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Lightning Talks 4
2 Mar 07
[I left LT4 early, so not all talks are represented here]
Andrew Darby, Ithaca College Library: Adopting an Orphanware Project
keen on fixing subject guides using Pirate Source (E Carolina U)
ECU released with “download now” link, later pulled
AD fixed it up to his liking, wrote an article on it, augmented admin views
received a request for his code, but of course his was based on ECU’s
wrote ECU and received permission to redistribute, has since received permission to release under GNU-type license
Ryan Wick, Oregon State U: EAD PDF Generator
server-side, no client/editor setup needed
designed to assist archives in making PDFs from finding aids
automatic series outline/toc
support for external links
future plans
– better EAD support
– enhanced container list display
– possible cusomization
related work
– http://paulingcatalogue.org/; output to Adobe InDesign
Tim Dohohue, U of Illinois: IDEALS
http://www.ideals.uiuc.edu/
DSpace archive
wanted to allow researchers to submit in any format
used OpenOffice free api to build document converter
– Word to PDF
would like to generate a better preservation format (DocBook XML, OpenOffice Writer perhaps)
basic Java programme
command line script available outside DSpace
future plans to create disseminator for DSPace: rather than storing all formats in DSpace, do conversion on download on the fly
– would be a delay for larger files
Ralph LeVan, OCLC Research Office: Identities Project
extract identities from WorldCat
http://orlabs.oclc.org/Identities/
– timeline
– alternate names
– audience levels
– works about
– related names
would like to add ability to link from bib records
Tito Sierra, NCSU Libraries: Best Bets: Improving Search to High Demand Resources
analyze search log to see what people search most
build a custom index
integrate with web site search to bring most common to top
top 100 queries (NCSU Lib website) are 30.2% of all searches
include alternate keywords feature (eg. lexus to lexis)
quick search module based on 50 total Best Bets
implementation: small xml files
forces popular results to top
can create for items that may not be included in your search crawl
keyword field enables misspelling/synonym matches
custom description displays
Best Bets account for 16.6% of search clickthroughs
local logging of all serves and clicks
can use click % to improve service
Nicole Engard, Jenkins Law Library (Philadelphia): Intranet
nice, light, clean, friendly interface
more fun than the stodgier public face
includes a blog-like message board
links to key resources
calendering EXTcalender
uses WYSiWYG Pro editor ($40 for non-profit)
Posted by pzed on March 2, 2007 at 12.28pm
Categories: code4lib 2007, conferences, libraries
