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Integration of Library Resources and Services in Sakai 3
Susan Hollar, Curriculum Integration CoordinatorUniversity of Michigan Library
Jon Dunn, Associate Director for TechnologyIndiana University Digital Library Program
Gaurav Bhatnagar, Interaction DesignerUniversity of Michigan Library
Presentation Overview
• Session Goals • Background • Project Goals• Proposed design process • How to participate • Discussion
Session Goals
• Review history and status of work of the Sakaibrary Project
• Discuss potential library functionality in Sakai 3 and start organizing the community to design and develop
Sakaibrary: 2006-2008
• Collaborative project of Indiana University Libraries and the University of Michigan Library
• Funded in part by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
• Project partners • Northwestern, UC Berkeley, Johns Hopkins,
Yale, Stanford
Sakaibrary: 2006-2008
• Citations Helper• Integration of content from licensed library
databases within Sakai• Part of Sakai 2.4+ distributions
• Subject Research Guide• Prototype functionality for librarians to
present content in Sakai and students to discover within Sakai• No ongoing development work
Citations Helper in 2.6
• Support for new metasearch engine• Serials Solutions 360 Search
• Can use direct vendor URLs instead of OpenURLs
• Can configure maximum number of databases to search
• Miscellaneous UI improvements
Sakai 3
• Opportunity to revisit goals and reinvent functionality
Goals: Sakai 3 and Library Integration
• Make library services and resources accessible and useful to people using Sakai.
• Organize collaborative effort within the Sakai community to get input, define requirements, design, develop, test,…
Allison McCallum"I want to make my courses more engaging for my students and want to do it faster than I currently can.”• Assistant Professor of Linguistics at the University of Michigan for 9 years• 43 years old
LAST SEMESTER…
The Library Resources widget allows Allison to:
•quickly find content relevant to her
•assess the effectiveness of scholarly material based on the collective wisdom of the scholarly community
•add library content from anywhere on the web
Based on preliminary user-centered design, more details at:
http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/x/iACX
Proposed User-Centered Design Process
How to participate
• Monthly web meetings • Discussions on sakai-user • User Interviews• July - September (4 hours)
• Design feedback (January) • Participate in the development process -
write code!
User interviews
1. Overview/orientation (1 hour)2. Conducting the interview (1 hour)3. Preparing the transcript (1 hour) 4. Debrief w/Gaurav (1 hour)
• Sign-up Sheet
Discussion
• What new functionality is desired? • How important is interoperability with
other systems?• Is building functionality that only works in
Sakai desirable or limiting? • Any feedback on the design process?• Thoughts on other ways to involve the
community?
More Info & Discussion
• Email: [email protected]• Confluence• Sakai 3 + Library Integration• http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/x/PwCX
• Sakai 3 + Library Integration Design• Documentation: http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/x/iACX
• Examples: http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/x/BgGX