SiteSearch at Higher Elevations:

New Developments at the Colorado Virtual Library

Brought to you by:• Steve Gregory, Senior Programmer

• Steve Walker, Systems Administrator

What this Presentation Is Not

Fortunately

We do have a user interface

Projects for 2001:• Heritage: Gateway to Colorado's Digitization Projects• Colorado Virtual Library for Kids• SWIFT - StateWide Interlibrary loan Fast Track

Heritage

Heritage

Gateway to Colorado's Digitization Projects

Heritage gives you access to the digitized special collections and unique resources owned by Colorado's archives, historical societies, libraries and museums.

Online Demonstration

New interface style• Colors, images, fonts

• Frameless

MetadataDublin Core Metadata describing digitized objects is

collected in an SQL database at a remote location

MetadataDublin Core Metadata describing digitized objects is

collected in an SQL database at a remote location

This data is converted to SGML notation

MetadataDublin Core Metadata describing digitized objects is

collected in an SQL database at a remote location

This data is converted to SGML notation

SGML is fed to Database Builder

<rec><CDP.recordindex>364</CDP.recordindex><CDP.heldby>Pikes Peak Library District</CDP.heldby><DC.title>Pikes Peak at Glen Cove</DC.title><DC.identifier>SCN-6-75.JPG<scheme>URI</scheme></DC.identifier><DC.publisher>Pikes Peak Library District</DC.publisher><DC.date>2000-10-17</DC.date><CDP.dateorig>ca. 1920s</CDP.dateorig><DC.description>Two men, identified on back of print as Luther McKnight and Vic Vasseur, standing by truck outside buildling with Conoco and Continental Oil signs. M. Clow is standing outside truck holding large metal can. The three men worked for Stewart Brothers Photography.</DC.description><DC.description>Pikes Peak - Glen Cove</DC.description><DC.relation>Part of Stewarts Collection</DC.relation><DC.rights>© Pikes Peak Library District. All rights reserved.</DC.rights><DC.source>8x10 black and white photograph<DC.source><DC.subject>Glen Cove; Pikes Peak</DC.subject><DC.type>Image</DC.type><CDP.formatadmin>SCN-6.TIF; 6.10M; TIFF; scanned 2000-10-17 by nt; Epson 386SX; Adobe Photoshop 5.0LE; Silverfast</CDP.formatadmin><DC.format>JPG; 391K</DC.format><CDP.dewey>551.432</CDP.dewey></rec><rec>

A typical SGML-encoded Dublin Core record

• Using WebZ, we can search our local Dublin Core database together with MARC databases

Colorado Virtual Library

Colorado Virtual Libraryfor

New Kid-Friendly Interface Style

• Bright colors on every screen

• Fun icons for every menu category

• A-to-Z subject lists

See it online at:http://kids.aclin.org

Parents’ View• Uses CVL’s default interface style

• Links to:– Book Awards

– Book Reviews and Lists

– Reading to Children

– Related Resources

– Homeschooling

Teachers’ View• Uses CVL’s default interface style

• Search database by Colorado Education Content Standards

• Links to online resources for educators

Local Database• Metadata is stored in Dublin Core

format and can be updated online using Perl cgi programs (outside the SiteSearch environment)

Local Database• Another Perl program translates the

database to sgml notation nightly

• This sgml data is fed to database builder and becomes part of the SiteSearch environment

Administration Tools• Online data entry forms

• Link verification

• A-to-Z subject lists

• “SetStyle” verb

Statewide Interlibrary Loan• Lending requests are managed by

“VDX” (Virtual Document Exchange) software made by Fretwell-Downing

• The patron’s interface is WebZ

Patrons must log in• A SiteSearch verb uses JDBC to look

up patron’s registration info in the VDX Oracle database

• WebZ’s Access Component is not used

• WebZ runs on our Solaris server, while the Oracle database is housed on an NT

Search for desired materials• After patron has authenticated, a

“request” button appears on the full record display for library materials

Request the book• Patron fills out a form indicating loan

preferences

• Once submitted, the request is transmitted via email from the SiteSearch environment to the VDX environment

View my Active Requests• A SiteSearch gadget makes a JDBC

call to the VDX Oracle database and looks up all active requests for the current user, and displays these in an html table

Blank request forms• Books

• Journal Articles

Pick List• Library staff can view a list of books that

they need to pull from the shelves to fill loan requests

Visions for the Future• Community Information Database

• GIS Integration

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