1. Developing a Thematic Library
Integrating Drupal, Google and the ILS
Ildegardo Jesus Elizondo
Alejandro Garza
October 14, 2008

2. Roadmap What triggered this thematic library? Development process
Technology involved in the project
What is expected of the thematic library?

3. What triggered this thematic library?
OPAC
Encyclopedia?
Internet ??
Journal??
E-book??
Digital Library

4. Search is not “Googleized”
Dead ends
Unhelpful “No results found” screens
Metasearch problems
Lack of recall, slow execution
Search is not “Googleized”
Expect simpler interface
Do quick search variations

5. Development process Mock ups and prototypes Questionnaires to faculty
Usability tests

6. Wanted feature list Faceted search User ratings/reviews
Which fields become facets?
User ratings/reviews
Lists of favorites
Tables of contents
Integration with Millennium
Hmm creo que no es exactamente web2.0, sino mas bien decir que usamos algunos conceptos como “tags”.
Lo unico “web2.0” es: tag clouds, reviews/ratings, y despues user tagging.

7. Using HILCC Developed at Columbia University.
Groups Library of Congress classification numbers into a hierarchical vocabulary
similar to Conspectus groupings, open
Drupal custom module
Automatic item categorizaztion upon harvesting
Explicar un poco mas? A

8. What it looks like http://biblioteca.mty.itesm.mx/pasteur/
Multilingual
Catalog search
Subject browse
Metasearch
Popular items (most viewed recently)
News / Blog

9. Results from subscription databases and select sites
Facets
HILCC
Tables of contents
Stemming
work = working, works
Ecommerce = e-commerce, e commerce
Results from subscription databases and select sites

10. Item Record
Realtime status
Similar items
Details

11. Technology involved in the project
Drupal
Extensible open source CMS.
Apache Solr search
Integrates with Drupal, fast faceted search.
Google Custom Search Engine
Powers our federated search
Library Server
Millennium ILS
Google
Drupal
WebOpac
Custom Search Engine
Apache MySQL PHP
Solr
Item records Patron records
Current item status
Index A

12. Architecture Drupal EZ-Proxy A Google Library Server Millennium ILS
Page Harvest
Google
Library Server
Millennium ILS
MARC harvest
Custom Search Engine
EZ-Proxy
Book images
Drupal
Biblio records
Subscription database records
Tags
Users
Search
WebOpac
Index
Authentication
Item status
Apache MySQL PHP
Solr
Item records Patron records
Current item status
Secure Access
Subscription Databases A

13. Why Drupal
At the time of project planning, the library already had some experience with Drupal.
Drupal:
Is extensible—hundreds of modules.
Had solid performance.
Is supported by the community (IRC, online docs, forums) and commercially (books, paid services)
Is used in libraries.
Free and Open A

14. Libraries using Drupal
At least 33 university and public libraries
5 using Drupal to replace or intergrate with OPAC
Slideshow of Drupal libraries:
Drupal Library Groups
Poner AADL, Darien, otro?? A

15. Why Apache Solr? Dedicated search software
Competes/replaces commercial solutions
Open Source
Features:
Faceted search, synonyms, stemming, spellcheck
“More like this” and spellchecking
Powerful item ranking options
Replication
Free and Open A

16. Why Google? Some subscription databases already indexed by Google.
Google Custom Search Engine allows building a search for only desired domains/URLs.
Plus:
Users are used to Google’s interfaces
Google search technology and branding
Google Co-op tools
Free
CrossRef

17. What is expected of the thematic library?
Better relationships with students and faculty
Drag new users to the library from Google searches
Users will more easily find what they want

18. Other features Google Books preview.
Include Google results alongside library.
RSS feeds.
Magazine A-Z listings, by subject (HILCC)

19. Results so far Traffic from search engines
In August, 94% of total traffic was from search engines and from cities other than Monterrey (91%).
Average visit times and pages viewed from users in Monterrey are much higher (3:37 and 4.66 pages/visit) versus the average (1:06 and 1.94 pages/visit).
Item records in google.com.mx are high for some items, which appear in second or third places—ranking above bookstore results.
At least one academic department is closely following our implementation.