Integration of Library Resources and Services in Sakai 3

Susan Hollar, Curriculum Integration CoordinatorUniversity of Michigan Library

Jon Dunn, Associate Director for TechnologyIndiana University Digital Library Program

Gaurav Bhatnagar, Interaction DesignerUniversity of Michigan Library

Presentation Overview

• Session Goals • Background • Project Goals• Proposed design process • How to participate • Discussion

Session Goals

• Review history and status of work of the Sakaibrary Project

• Discuss potential library functionality in Sakai 3 and start organizing the community to design and develop

Sakaibrary: 2006-2008

• Collaborative project of Indiana University Libraries and the University of Michigan Library

• Funded in part by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

• Project partners • Northwestern, UC Berkeley, Johns Hopkins,

Yale, Stanford

Sakaibrary: 2006-2008

• Citations Helper• Integration of content from licensed library

databases within Sakai• Part of Sakai 2.4+ distributions

• Subject Research Guide• Prototype functionality for librarians to

present content in Sakai and students to discover within Sakai• No ongoing development work

Citations Helper in 2.6

• Support for new metasearch engine• Serials Solutions 360 Search

• Can use direct vendor URLs instead of OpenURLs

• Can configure maximum number of databases to search

• Miscellaneous UI improvements

Sakai 3

• Opportunity to revisit goals and reinvent functionality

Goals: Sakai 3 and Library Integration

• Make library services and resources accessible and useful to people using Sakai.

• Organize collaborative effort within the Sakai community to get input, define requirements, design, develop, test,…

Allison McCallum"I want to make my courses more engaging for my students and want to do it faster than I currently can.”• Assistant Professor of Linguistics at the University of Michigan for 9 years• 43 years old

LAST SEMESTER…

The Library Resources widget allows Allison to:

•quickly find content relevant to her

•assess the effectiveness of scholarly material based on the collective wisdom of the scholarly community

•add library content from anywhere on the web

Based on preliminary user-centered design, more details at:

http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/x/iACX

Proposed User-Centered Design Process

How to participate

• Monthly web meetings • Discussions on sakai-user • User Interviews• July - September (4 hours)

• Design feedback (January) • Participate in the development process -

write code!

User interviews

1. Overview/orientation (1 hour)2. Conducting the interview (1 hour)3. Preparing the transcript (1 hour) 4. Debrief w/Gaurav (1 hour)

• Sign-up Sheet

Discussion

• What new functionality is desired? • How important is interoperability with

other systems?• Is building functionality that only works in

Sakai desirable or limiting? • Any feedback on the design process?• Thoughts on other ways to involve the

community?

More Info & Discussion

• Email: sakai-user@collab.sakaiproject.org• Confluence• Sakai 3 + Library Integration• http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/x/PwCX

• Sakai 3 + Library Integration Design• Documentation: http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/x/iACX

• Examples: http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/x/BgGX