Interesting Things Learned
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1. The document discusses several topics related to library resources and tools, including online language learning platforms Mango and Tell Me More, a presentation by Joan Lippincott on reaching digital natives, and the unified discovery service Summon from Serials Solutions. 2. Summon provides a single search box to access a library's catalog, repositories, databases, and other content. It has partnerships with many journal and article providers. 3. The document also notes that AquaBrowser provides the interface for Summon and that a future acquisition of AquaBrowser by Serials Solutions is possible. It questions whether it is time to reevaluate next generation library catalogs.
Interesting Things Learned
- 1. Interesting Things Learned at ALA Midwinter Online Language Learning Joan Lippincott Presentation Serials Solutions Summon AquaBrowser & Summon Partnership Time to Revisit NextGen Catalogs?
- 2. 1. Online Language Learning Mango www.mangolanguages.com 12 language packages including 3 ESL’s More languages coming (including Arabic!) Based on Pimsleur Works on Macs, PC’s Clean interface Doesn’t compete with campus language labs
- 3. 1. Online Language Learning, cont. Tell Me More http://www.tellmemore.com/ Fewer languages, one ESL option PC/IE only More serious study options Recorded conversations Feedback on pronunciation Pronunciation guides Reading, writing, grammar
- 4. 2. Talk by Joan Lippincott/CNI “ Reaching the Net Generation” Students believe library info = superior, the most credible, Behavior is different, though (Google) Ithaka Report Library increasingly disintermediated from the actual research process Importance of library as a gateway for info is declining Reasons: No compelling starting place Difficulty identifying appropriate resources Lack of resource awareness Can’t find resource needed among hundreds offered Too many access points Federated searching has problems Just can’t compete with simple, easy, fast (Google) “ Content is no longer king – convenience is”
- 5. 3. Serials Solutions Summon “ Unified Discovery Service” Not federated searching (content is “preloaded”) In beta with Dartmouth and OK State Single search box for all library content Catalog, repository, digital library, grey literature, databases, etc. Open API – can insert into next gen catalog interface, courseware, web site Has an interface, but emphasis is on search engine “ No dead ends” (problems)
- 6. 3. Serials Solutions Summon, cont Content: 50,000 journals 300+ million items (and more weekly) Gale and ProQuest are major providers Spring, Taylor & Francis, Sage ERIC, Medline, EconLit, more Even if not partnering with, have 85% of EBSCO Academic Search Premier 87% OVID 64% JSTOR Partners CrossRef (for OpenURL resolver/DOI linking) Highwire Press (crawling & harvesting) And…
- 7. 4. AquaBrowser & Summon Serials Solutions partnering very closely with AquaBrowser AquaBrowser provides the interface Summon provides the integrated search mechanism Future acquisition of AquaBrowser by SS?
- 8. 5. Time to Revisit NextGen Catalogs? MOBIUS task force recommended Encore, but – Task force was divided between Encore and AquaBrowser III’s Encore booth looked small, badly placed, lonely Encore not moving towards “Google solution” SS Summons & AquaBrowser = powerful combo Other products to consider, of course Endeca, Scriblio (open source), Open Library (open source), Primo (Ex Libris), Grokker, eXtensible, WorldCat Local, etc. Economic crunch time may be best time to shop…