D&D minutes 4/2/09

Present: Peter, Dan, Shawn, Selene, Laura, Fran, Scott, Daisy, Lyman, Donna

1. Format icons in Voyager test
They look great. The icons are based on the bib formats in the marc record. Some things though don't really have an image: gov docs, dissertations, generic online stuff. Titles that have both are tricky. Gov docs could be the book image?
Movie, audio, score—add these now
Leave books and journals unmarked until later when maybe we can do some changes in voyager marc records.

Daisy will make some sample Text It and LRA request buttons that look more like each other and not so much like the format icons.

2. Shibboleth
InCommon lists vendors who allow logins through Shibboleth so our users could be authenticated that way instead of VPN or ezproxy. That way the users don't have to come through the library to be authenticated—which is good because so many of them don't go through the library anyway. More secure because people won't be trying to enter their UVM id into username and password boxes where it doesn't belong, revealing their credentials to any non-uvm computer that asks.

3. New website issues
Articles and more part of the new web site is a possible area for usability testing, based on feedback that Selene's gotten from the Comments box.
More tutorials need to be written.
Libguides should refer to databases by the same names that are used in the Articles and more list of databases (and in Voyager as well). And should point to the bib record.
Logos on web site and libguides are the same. Logos on A to Z and linksource are different. Also Voyager. They should all be the same.

4. New site and handheld devices.
Viewing our web site on a handheld could be done using the style guide, but Lyman has no way to test it. He should speak to Peter B. about having the Libraries purchase an iPod Touch so he can test our systems on a handheld device.

D&D blog URL: http://dduvm.blogspot.com

Shibboleth / InCommon

I discovered recently that UVM is a member of a group called InCommon which is working on a framework for managing user identities across institutions. They're using Shibboleth for authorization and access. The following vendors are either members or support InCommon: CSA, OCLC, Elsevier, Ebsco, JSTOR and Safari. There appears to be growing support for this from our e-resource vendors.

D&D Minutes 3/5/09

Minutes for D&D Meeting: 3/5/09
Peter, Selene, Scott, Dan, Fran, Laura, Lyman, and Daisy in attendance.

• Sean will be joining our group. He will begin taking responsibility for A-Z administration. Sean will begin attending our next scheduled D&D meeting.

• Shibboleth: There is still a question about how Shibboleth will work for authentication with our databases. Right now, Lyman knows that it will work with Science Direct.

• Both Scott and Peter voiced concerns that EJS Journals show an EBSCO link that should bring people to full-text but regularly does not. In these cases, full-text remains accessible through the publisher website. Peter will check in with Sean about this problem.

• The new website will roll out early next week. Updating URLs will be an ongoing process as problems are noticed. Comments will be solicited on the new site.

• Icons: Daisy presented new icons to be used in the catalog. She is still working on all of the icons needed, but all agreed that what she showed the group looked great.

• On the blog (below), Dan collected some sites that offer access to open-access journals. Most of the sites' listings will need to be checked for duplication with the open-access journals already in the catalog. Please look at the list below and comment on the packages presented. Please also add any other sites that offer open-access journals that could be considered for our catalog.

• Discussion took place regarding reassessment of our current catalog. Questions were raised about whether or not we should go forward with reassessing the choices for a new catalog or new catalog interface. There was general agreement that it would beneficial to look again at open-ware products like Vufind. People were asked to take a look at academic catalogs using Vufind for the next meeting.
  

Open Access Journals for the Catalog

I've done a very preliminary search of some open access journal collections. Here are some of the more promising collections:

DOAJ: http://www.doaj.org/
I believe this is the one Toni worked with the most. We have most of what's in here, but there is a good bit of content that we do not have in the catalog. I'd say every 8th or 9th title is missing. This makes me think it might be time to update the records or at least sort through to see what we're missing.

J-Stage: http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/_journallist
This is a Japanese science and technology collection. We are lacking most of these titles. There is a lot of Japan-specific content, but also a lot of global research that would be useful to add.

University of Nevada Open Access Collection: http://www.knowledgecenter.unr.edu/ejournals/free.aspx
Again, we have many of these titles, but we could also glean the list to pull out titles we lack.

Electronic Journals Library: http://rzblx1.uni-regensburg.de/ezeit/index.phtml?bibid=AAAAA&colors=7&lang=en
Again, a bit heavy on the foreign-language content, but also gleanable.

CoAction Publishing: http://www.co-action.net/journals/Journals_index.php?%20sessid=02661871&user=346351&env=Firefox&item=no
Only six or so titles, but they look like good titles to add.

Hindawi Publishing: http://www.hindawi.com/journals/titles.html
Open access journals from this publisher. You need to click on the journal title and then on the "Table of Contents" tab.

Please continue to update this as we identify more collections.

Discovery & Delivery Council minutes; 2/19/09

Present: Peter, Donna, Laura, Fran, Dan, Lyman, Scott, Selene

1. General updates:

• Peter showed the note on social networking tools for books & film that Selene added to the Libraries’ Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/edit/?id=51124206465#/note.php?note_id=65070899950
• The Libraries now has a Goodreads account: http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2045972-UVM-Libraries (we’ll add this as an application to the Facebook account)
• Peter reminded us about the blog, for now the primary audience is library colleagues.

2. Text it!

• Enthusiastic support for the new “text it” feature created by Lyman in the library catalog, which allows users to text title, call number, and location information to their cell phone.
• We discussed a proposal to change the link to read: “text a call number,” but decided in favor of the current simplicity.
• Peter will send a notice informing the Libraries of the change and then Lyman will make the change go live.

3. Linksource

• The Linksource evaluation subgroup hasn’t met yet.
• Scott reported on an incidence of the “full-text linking” (different from a full-text PDF) not working when Find it @ UVM does, in Sociological Abstracts (CSA). “Full-text linking” is misleading. Can we eliminate it? Scott will follow through with Tina & Karl.
• Dan went to the Linksource webinar, but had to leave before they got to the short section on reporting. He will follow up directly with the trainer to see if we can get more clarity on this.
• Find it @ UVM enabled in Google Scholar? Yes!
• Responsibility for A-Z/linksource administration remains unassigned, but should be resolved shortly.

4. Open access

• We will do some research to ensure that all major open access journal packages are in the library catalog; Dan volunteered to begin research on this.
• We will also work with liaisons to solicit key open access journals in specific disciplines that might not be represented at present. Peter will talk to Jeanene about this.

5. Shibboleth

• The campus has adopted Shibboleth, a central authentication system. Remote users who log into webmail or another affiliate resource will stay logged into the proxy server [did I get this right?]
• We may be able to make some databases (e.g Science Direct) work with this. Pro: Easier remote access; Con: Users might be confused by having to log into some databases and not others.
• We’ll talk more about this at the next meeting. A key question: how many/which databases would work with Shibboleth?

Examples of Social Networking Add-ons to Library Site

We have received suggestions from both inside and outside D&D that the library feature one or more book-centered social networking sites within our libraries' presence. Such sites allow users to read about books and discuss them with others. Our approach is to link to some of these sites via the UVM Libraries' Facebook page. We hope that you will explore one or more of these sites and let us know what you think.

One such site is called Goodreads, and it allows one to write reviews of books you're reading or have read, and engage in conversation with friends about them. One can also look at what others have said about books you're thinking of reading to get a sense if it's a book you might like.

Similarly, LibraryThing serves as a social networking site for books and their readers, allowing one to rate books, write reviews, read others' thoughts about books, etc. but it also serves as a tool to catalog one's own personal library.

Metacritic serves as a social networking site for films, DVDs, music, and television, and thus might appeal to the users who frequent our media holdings. Metacritic compiles published reviews from significant reviewing sources (New York Times, Salon, New York Daily News, etc.) in addition to allowing one to write reviews and read those of others.

Finally, within Facebook itself, Visual Bookshelf and weRead can be added to one's page to easily engage in interactive discussion about the books you're reading.

Please explore these tools and let us know if you find them useful.

D&D minutes 2/5/09

Present: Peter, Donna, Laura, Fran, Dan, Lyman, Scott

1. Ebsco Webinar
Still not sure who will be in charge of LinkSource.
Waiting for structural changes in tech services.

2. E-Books/Hathi trust
http://www/hathitrust.org
Hathi trust books don't have MARC records, making them more challenging to move into Voyager. Disposition to back burner.

3. Limit Voyager searches to last 30 days or last 60 days
http://library.uta.edu/
Guy working in at UT Arlington has a new book list that works off of Voyager and allows limiting by date. He has recreated the Voyager look and feel for this option.
Very nice, but not a high priority at the moment.

4. Link from New Books records to Goodreads
http://www.goodreads.com/
Others: http://metacritic.com, http://librarything.com
Content of goodreads is not for a general audience.
Maybe this is something for the Libraries Facebook page? Load the iRead or Visual Bookshelf application in the Libraries Facebook account.
Let's talk about this some more.

5. D&D Blog
We're posting minutes in the spirit of transparency with the intent of pushing the envelope in thinking about our patrons
Will put minutes on the blog. Minutes are aimed at Library employees