Both the back-end and the front-end of the traditional Integrated Library System (ILS) are changing and evolving. The back-end is being impacted by the change to RDA cataloging that has only just begun. The front-end is changing through the integration of the ILS with other systems and a web interface layer as well as the interactivity driven by Web 2.0. RDA implementation is expected to drive additional changes to the user-side of the ILS in ways that are still not fully understood.
NISO’s two-part May webinar looks at The Future of the ILS from both of these perspectives. On May 11, Part 1 considers RDA & Cataloging from the perspective of the cataloger and the system vendor. . On May 18, Part 2 looks at User Interaction. Both webinars will be held from 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. (Eastern time). You can register for either or both parts. There is no prerequisite to attend Part 1 if your interest is in Part 2.
PART 1: THE FUTURE OF THE ILS: RDA & CATALOGING (May 11)
RDA holds the promise to more closely align Function Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) and Functional Requirements for Authorities Data (FRAD) to library catalogs. While RDA poses a disruptive shift in current cataloging practices, it also carries with it tremendous potential to move the library catalog into the age of the semantic web. Speakers and topics are:
The Future of ILS: The Potential of RDA — Bob Maxwell, Head, Special Collections and Formats Catalog Department, Brigham Young University
How do you effectively implement RDA: Resource Description and Access with your Integrated Library System (ILS)? It’s a big change, but it’s not as hard as you might think. With RDA based on FRBR (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records) and FRAD (Functional Requirements for Authority Data), resources are now described using and entity/relationship model. That opens up many opportunities for librarians to identify relationships, ILS vendors to create new functionality, and users to discover information. Brigham Young University is a participant in the U.S. National Libraries test of RDA.
The Future of ILS: What an Ideal ILS Might Look Like — John Espley, Principal Librarian, VTLS
What would an ILS that supports RDA look like? While there are several approaches being taken to modify existing systems to support RDA, the best implementation strategy needs to be a true FRBR implementation where you have separate Work, Expression, Manifestation, and Item records and fully support the capabilities of linked data. RDA can actually simplify cataloging when additional manifestations need to be added. Templates toolkits, and macros can simplify the entire cataloging experience. Links can be made within the ILS and to external sources. Users can navigate in new ways using “trees” of linked data and “families” of related information.
PART 2: USER INTERACTION (May 18)
In Part 2, the webinar shifts to what the future of the ILS will hold with respect to user interaction. Numerous studies have shown that the typical user goes to Google before going to the library’s website. What changes are underway or envisioned that can drive the user back to using the library’s system or better yet make the library’s data work better in the greater web environment. We’re already seeing a Library 2.0 world where many libraries encourage users to add to the bibliographic information supplied by the cataloger. How can we take it even further, going beyond the library system “silo”. And what are the implications of an RDA-driven library catalog on the user interface? What happens in a world where RDA can set data free from the library system to be linked to and mashed-up with other data or applications? Part 2 of this webinar looks at developments that are both underway and envisioned for the future to radically change the way the user interacts with the library’s data. Speakers and topics are:
Designing a Discovery Interface to Address Users’ Needs — Jennifer Bowen, Assistant Dean, University of Rochester River Campus Libraries
The eXtensible Catalog (XC) provides a fully-customizable open source discovery layer that incorporates into its design the findings of user research conducted at four institutions. Using screen shots of an XC demo site, this presentation will relate findings from XC’s user research process to specific aspects of the design and functionality of the XC User Interface, and showcase how the customizability of a discovery interface can enable libraries to meet the needs of different groups of users.
SOPAC 2.1: Digital Strategy for the New Library — John Blyberg, Assistant Director for Innovation and User Experience, Darien Library
The Social OPAC is an award-winning, open source social discovery platform for library bibliographic data that provides true integration of your library catalog system with the power of the Drupal content management system while allowing users to tag, rate, and review your holdings. User input is then incorporated into the discovery index so that SOPAC becomes a truly community-driven catalog system.
REGISTRATION
You may register for either or both parts of the webinar; registrants to both parts of the webinar receive a 25% discount. NISO and NASIG members can register at the member rate. There is also a student discount. Can’t make it for the live webinar date? Registrants get access to the recorded version for one year. For more information and to register, visit the event webpages:
Part 1: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2011/nisowebinars/rda/
Part 2: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2011/nisowebinars/userinteraction/
Contact:
Cynthia Hodgson
NISO Technical Editor Consultant
National Information Standards Organization
Email: chodgson@niso.org
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