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VALA2010 Session 10 Tennant

VALA20120Libraries at the network level: APIs, linked data, and cloud computing

VALA 2010 CONCURRENT SESSION 10 – Looking Forward
Wednesday 10 February 2010 14:20 – 14:50
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2010-proceedings/vala2010-session-10-tennant

VALA2010 Invited PaperRoy Tennant

Senior Program Officer, OCLC, USA
http://www.oclc.org

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Abstract

Large Internet hubs like Google and Amazon have long used server farms and machine-to-machine services to reach massive scale and computational flexibility. Libraries are now beginning to take advantage of these same technologies by moving services to the “cloud”, where robust and secure infrastructure services can reduce the total cost of ownership of library systems. Libraries are also leveraging the network to expose library data and services to support powerful new ways to interact with library data to provide new kinds of services. This session will tell (and show) you how.

VALA2010 Plenary 3 Breeding

VALA20120Blending evolution with revolution: a new cycle of library automation spins on.

VALA 2010 PLENARY 3: Marshall Breeding
Wednesday 10 February 2010, 08:45 – 09:55
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2010-proceedings/vala2010-plenary-3-breeding

VALA2010 Keynote SpeakerMarshall Breeding

Director for Innovative Technologies and Research, Vanderbilt University Libraries, Nashville, USA
http://staffweb.library.vanderbilt.edu/breeding and http://www.librarytechnology.org

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Abstract

Based on his ongoing research and analysis of the product, technology, and business trends of the library automation industry, Marshall Breeding will give his perspective on the current state of the field and what libraries can expect over the next few years. While some companies will continue a stable and evolutionary path, others articulate more dramatic changes in their strategies. Open source ILS options have already repainted the landscape, with new community source projects underway that promise additional change. The industry drives forward on two fronts, one focusing on automating internal library processes and the other providing new ways for users to discovery and access library collections. Major tech trends such as the rapid rise in smart mobile devices, the shift from local computing to platform-as-a-service cloud computing bring new mandates of change that demand new directions of innovation. These cycles all turn within an economic climate that presents great challenges in the levels of resources that libraries can bring to the table.

VALA2010 Session 2 McLean

VALA20120From mess to CMS: the transformation of a library website

VALA 2010 CONCURRENT SESSION 2: Physical and Virtual Access
Tuesday 9 February 2010, 10:50 – 11:20
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2010-proceedings/vala2010-session-2-mclean

VALA Peer Reviewed PaperMichelle McLean

Information Librarian, Casey-Cardinia Library Corporation
http://www.cclc.vic.gov.au

Linda Burridge

Casey-Cardinia Library Corporation
http://www.cclc.vic.gov.au

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    VALA2010 Session 2 McLean Presentation 609.73 KB

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Casey-Cardinia Library Corporation undertook to transform their website from an overburdened, highly unmanageable mess to a site that would meet both the users’ and the site creators’ needs. This transformation was made possible through the use of Drupal, a web content management system. This paper outlines the processes involved, the challenges, the lessons learn’t and the final result of the transformation.

VALA2006 Session 15 Funnell

VALA2006Brushtail – an open source library intranet

VALA 2006 CONCURRENT SESSION 15: Application Customisation and Open Source
Friday 10 February 2006, 14:00 – 14:30
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2006-proceedings/vala2006-session-15-funnell

VALA Peer Reviewed PaperDavid Funnell

Developer, Eastern Regional Libraries Corporation
http://www.erl.vic.gov.au

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Brushtail is an intranet application developed at Eastern Regional Libraries that is now available as open source software. The intranet was developed to provide a web portal for library staff to easily access policies and procedures. In addition to a content management system it includes some custom applications that include an events and computer bookings. It is cross platform and runs on software freely available on the Internet.