1. Selection (cont’d) Relevant Standards Dr. Dania Bilal IS 582 Spring 2008

2. RFP  General software specifications Essential specifications Desirable specifications  Verbs to use  Structure

3. Group Activity  Review sample RFPs, LJ, April 1, 07 article on Automation Marketplace, and other materials you deem relevant to writing specifications.  Select a library/agency of interest  Write 10 general software specifications  Write 15 essential software specifications  Write 15 desirable software specifications  Present to class

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5. Standards  Standards have impact on the automation industry  Most library standards are available via LC http://www.loc.gov/standards Access this site and examine the standards on Resource Description Formats

6. Industry Standards  Encoding MARC 21 MARCXML MODS (Metadata Object Description Schema) MADS (Metadata Authority Description Schema) Dublin Core

7. Industry Standards  Content AACR2R (Anglo-American Cataloging Rules, 2 nd Revised Edition  Standard is going to be named differently ISBD (International Standards Bibliographic Description)

8. Industry Standards  Standard Interchange Protocol (SIP) To exchange circulation messages with library systems such as borrower ‘s identification

9. Industry Standards  SIP2: De-facto standard for the exchange of circulation data and transactions between different systems In use by self-issue systems, telephone renewals, PC bookings software, library security systems, and RFID systems

10. Industry Standards  NCIP (NISO Circulation Interchange Protocol) Supports interlibrary loan functions  EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) Supports the transfer of data between different systems over the Internet. EDI was developed for businesses to buy, sell, and trade information electronically.

11. Industry Standards  SIF (Schools Interoperability Framework) – Designed for the interoperation of many school applications  RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) A method of remotely storing and retrieving data using devices called RFID Tags. An RFID tag is a small object (e.g., an adhesive sticker) that contains antennas for receiving and responding to radio frequency queries from an RFID transceiver. Used in library security systems.

12. Metadata  Machine understandable information for the Web  Dublin Core A standard for describing/creating metadata for Web information 15 elements of description

13. Standards for Information Exchange  http://www.gslis.utexas.edu/~l38613dw/r eadings/Z3950AndOtherStandards.html http://www.gslis.utexas.edu/~l38613dw/r eadings/Z3950AndOtherStandards.html Z39.50 and other standards

14. Impact of Emerging Technologies  Web 2.0 and beyond  Next generation online catalogs Relevance ranking Blogs Virtual spaces Federated searches (to continue) Spell-check (did you mean this?) Other