4. Cloud-based
library
services
What is cloud computing ?
• Infrastructure as cloud (Iaas)
• Platform as cloud (PaaS)
• Services as cloud (SaaS)
Types of services
• Most of the library services are
coming under SaaS services.
Cloud based library services
6. Cloud based library services
EBSCO
•EBSCO
Discovery
Services
•FOLIO Library
Service
Platform
•EBSCO Stacks
•Full Text
Finder
•GOBI library
Solution
Proquest
•Summon
•ALMA Library
Service
Platfrom
•OASIS
Collection
Manager
•Ulrich Web
Follett
Corporation
•Follett
Distiny (
Mainly
School
Libraries)
SpingShare
•Libguides
•LIBCAL
•LIBWIZARD
•LIBInsight
Open Athens
•MyAthens
Single Sign
on Thing
Elsevier-
Bepress
•Digital
commons
repository
•Journal
hosting
•Expert
Gallery
Atmire
• Dspace
Express
•Open
repository
•Custom
Dspace
7. Cloud based library services : Indian providers
There are several providers for KOHA on Cloud
RemoteXs Remote access solution
Informatics Global
FedGate
Jgate
8. Free and open
access cloud
services
Google Scholar
• Discovery
• Library Links
• Campus Activated Subscriber Access (CASA)
Harvard Dataverse
• Repository for Research data management
CrossRef
• Metadata and Discovery
10. Why Discovery Services ?
Disjoint Sources of Information
• Books: Library OPAC (ILS module)
• Articles from Individual e-Journals
• Various e-Book collections
• Different e-journal publisher portal
• Aggregated : Full text and Bibliographic
Databases
• Abstract and Indexes (WoS, Scopus etc.)
• Subject indexes (Psychinfo,Inspec)
• Local Digital Collections (IRs)
Where to Start?
11. Adverse
consequences
• Dissatisfied users
• Under utilized resources
• Loss of money time and efforts
• Unable to provide relevant information to
users at right time
• Inefficient mark on Library system ?
• Ultimate loss to institution & nation
12. A Simple Vision
A single point entry to all the content and services offered by
the library…..
Search e-Journals, books, catalogue, IR’s etc.
….as well as providing an enjoyable search experience
Search
13. • Federated Search Software
• Single Search box
Web scale Discovery is beyond …..
16. Discovery Service Federated Search Engines
Search is very fast as retrieval is done in pre-
harvested index
Slow (longer time for search completion) –
Federated searching is performing the meta
search on the fly from different resources
Standardized unified Index Many indexes: Individual indexes and different
database structures of various publishers makes
it difficult for metadata retrieval.
Robust Relevancy Ranking as retrieval is from
Unified index
Testing has proven that relevancy ranking is a
major issue in retrieval of quality data.
Metadata Enhancement is possible Metadata enhancement is not possible
Comprehensive results Shallow results -and eventually users will miss
much relevant content.
Performance quality is very high Many times important information from
relevant resources are missed out due to
connection error.
Subject filtering of result set is based on the
segmentation ( pre-defined controlled
vocabularies)
Subject filtering is through automatic clustering
and noise of non- standardized vocabularies
may mislead the users.
Discovery Vs Federated Search Engine
17. Discovery service Components
Content& Technology
Content
✓ Central Index
✓ Knowledge Base
Technology
✓ Harvester (OAI/PMH etc.)
✓ Automated transfer routines, load tables
✓ Metadata mapping
✓ Indexing technology
✓ De-duplication Algorithms
✓ Link Resolvers
✓ Relevancy Algorithms
✓ Interface technologies
19. Parameters for Discovery Evaluation
• Coverage
• Quality of results
– Relevance, accuracy, precision
– Thicker Metadata
– Subject index coverage
• Result list refinement facets
– Refine by Publisher, publication, Content provider
• Reputation: surveys / usability studies
• Customer Support ( Local Technical support)
Ask for a trial, test and compare and then decide.
21. Remote Access
Locally installed solutions
• EZproxy
• Other proxy services
• Shibboleth (open source
federated access)-
Example – INFED of
INFLIBNET
Cloud based Services
• Open Athens through
EBSCO
• EZproxy on cloud
• Remote XS
• Muse proxy
• Shibboleth on Cloud
22. Google Scholar
Campus Activated Subscriber Access (CASA)
Google Scholar CASA : It is an authentication enhancement that allows individuals access to their
institution’s licensed content off-campus through Google Scholar. The pre- requisite is that the
publisher should be a participating member of this program.
How Does CASA Work?
• If a user is connected to their institutions' on-campus network and visits Google Scholar, Google will automatically
create an affiliation between that user and their school.
• This affiliation creates a seamless authentication flow between Google Scholar and publishers’ Databases enabling
them to access publishers’ content off-campus.
• The number of days depends on the publisher settings. Normally it is 30 days
23. Google
Scholar
Library links
• Library links are article-level links to
subscription full text for patrons affiliated
with a library.
• This program works best for electronic
resources, such as journal and conference
articles.
• To sign up, library needs an OpenURL-
compatible link resolver, such as 360 Link
from Serials Solutions, LinkSource from
EBSCO
• Contact the vendor of your link resolver to
get included in Google Scholar.
24. • Go to Google Scholar click the three horizontal bars in the corner to
view the menu. Click on that.
• Click on settings
• Click on Library Links
• Search for Your University
• Check the box " Zayed University Library – “Full-Text@ZU”
How can I connect Google Scholar to the library's resources?
27. Electronic
Resources
Management
System (ERM)
Essential Components of an ERM System
Knowledge
Base
Ordering Licensing
Content
Analysis
Usage
statistics
Electronic resource management (ERM) is the
practices and techniques used by libraries to track the
selection, acquisition, licensing, access, maintenance,
usage, evaluation, retention, and de-selection of a
library's electronic information resources.
28. CORAL-
Open-source
ERM
software
If you have EBSCO Knowledgebase (Holding IQ), you can integrate it
with CORAL which enables your library to search the EBSCO KB for
titles, packages, and vendors within CORAL, as well as import titles
and packages directly into CORAL.
The drawbacks of CORAL
Doesn’t have have a
knowledgebase
Doesn’t have content
analysis tool
Open Source- ERM with reosurces, licensing and Usage statistics
Modules
30. From
(integrated Library Systems)
To
(Library Services Platforms)
ILS to LSP
DD Month 20XX 30
Some big shifts, in the library software industry is
happening. Currently library software industry is talking
more about LSP and ILS systems are gradually fading out.
The ILSs of yesteryear were designed and developed to
enhance the findability of print resources located within a
brick-and-mortar establishment.
Library services platforms (LSPs), is an all-in-one solution
,offered as SaaS
Manages variety of collection types, includes all Modules
such as Discovery, ERM, Bibliographic Service, Learning
Management, Print collection Management, API access to
vendors
33. FOLIO
https://www.folio.org/
Open Source solution- freely downloadable
Started early implementations – Some modules are still
in development
EBSCO supports FOLIO with funding, developers and
project management.
EBSCO also provides hosting services and advanced
software support, as well as a variety of data integration
services for libraries adopting the FOLIO LSP.
35. LIBCAL-
Integrated
Solution for
Bookings &
Calendars
LibCal is an easy-to-use web platform designed to handle libraries'
calendaring needs from SpringShare
Room booking
Custom registration forms & images of rooms.
Outline Terms & Conditions of room usage.
Optionally mediate bookings for each group of rooms.
Enable quick mobile bookings with built-in QR Codes.
Detailed Statistics on Rooms Utilization.
Integrations with Digital Signage inside
36. LIBCAL Event
Management
Create media-rich, informative event pages.
Customize event sign-up forms.
Calendar & event widgets for embedding anywhere.
Feed calendar events into Outlook, GCal and more.
Automatically publish and promote events on Twitter &
Facebook.
Full waitlist management.
Automatic event reminders for registrants.
37. LIBCAL
appointment
Schedulers
Set up availability times, min/max appointment
durations, and padding between appointments.
Feed appointments into Outlook, Google
Calendars, and more.
Build custom appointment registration forms.
Embed a Scheduler widget into any webpage, in
your LibGuides profiles, etc.
Automatically email post-appointment satisfaction
surveys.
Detailed statistics on the # of booked
appointments, duration, # of cancellations, etc.
39. What is an ORCiD ?
ORCID iD is a unique persistent
identifier for a researcher.
It looks like this:
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-
5727-2427
40. WHY IS THERE A PROBLEM?
• Name variations:
• Matthew J Buys, MJ Buys, M
Buys, Matthew John Buys,
بايز،ماثيو
• Institutional variations:
• ORCID, ORCID Incorporated,
ORCID Inc, ORCID EMEA
42. ORCID is free
Register for an ORCiD
http://orcid.org/ Registration takes only 30
seconds
43. How to add
your
publications
to ORCID
• SCOPUS
• WOS
• Crossref
• Google Scholar
• --- and more
You can add it from
The details are given in
https://zu.libguides.com/orcid
44. Institutional
ORCiD
implementation
@Khalifa
University:
Objectives
• Library
• Capture faculty and KU researcher publications for
repository
• Broaden the exposure to Khalifa University research
• University Research Office
• Avoid name ambiguity
• Effectively capture faculty publication data
• Easily link to their citation profiles (Scopus and Web of
Science) through their ORCiD profile
• Content Management Team (faculty profiles)
• Capture data directly from ORCiD profiles which saves
the time of faculty and the content management
team.