Author: Lourdes T. David
Editor: Prof. John Andrew Large
URL: http://www.unescobkk.org/elib/publications/ictlip/module2
IN-HOUSE DEVELOPED SYSTEM
In selecting an ILS package, your institution might recommend an in-house development rather than buying a commercial product. This is also a good option and many institutions make their own packages to suit their individual needs. Moreover it makes use of locally available resources in terms of materials and personnel. However, there are also disadvantages in doing in-house development. In-house systems require staff expertise in programming and developing software that most libraries do not have. Staff expertise is also needed not only in the development stage but also in the installation, configuration and maintenance of the system. Another common problem is the absence of proper documentation that will provide the programmers, who may have to enhance in the future the system, the necessary information.
TURNKEY SYSTEM/COMMERCIAL SYSTEM
The more practical way of acquiring an ILS package is by buying one. The industry is a very mature one and almost every standardized package will fit the particular needs of any library. Ready-made commercial ILS packages are called "off-the shelf", turnkey systems). Turnkey means that: the package is ready to use, data has been converted, and the hardware and network have been installed by the supplier. But it also has its disadvantages. Libraries using turnkey systems often become highly dependent with the vendor since maintenance of the hardware and software provided may be available only from them. In addition these systems are usually costly in terms of initial cost and maintenance. It also usually uses proprietary systems, which make it difficult to upgrade or migrate to another system.
ScINET ILMS
The ScINET Integrated Library Management System was developed by the Information Technologist and Librarians of the Department of Science and Technology in order to have a standard system among the libraries and information units. This is a consortium among 21 agencies of the DOST including the regional offices who used the different applications in managing their collections. Prior to the development of SILMLS these libraries use different applications in managing their collections. Some are using CDS-ISIS, Library World, MS Access, PhP My Library, etc. which makes it difficult to prepare a union catalog for DOST.
It is an open source type and has the following modules, namely Acquisitions which handles the online recording of every material received in the library; Library Holdings Management handles the addition, modification, deletion of records of all types of materials in the collection; Circulation Management handles the check in, check out, renew, reserve, hold; Patron Management handles the profile of the borrowers; File Uploader and Parser enable the DOST agencies to submit their library holdings to the data center; Press Release Management used to monitor the print publicity accomplishment of the DOST media core members and STII staff, and System for Administration and Security Management modules which stores the record of the system users. It is available as stand alone or online and can handle all types of materials including uploading of full text. It can also generate reports such as prooflist, catalog card, labels, acquisitions list, and shelf list. The system has a usage monitoring facility also, such as usage statistics either daily or monthly.
Aside from the DOST System Libraries, it is being used in 11 colleges and universities in Eastern Visayas, one government office one regional library, a foundation and a state college in Luzon.
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INTEGRATED LIBRARY SYSTEM
Integrated Library System
When the library management system is sharing a common database to perform all the basic functions of a library, the system is integrated. An integrated library system enables the library to link circulation activities with cataloging, serials management etc. at any given time. It makes use of a file server and clients in a local area network. Most of the library management systems have the following modules: cataloging and OPAC, circulation, acquisitions, serials management and interlibrary loan module (ILL).
Steps in the Selection of an Integrated Library System
The following are the steps in selecting an integrated library system:
Analyze and identify your needs; Develop criteria for evaluation based on your needs assessment; Read relevant reviews of library automation systems and related
Technologies; Prepare a short list of library software packages, their features, functional modules available and standards supported; Ask users for an honest evaluation of their library management system; If possible, visit local libraries or institutions using a library management system; Ask vendors for a demo version to try out, or if available download from their site on the Net; Determine and compare initial and total cost of each library system.
Selection of ILS Software Package
Selecting software packages requires careful planning. You have to study several systems to become aware of the modules offered by the different suppliers and relate them to your needs; identify some factors like cost of hardware and software, training, maintenance, support, upgrade, etc.; be able to evaluate the credibility of the supplier; and be able to make a short-list of packages and suppliers you will contact for the RFP.
Questions to Ask when Evaluating Library Systems
The task of evaluating integrated library systems is necessary to be able to choose the most appropriate library management system that will answer the needs of the library in automating its operations. Some questions like Can the system run on any platform?; What modules are available?; Does it support the MARC standard?; Does it have the Z39.50 protocol?; Can it be used in a client-server LAN architecture?; Is the interface intuitive?; Is training going to be provided?; What is the cost?; Is unlimited license part of the cost of the package?; What are the contract stipulations relating to receipt of any system upgrades?; Can it produce the reports that you need?; Are manuals and other documentation available? are some of questions to consider in evaluating library systems.
When the library management system is sharing a common database to perform all the basic functions of a library, the system is integrated. An integrated library system enables the library to link circulation activities with cataloging, serials management etc. at any given time. It makes use of a file server and clients in a local area network. Most of the library management systems have the following modules: cataloging and OPAC, circulation, acquisitions, serials management and interlibrary loan module (ILL).
Steps in the Selection of an Integrated Library System
The following are the steps in selecting an integrated library system:
Analyze and identify your needs; Develop criteria for evaluation based on your needs assessment; Read relevant reviews of library automation systems and related
Technologies; Prepare a short list of library software packages, their features, functional modules available and standards supported; Ask users for an honest evaluation of their library management system; If possible, visit local libraries or institutions using a library management system; Ask vendors for a demo version to try out, or if available download from their site on the Net; Determine and compare initial and total cost of each library system.
Selection of ILS Software Package
Selecting software packages requires careful planning. You have to study several systems to become aware of the modules offered by the different suppliers and relate them to your needs; identify some factors like cost of hardware and software, training, maintenance, support, upgrade, etc.; be able to evaluate the credibility of the supplier; and be able to make a short-list of packages and suppliers you will contact for the RFP.
Questions to Ask when Evaluating Library Systems
The task of evaluating integrated library systems is necessary to be able to choose the most appropriate library management system that will answer the needs of the library in automating its operations. Some questions like Can the system run on any platform?; What modules are available?; Does it support the MARC standard?; Does it have the Z39.50 protocol?; Can it be used in a client-server LAN architecture?; Is the interface intuitive?; Is training going to be provided?; What is the cost?; Is unlimited license part of the cost of the package?; What are the contract stipulations relating to receipt of any system upgrades?; Can it produce the reports that you need?; Are manuals and other documentation available? are some of questions to consider in evaluating library systems.
WEB-BASED INFORMATION RETRIEVAL
Title of Article: Google vs. HealthAtoZ: the health care resource needs of the layperson
Author: Alisa F. Haggard
URL: http://www.unc.edu/ ~ahaggard/inls181/search.html
Abstract:
The topic was an evaluation studies of two search engines used by the layperson in a web search about thyroid cancer. The layperson knows the basics of computer use and web-surfing and is searching for answers to the following questions: What are some of the possible causes of the disease? What diagnostic tests are used to determine if someone has thyroid cancer, and how accurate are they? What are the treatment options? And what is a person’s prognosis following diagnosis?
The engines used for evaluation were google.com , a widely used search engines claiming to have access a billion web pages and healthAtoZ., a search site created by healthcare providers which retrieves from it’s own reviewed directory, as well as sending out a “web spider” to search documents in the internet.
The result of the evaluation was google.com has the most number of documents returned 2,590,000 and 5,034 for healthAtoZ ; speed of search was 0.44 seconds for google and fast, but not specified for the other engine ; more relevant results for the first engine and not particularly for the 2nd engine ; accessibility and usability of help menu , was no where to be seen for google and sometimes hard to find for healthAtoZ ; understandability to lay person , ability to set preferences and advanced search capabilities were yes to google.com and no to healtAtoZ.com
Three things I learned from my reading assignments:
1. learned the different criteria used in evaluating the two search engines
2. aware that google.com is user friendly and meet the needs of the target
audience better than the specialized health search engine healthAtoZ
3 healthAtoZ has links like PubMed, National Library of Medicine, not very
appropriate for layperson
Implications on me and my work:
The NKTI medical library also accommodates husbands, wives, and relatives of patients diagnosed of different kidney diseases seeking further information. Doctors are very busy and some are reluctant to often ask the doctors about the conditions of the patients. They prefer to come to the library and do the searching. The researchers are laypersons and found out the medical books and journals very difficult to understand. Google.com is one search engine I will recommend to my patrons seeking further information regarding diseases to their relatives undergoing dialysis, transplantation, lithotripsy, etc
Author: Alisa F. Haggard
URL: http://www.unc.edu/ ~ahaggard/inls181/search.html
Abstract:
The topic was an evaluation studies of two search engines used by the layperson in a web search about thyroid cancer. The layperson knows the basics of computer use and web-surfing and is searching for answers to the following questions: What are some of the possible causes of the disease? What diagnostic tests are used to determine if someone has thyroid cancer, and how accurate are they? What are the treatment options? And what is a person’s prognosis following diagnosis?
The engines used for evaluation were google.com , a widely used search engines claiming to have access a billion web pages and healthAtoZ., a search site created by healthcare providers which retrieves from it’s own reviewed directory, as well as sending out a “web spider” to search documents in the internet.
The result of the evaluation was google.com has the most number of documents returned 2,590,000 and 5,034 for healthAtoZ ; speed of search was 0.44 seconds for google and fast, but not specified for the other engine ; more relevant results for the first engine and not particularly for the 2nd engine ; accessibility and usability of help menu , was no where to be seen for google and sometimes hard to find for healthAtoZ ; understandability to lay person , ability to set preferences and advanced search capabilities were yes to google.com and no to healtAtoZ.com
Three things I learned from my reading assignments:
1. learned the different criteria used in evaluating the two search engines
2. aware that google.com is user friendly and meet the needs of the target
audience better than the specialized health search engine healthAtoZ
3 healthAtoZ has links like PubMed, National Library of Medicine, not very
appropriate for layperson
Implications on me and my work:
The NKTI medical library also accommodates husbands, wives, and relatives of patients diagnosed of different kidney diseases seeking further information. Doctors are very busy and some are reluctant to often ask the doctors about the conditions of the patients. They prefer to come to the library and do the searching. The researchers are laypersons and found out the medical books and journals very difficult to understand. Google.com is one search engine I will recommend to my patrons seeking further information regarding diseases to their relatives undergoing dialysis, transplantation, lithotripsy, etc
CRITIQUE ON THE USE OF ONLINE AND DIGITAL MEDIA
Title of Article: Use of CD-ROM MEDLINE by Medical Students of the College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Nigeria
Title of Journal: Journal of Medical Internet Research vol. 5 no. 1,2003. e7
Authors: Ogunyadi, Taiwo O. and Willington A. Oyibo
URL: http://www.jmir.org/2003/1/e7/HTML
This article was a study on the use of MEDLINE on CD-ROM by the medical students of the College of Medicine; University of Lagos, Nigeria and was conducted between June-September 2002. The participants who were randomly selected were the second to six year medical students enrolled for the Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery. These students have already attended training in the use of library including using the MEDLINE during a one week orientation program when they entered the university.
Result of the study showed that out of the 340 questionnaires only 250 were duly completed. Of the 250 students interviewed, 130 were aware of MEDLINE on CD-ROM searches as a means of information retrieval. Only 60 had use MEDLINE on CD-ROM search and the purpose is for preparing the examinations, research, patient care, and in preparation of assignment and clinical cases. Lack of awareness and cost of undertaking MEDLINE on CD-ROM search were identified as important factors that discouraged the use of MEDLINE on CD-ROM.
To conclude poor use of MEDLINE on CD-ROM. could be attributed to the following factor: non availability of networked personal computers, which should be connected to the central server; lack of mandatory assignments to the medical students that would specifically require use of MEDLINE on CD-ROM; financial constraints on the university management; and infrequent periodic orientation on use of MEDLINE on CD-ROM... It was therefore suggested that the number of personal computers should be increased and that the library staff should periodically train the preclinical and clinical medical students in searching MEDLINE on CD-ROM. These steps would enable the medical students to benefit from the online Pub Med searching when it becomes fully operational in the future.
Its six years already when the study was conducted and the participants must have graduated and some of them are on their residency and fellowship by now. Hopefully the financial constraints of the university were over and they are enjoying now searching online databases apart from their own online subscriptions.
Title of Journal: Journal of Medical Internet Research vol. 5 no. 1,2003. e7
Authors: Ogunyadi, Taiwo O. and Willington A. Oyibo
URL: http://www.jmir.org/2003/1/e7/HTML
This article was a study on the use of MEDLINE on CD-ROM by the medical students of the College of Medicine; University of Lagos, Nigeria and was conducted between June-September 2002. The participants who were randomly selected were the second to six year medical students enrolled for the Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery. These students have already attended training in the use of library including using the MEDLINE during a one week orientation program when they entered the university.
Result of the study showed that out of the 340 questionnaires only 250 were duly completed. Of the 250 students interviewed, 130 were aware of MEDLINE on CD-ROM searches as a means of information retrieval. Only 60 had use MEDLINE on CD-ROM search and the purpose is for preparing the examinations, research, patient care, and in preparation of assignment and clinical cases. Lack of awareness and cost of undertaking MEDLINE on CD-ROM search were identified as important factors that discouraged the use of MEDLINE on CD-ROM.
To conclude poor use of MEDLINE on CD-ROM. could be attributed to the following factor: non availability of networked personal computers, which should be connected to the central server; lack of mandatory assignments to the medical students that would specifically require use of MEDLINE on CD-ROM; financial constraints on the university management; and infrequent periodic orientation on use of MEDLINE on CD-ROM... It was therefore suggested that the number of personal computers should be increased and that the library staff should periodically train the preclinical and clinical medical students in searching MEDLINE on CD-ROM. These steps would enable the medical students to benefit from the online Pub Med searching when it becomes fully operational in the future.
Its six years already when the study was conducted and the participants must have graduated and some of them are on their residency and fellowship by now. Hopefully the financial constraints of the university were over and they are enjoying now searching online databases apart from their own online subscriptions.
CRITIQUE ON THE FORUM STRATEGIES IN EFFECTIVE SEARCHING OF INFORMATION
The forum entitled “Strategies in Effective Searching of Information” was presented by Dr. Angelina P. Resurrection, Director of Libraries, Rizal Technological University held on July 16, 2008 at the Jose Rizal University, Shaw Blvd., Mandaluyong and was sponsored by the Ortigas Center Library Consortium.
The speaker showed several samples of search engines such as yahoo, google, msn and websites used in searching the internet. She made mentioned web harvesting also known as web mining, scraping, crawl or spidering, its purpose and the need to digitize and preserve it as add on to the library collection. Websites offering free access of general references like dictionaries, encyclopedias, almanacs, manuals e-books databases, serials articles were also sighted. The forum was well presented but the topic is ideal for library orientation for Freshmen College.
The audience of the forum was a variety of librarians from different college and universities, special libraries in Metro Manila. Some of them were working in libraries with sufficient library resources. In holding a forum the sponsors must be selective on the topics and the target audience.
The speaker showed several samples of search engines such as yahoo, google, msn and websites used in searching the internet. She made mentioned web harvesting also known as web mining, scraping, crawl or spidering, its purpose and the need to digitize and preserve it as add on to the library collection. Websites offering free access of general references like dictionaries, encyclopedias, almanacs, manuals e-books databases, serials articles were also sighted. The forum was well presented but the topic is ideal for library orientation for Freshmen College.
The audience of the forum was a variety of librarians from different college and universities, special libraries in Metro Manila. Some of them were working in libraries with sufficient library resources. In holding a forum the sponsors must be selective on the topics and the target audience.
WEB 2.0 TECHNOLOGIES AND USE IN LIBRARIES
Title of Article: Library 2.0: RSS Feeeds Dynamic Uses for Special Libraries
Author: Lauris G. Hart
Title of Article: You Tube and Libraries: it could be a beautiful relationship
Author: Paula L. Weber
URL: http://www.ala.org/mgrps/divs/acrlpubs/acrlnews/bakissues2007/youtube.com
YOU TUBES
You Tube is the most popular internet television or video distribution site. Anyone with an internet connection can upload video clips and share with your families, relatives and friends abroad.
If you want to to benefit this tool for your library simply create a you tube account at http://www.youtube.com/. Enter the name, information, history and services offered in your library. You can make films of various library services. It can be a method of introducing resources that are available in the library. You could create tutorials to teach your library users on how to use databases you have in the library.
BLOGS
Blogs are simple and efficient way for librarians to stay informed anf for libraries to disseminate information in a timely manner.
Libraries are using blogs as away to share information, to encourage feedback from their patrons, to highlight services or new materials, and more. Real or approachable to your users. Some libraries use blog created an online training program for library staff to encourage the to encourage them to experiment and learn about new and emerging technologies.
RSS
Librarians who are facing tight budgets and reduces staff must find innovative ways to provide value added services for their libraries. RSS feeds can be used via the library website. These feed can be used to deliver web content to targeted user groups who have specific information needs. This information may include updated guidelines, current awareness news, table of contents, podcasts for continuing education, research articles on specific topics, library news , the latest library books, and organizational reports and information.
Author: Lauris G. Hart
Title of Article: You Tube and Libraries: it could be a beautiful relationship
Author: Paula L. Weber
URL: http://www.ala.org/mgrps/divs/acrlpubs/acrlnews/bakissues2007/youtube.com
YOU TUBES
You Tube is the most popular internet television or video distribution site. Anyone with an internet connection can upload video clips and share with your families, relatives and friends abroad.
If you want to to benefit this tool for your library simply create a you tube account at http://www.youtube.com/. Enter the name, information, history and services offered in your library. You can make films of various library services. It can be a method of introducing resources that are available in the library. You could create tutorials to teach your library users on how to use databases you have in the library.
BLOGS
Blogs are simple and efficient way for librarians to stay informed anf for libraries to disseminate information in a timely manner.
Libraries are using blogs as away to share information, to encourage feedback from their patrons, to highlight services or new materials, and more. Real or approachable to your users. Some libraries use blog created an online training program for library staff to encourage the to encourage them to experiment and learn about new and emerging technologies.
RSS
Librarians who are facing tight budgets and reduces staff must find innovative ways to provide value added services for their libraries. RSS feeds can be used via the library website. These feed can be used to deliver web content to targeted user groups who have specific information needs. This information may include updated guidelines, current awareness news, table of contents, podcasts for continuing education, research articles on specific topics, library news , the latest library books, and organizational reports and information.
WEB 2.0 LIBRARY 2.0 LIBRARIAN 2.0
Title of Article: Application of Web 2.0 Tools in Medical Librarianship to Support Medicine 2.0
Author: Vahideh Zarea Gavgani and V. Vishwa Mohan
URL: Webology, volume 5, Number 1, March 2008
http://www.webology.ir/2008/v5nl/a53.html
Abstract:
The article discussed the stages of transformation of three medical library services. These services are: the conventional services which included the Circulation and Reference services; the neo-conventional services such as Current Awareness Services, Selective Dissemination of Information (SDI) Services, Inter-Library Loan (ILL) Services, Referral Services, Document Delivery Services, Reprographic Services, Translation Services, and Documentation Services; and the non conventional methods, the application of web 2.0 technologies like the medical blogs, wikis, slide shares and video shares, really simple syndication (RSS) and folksonomy.
Three things I learned from my reading assignments:
1. The transformation of conventional, to neo-conventional and to non-conventional medical library services.
2. The importance and uses of web 2.0 technologies in medical libraries.
3. The role played by the librarian 2.0 in medical libraries.
Implications on me and my work.
The development of Library 2.0, a newly coined concepts of medicine 2.0 and Health 2.0, and the application of Web 2.0 technologies initiated by the Librarian 2.0. will serve as a pattern to continue what has been done and to start other technologies and services applicable in my workplace...
Author: Vahideh Zarea Gavgani and V. Vishwa Mohan
URL: Webology, volume 5, Number 1, March 2008
http://www.webology.ir/2008/v5nl/a53.html
Abstract:
The article discussed the stages of transformation of three medical library services. These services are: the conventional services which included the Circulation and Reference services; the neo-conventional services such as Current Awareness Services, Selective Dissemination of Information (SDI) Services, Inter-Library Loan (ILL) Services, Referral Services, Document Delivery Services, Reprographic Services, Translation Services, and Documentation Services; and the non conventional methods, the application of web 2.0 technologies like the medical blogs, wikis, slide shares and video shares, really simple syndication (RSS) and folksonomy.
Three things I learned from my reading assignments:
1. The transformation of conventional, to neo-conventional and to non-conventional medical library services.
2. The importance and uses of web 2.0 technologies in medical libraries.
3. The role played by the librarian 2.0 in medical libraries.
Implications on me and my work.
The development of Library 2.0, a newly coined concepts of medicine 2.0 and Health 2.0, and the application of Web 2.0 technologies initiated by the Librarian 2.0. will serve as a pattern to continue what has been done and to start other technologies and services applicable in my workplace...
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