VALA2022 CC2 Manifold

Working with spaghetti: integrating everything with everything else

VALA2022 CC2 TABLE 2
Wednesday 15 June 2022, 09.15-09.45 and 09.55-10.25

Alan Manifold
  • Digital Preservation Manager
  • State Library of Victoria

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Abstract

We’ve all seen so-called “spaghetti diagrams” that show the convoluted and intertwined connections between systems. We’d love it if this wasn’t necessary, but that’s not the reality we live in, is it? We want all our systems to be connected whenever it makes sense and sometimes when it doesn’t, so spaghetti is our way of life.

Interconnections come in lots of varieties, though. They can require a simple click of a checkbox, the installation and configuration of a third-party “wedge” product, or writing code to take advantage of an API (or even writing an API!). Starting with some examples of interconnections created at State Library Victoria, we’ll have a conversation about how to determine when interconnection is called for, how much effort is too much, and what constitutes success. Come prepared with your own examples of interconnections successful and less so.

Biography

Alan Manifold has more than forty years’ experience in library automation in the US and Australia, and now serves as Digital Preservation Manager at State Library Victoria. He led development of a home-grown integrated library system, and has worked extensively with NOTIS, Voyager, Aleph, Primo, ArchivesSpace, and Alma. In 2015, Australia awarded him a Distinguished Talent visa in library automation. He has served on NOTIS, Endeavor, and Ex Libris User groups, and on the VALA Committee. He has integrated several systems that had no real business being integrated with each other, but has no regrets!

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VALA2016 Session 10 Edwards

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Tom Edwards
Tom Edwards

“Have you tried turning it off and on again?” Exploring a state-wide ICT skills training project for Victorian public library staff

VALA2016 CONCURRENT SESSION 10: Upskilling
Wednesday 10 February 2016, 13:45 – 14:15
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2016-proceedings/vala2016-session-10-edwards

Tom Edwards

Wyndham City Libraries, Vic

Michelle McLean

Casey-Cardinia Library Corporation, Vic

Jayne Cleave

State Library Victoria

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Abstract

This paper examines the background and initial development of an online training resource, created in response to a comprehensive skills audit of Victorian Public Library Staff in late 2013. The audit revealed a capacity and confidence gap between respondents and manager expectations in the area of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and general digital literacy. The training resource will address ICT skills and confidence through a hybrid of structured content and challenge/inquiry-based learning and reflection.

 

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