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www.bibliotek.kk.dk CITY OF COPENHAGEN The Culture and Leisure Administration Libraries/Division of Library Development Open Source in a metropolitan Library presented by Joan Larsen and Bente Jensen
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Copenhagen Public Libraries The largest library system in Scandinavia 1 main library 19 library branches www.bibliotek.kk.dk – the 21. library branch is visited by more than 6,000 people a day www.bibliotek.kk.dk
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Blågården
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Husum
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Østerbro
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The result was: IInconsistent navigation NNo site search AA fatal lack of validation IImpossible to offer any central support Solution: A Content Management System
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Key requirements TTotally decentralized maintenance AA system that would let us make any changes ourselves Solution: An Open Source system
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Plone and Headnet
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Danish Centre for Accessibility
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Key features of Plone Licensed under General Public License Built in Zope Using Python Generates 100% valid xhtml 1.0 Generates fully qualified URLs Platform independent open source editor
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If you can do it in HTML You can do it in Plone
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bibliotek.kk.dk
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3 branch folders
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Portal workflow 165 local users with access to their own branch site 4 administrators have access to all folders 2 Global managers have access to the Zope Management Interface (ZMI) Pending publication (request) 3-month auto revision notification
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bibliotek.kk.dk - news
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The branch folder
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Editing the branch folder
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bibliotek.kk.dk - event
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The branch folder
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Events overview
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Library Directory
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Same content – different look
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Editing Plone
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Editing the branch folder
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Tip-a-friend/ HTML mail
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Add a commentary (optional)
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RSS feeds –easy in Plone Monthly newsletter Service news New answers to FAQ
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Blogs Blog tools with Copenhagen Public Libraries logo New music New foreign books Biblog – Library and it Internet search Library 2.0 DK Brønshøj branch library The patients’ library – Hvidovre hospital KKB on tour
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Our recent developments include: Extended RSS possibilities RSS feed based on a search string Expansion of the event archetype single-day or multi-day event locations other than the branches Automatic export of event information to a site listing all cultural events in Denmark New sitesearch: Livesearch
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Next E-learning - Eduplone Translation - LinguaPlone Under consideration: CompositePack MapLocation Plone Google Sitemaps TagCloud
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Advantages of Plone and Open Source Open Source and Plone is low cost software No manufacturer dependence Our site can change as fast as the world around us Large numbers of developers ensure the security
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From spaghetti to Sushi Before 2002 All resources were manually made from scratch Some resources had a finite life span and had to be removed manually Manual management of broken links etc. Content delivery lacked workflow Few colleagues were able to contribute
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From spagetti to Sushi After 2002 Strong workflow model Open Source, so the price was right Use what you need rather than buy unused features Don’t pay for software licenses, pay for development
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Looking ahead
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Looking for at long term relationship?
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