Sirsi Rooms implementation project at the University of Leicester

Janet GuineaSystems Librarianjcg9@le.ac.uk

EUUG annual conference Amsterdam 2004

The project to date• Current practise and reasons for change• Our Rooms vision• The project• SingleSearch• Resolver• The Rooms themselves and using

Builder• Next steps

Why Change?

• Managing electronic resources– Web pages– Catalogue

• OpenURL linking solution• Federated searching• A new look to info pages!

Web Pages: Subject A to Z

Example 1

Example 2

Cataloguing E-resources

E-resources on WebCat

•Opportunity for reorganisation

•New web developments in an integrated package

•Local Web Content •Complete Web Site•Syndicated News•Resource Lists•SingleSearch™ Content•OPAC Content

•SingleSearch

•Management of e-resources with OpenUrl Resolver

Why Rooms?

Project Plan

• Decided to purchase Rooms - Late 2003• Purchase and install hardware/software for Rooms - January 2004• Rooms Workshop - March 2004• Rooms Builder Training - March 2004• Monthly project team meetings - April 2004• Bi-weekly meetings for content builders - April 2004• Identifying pilot Rooms and team members - July 2004• Standards for the look and content of Rooms - July 2004• Rooms Builder Training - May 2004• Establish Rooms hierarchy - June 2004• Review/select SingleSearch plugins for pilot Rooms project - July 2004• Admin Interface Training - June 2004• Plug-ins testing - August 2004• Configure Knowledge Base - July 2004 • Building of pilot Rooms - August 2004• Go live with Rooms Pilot project ? - End of September 2004

How many librarians does it take to build a hierarchy…

(and what DO you do with the History of Transport?)

Dept + Subject + Faculty

Politics

= ???!!!!

Hierarchy proposal

• Arts and Humanities • Biological Sciences• Business and Management• Education• Geography and Environment• Law and Criminology• Medicine and Health• Psychology• Sciences• Social Sciences• Social Work and Counselling

• E-Resources Index• Official Publications and European Documentation Centre• Reference Room• Statistics• Archives, Manuscripts and Rare Books

Pilot Rooms

• Law & Criminology• General Medicine and Health• General Reference• Social Work • Biological Sciences

The Lobby

SingleSearch

Managing Plugins

Quick Search

Resolver

Categories 1

Categories 2

SingleSearch with Resolver

OpenUrl created, menu offered

Links to Catalogue

Links from the Catalogue

Resolver Menu

Link to Journal Title

Builder

• Create Rooms• Structure – hierarchy (granular!)• Content modules – building blocks• Customise rooms

– Layout– Style

Browse Content Modules

Create Content Modules

Local Web content

Builder – create local web content

Resource lists

Builder – establish resource lists

Builder – create OpenURL

An OpenURL is born!

Resolver Menu

Direct to full text

Journals and e-journals

Complete web site

Builder – embed web site

RSS news feeds

Builder – create RSS feeds

Customising Rooms

Visuals

• CSS – create skins on the server – file structure!

• Create banner/buttons/images• Apply to application/Room/Content module

Rooms Standardisation

• Guidelines• Graphics• Layout - customisation

Future Developments

• Student evaluation • Staff training • More Plugins!• W3C compliancy• Test Server• Additional subject rooms - Feb 2005 • Formal launch of Rooms - Sept 2005