Presentation by Roberto Esteves & Linda Crowe ICOLC Next Gen OPAC April 16, 2008
Presentation by Roberto Esteves & Linda Crowe CALIFA Established by Calif. State Library in 2003 Serves multi-type libraries (primarily Public) Research & Development Introduces new products/services to members
Presentation by Roberto Esteves & Linda Crowe CALIFA the OCLC Experience: World Cat: State-wide subscription for P.L.s CalCat: Groups of California libraries Future: WorldCat Local interface Concept: “Think Global; Go Local”
Presentation by Roberto Esteves & Linda Crowe CALIFA: CalCat.org
Presentation by Roberto Esteves & Linda Crowe Next Gen OPAC: Bibliocommons Evolution of features: Faceted results (FRBR) vs sole bibliographic record Personalized lists vs library bibliographies Tagging vs subject headings Trusted sources vs librarian-recommendation Simple (standard) front-end vs ILS vendor-driven Personal ratings & Peer Reviews vs prof. reviews Plus: Social Search and Discover (community) Using Collections to make Connections
Presentation by Roberto Esteves & Linda Crowe Personalize the Patron Experience Recommendations are pushed to user’s inbox when items have been highly rated by trusted sources Sorting & prioritizing tags & reviews contributed by trusted sources
Presentation by Roberto Esteves & Linda Crowe + Social search & discovery
Presentation by Roberto Esteves & Linda Crowe Using collections to build connections: The personal approach Think local; go global:
Presentation by Roberto Esteves & Linda Crowe Trust thru Reading
Presentation by Roberto Esteves & Linda Crowe CALIFA Action Plan. MOU & Master Service Agreement. Piloting Bibliocommons’ OPAC front end with Santa Clara County & Palo Alto. Developing state proposal for a multi-library demonstration project. Planning a pilot project demonstrating resource sharing across ILS platforms.