of content itself JavaScript solutionsASP.NET/AJAX

The Spatial Information Manager for the Library

The challenge of managing spaceLibrary or Labyrinth?A perfect model for GIS-based spatial

information management

metadata, metadata, metadataL-SIMS:

a database of geo-encoded uniquely identified objects - floors, rooms, stacks, computers, wireless access points, fire extinguishers, etc., that can be queried and used to generate high quality maps for a variety of purposes.

GIS is a system of computer software, hardware, data and personnel to help store, manipulate, analyze, and present information that is tied to a spatial location.

facilitate the analysis and optimization of existing space within the Tisch Library

serve as a real-time high-quality map generator provide access to the square footage of any

room in the library assist reference librarians in their efforts to

direct students to resources in the library be a searchable query engine showing what

software exists on the computers in the library a critical component of disaster planning

Brainstorming and forming a team

Tufts University Berger Family Technology Transfer Endowment

Needs Assessment Stakeholder

Meetings

L-SIMS Design and Data Integration

Tisch StacksDatabase

Facilities RoomDatabase

LITS ComputerDatabase

Facilities Floor PlansFacilities Floor Plans L-SIMSL-SIMS

Misc. Library Data Room Use Copiers Emergency Exits Etc.

RoomsRooms•Room numberRoom number•Room nameRoom name•Room useRoom use•Square footageSquare footage•Dept. occupantDept. occupant•Quiet spaceQuiet space

InfrastructureInfrastructure•WallsWalls•DoorwaysDoorways•ColumnsColumns•DoorsDoors•StairwellsStairwells

Service CentersService Centers•Reserves, Reserves, Circulation, etc.Circulation, etc.

CollectionsCollections•Range numberRange number•Beg. call numberBeg. call number•End call numberEnd call number•Collection typeCollection type•Shelving typeShelving type

EmergencyEmergency•Fire alarmsFire alarms•Fire extinguishersFire extinguishers•Emergency exitsEmergency exits•Panic buttonsPanic buttons

LITSLITS•ComputersComputers•PhotocopiersPhotocopiers•PrintersPrinters•ScannersScanners

QA/QCEducation

Call number locator; Retrieve location of book

Query Office space < 200 sq. ft. Staff computers that have a DVD player Public computers that have Excel

Analytical

Buffer fire extinguishers 75 feet Through overlay identify stacks NOT within 75

feet of an extinguisher

High-quality maps for the Tisch website

GIS Web Application

Questions and Answers

Thom W. CoxTechnical Project Manager

Tisch LibraryTufts University

thomas.cox@tufts.edu