VALA -
Posts Tagged 'paul hagon'
Paul Hagon 2010 Mover and Shaker
Congratulations to Paul Hagon from the National Library of Australia (and VALA2010 speaker) for being recognised as a the first Australian Mover and Shaker by the Library Journal.
Read more: Paul Hagon 2010 Mover and Shaker
VALA2010 L-Plate Session 2 Library Mashups and APIs
Monday 8 February, 13:30 - 14:00
More and more libraries are using freely available open source APIs to add value and functionality to their existing online collections and content. An application programming interface (API) is an interface implemented by a software program to enable interaction with other software, similar to the way a user interface facilitates interaction between humans and computers.
Presenter: Paul Hagon
In his own words Paul Hagon is a web developer at the National Library of Australia. Before this he worked at the Australian War Memorial so he has acknowledged there is something he loves about working at cultural institutions. He has been playing around on the web since the days of Netscape 1.0 and has worked in the business professionally since 1999. When he's not on the computer you can find him out running or riding. You can follow Paul's activities here or at Flickr, Twitter or delicious..
Paul is one of the leading figures in the library mashup / API frontier in Australian. In 2010 Paul was the first Australian to be recognised by the Library Journal as a Mover and Shaker for Technical Leadership. VALA is therefore delighted Paul kindly agreed to talk to the topic of library mashups and APIs at the VALA2010 L Plate Series.
- Content from this L Plate Session will soon be made available online.
VALA2010 Session 7 Hagon
Everything I know about cataloguing I learned from watching James Bond
VALA 2010 CONCURRENT SESSION 7 - Innovation
Wednesday 10 February 2010 14:20 - 14:50
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2010-proceedings/vala2010-session-7-hagon
Paul Hagon
Senior Web Designer, National Library of Australia
http://www.nla.gov.au
Please tag your comments, tweets, and blog posts about this session: #VALA2010
VALA2010-Session-7-Hagon-Paper (109.61 kB)- View Presentation
- Listen to podcast (8.9 MB)
Abstract
Is it enough to rely on human interpretation for cataloguing our collections, or like James Bond, will we require high tech gadgets to get the job done? Image searches now analyse the pixel-by-pixel colour values of an image, allowing searching by colour. Consumer-grade photo management software incorporates facial recognition, allowing us to identify individuals. When researching, will we be querying the content to get the metadata or will we still be relying on querying the metadata to deliver the content? Will these technologies filter down into the way we catalogue items within our collections, or will this be a layer that enhances our traditional cataloguing methodologies or provides an additional service for our users?
VALA2010 Session 1 Graham
Making our catalogue as easy as 1, 2, 3
VALA 2010 CONCURRENT SESSION 1: Discovery
Tuesday 9 February 2010, 10:50 - 11:20
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2010-proceedings/vala2010-session-1-graham
Bobby Graham
Director Web Publishing (Acting), National Library of Australia
http://www.nla.gov.au
Paul Hagon
Senior Web Designer, National Library of Australia
http://www.nla.gov.au
Please tag your comments, tweets, and blog posts about this session: #VALA2010
Abstract
A library's catalogue is core to a library's existence. The National Library of Australia recognises this and spends a great deal of time, energy and money on the data that goes into the catalogue. Less attention is spent on design and user experience. This changed in May 2008 when the National Library of Australia implemented VuFind as the new online catalogue. A year after this implementation, the Library reviewed the user behaviour and usability of the VuFind online catalogue. This paper outlines the process of that review, what the review has delivered and how we can use this information to meet the ever-increasing user expectations.