Simmons LIS 489: Technology Foundations for Information Science Social and Professional Aspects Final Presentation: Automation and Integrated Library Systems. Focuses on two different automation systems used by libraries.

1. 489: Social and Professional Aspects
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Automation and
Integrated Library
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Julie Goldman
April 2013

2. The Past
• no WWW
• no personal
computers
• no cell phones
• no information at
our fingertips

3. Changes
• 1960s: MARC
standards & OCLC
• 1970s - 1980s:
automation & ILS
vendors
• 1990s: Internet &
OPACs

4. Explosion of Information
• emphasis on more than just the library collection
• changed the role of the library and what it makes
available
• place to find information without entering the library
or talking to a librarian
• defining the library becomes important to defining
the role and function of the Integrated Library System

5. What is a Library?
• organization of
intellectual content
for the purpose of
research through
acquisition and
dissemination

6. Automation

7. Automation
• fixed process developed and carried out by a
machine to eliminate tedious processes formally
carried out by humans
• automating all the manual functions of the library

8. Need for Automation
• increase operational efficiencies of library staff
• improve speed, quality, efficiency, accuracy and
effectiveness of services
• better access to other networks, systems, Internet
• facilitate wider access to information for users
• wider dissemination of information products and
services

9. Relational Database
• organized body of related information
• multiple dimensions in the data
• break up data into multiple tables
• single schema define tables and attributes
• structured objects with attribute-value pairs

10. RDBMS
• data independence: abstract view of data
• efficient data access: store & retrieve data efficiently
• reduce application development time
• centralized data administration
• data integrity and security

11. RDBMS
Patron table
Patron ID*
Last name
First name
Form
Loan table
Patron ID
Book ID
Date issued
Date due
Book table
Book ID*
Title
Author
Publisher
* primary key field

12. Integrated Library System
• integrate internal & external activities of the library
• relational database & graphical user interfaces
• modules for staff: orders, patron records, ect
• OPAC (Online Public Access Catalog) for patrons

13. ILS Purpose
• automation
• acquire information
• store and organize information
• disseminate information
• track all library activities

14. ILS

15. ILS

16. Modules
• WWW & OPAC: interchange information
• database/server: external or at the library
• cataloging, circulation, reserves, serials,
acquisitions
• link resolver: link to electronic resources
• federated search: search multiple databases
• staff interface: add resources & manage resources in
the library electronically

17. ILS RDBMS

18. OPAC
• displays electronic bibliographic catalog of the
library holdings with an interface for both the user
and administrator
• access point and search capabilities
• command and control
• records, search logs
• online, anywhere, 24/7 access

19. Challenges
• new formats and domains
• competition
• fewer ILS vendors
• OCLC: hub for information
• economics and cost
• design and functionality

20. vs.

21. Innovative vs. Polaris

22. ILS Contracts
• Innovative Interfaces
led with 238
contracts including
32 for Millennium
• Polaris led in new-
name sales more
than doubling its
2010 total with 53

23. Innovative Interfaces
• Java Script
• platform-independent
• multi-tier client-server architecture
• handling & transmitting data
• has been called a closed system

24. Multi-tier Architecture

25. Millennium

26. Encore
• overlays the OPAC
• displays search
results similar to
social media
(SOPAC)
• access to data in
Millennium through
web services

27. Polaris
• Asynchronous Javascript and XML (AJAX)
• HTML & CSS
• multi-dimensional data
• table-based visualizations
• requires a recent Web browser

28. Polaris

29. Polaris

30. E-book Integration

31. Mobility
• mobile-friendly
online catalog
• library resources into
one convenient
interface
• libraries relevant in
digital world

32. Open Source

33. Technology

34. Future
• completely database driven websites
• open content to external searches
• one interface for all types of content
• inward integration
• increasing ability to share data