Enhancing Access to Library Collections

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• Kyrille Goldbeck
• College Librarian for Natural Resources

NRIC 2007
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• 2006 OCLC Report
• 87 of college students have visited a college
  library
• 57 of college students have visited a college
  librarys website

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• Search engines
• Simplistic interface
• Can find a wide range of sources about topic in
  one search
• Library websites
• Librarys resources have complex interfaces
• Hard to determine where to begin

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• In 2005, Joan Lippincot stated
• Libraries need to find ways to make their
  information access systems more approachable by
  students...

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• What LibX Provides
• Direct Access to OPAC(s)
• Integrated toolbar
• Smart context menu
• Access to OpenURL resolver to find appropriate
  copy
• Directly via toolbar or indirectly through Google
  Scholar
• Localization
• Research companion that hints at library
  resources
• Support for COinS
• Drag drop features

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• How can LibX be used by students,
  researchers, librarians, or anyone looking for
  information?

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• Toolbar feature

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• Context Menu

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• Accessing the article from off campus

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• Finding a copy of a citation in a PDF document

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• Is LibX effective?

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• Visual Cues

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• How does LibX help librarians
• with their work?
• Collection Development
• Reference

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• Right click context menu

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• Use ISSN/ISBN Autolinking Feature

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• At reference desk, and asked
• Where can I find the article
• Economics of wetland management?

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• Toolbar search for incomplete citation

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• Customization Options

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• Where can I get an edition for my library?
• http//libx.org8080/editionbuilder/src/zul/

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• You can copy an existing LibX edition to modify

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• Or build your own edition from scratch

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• Other notes
• IE version currently in beta-testing
• hope to release very soon
• Plan to offer workshops and usability studies
  over the next year
• Continue to look at ways to improve LibX

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• References
• Bailey, A., Back, G. (2006). LibX A Firefox
  extension for enhanced library access. Library Hi
  Tech, 24(2), 290-304.
• Bailey, A., Back, G. (2007). Retrieving known
  items with LibX. Serials Librarian, Accepted for
  publication.
• De Rosa, C., Cantrell, J., Hawk, J., Wilson, A.
  (2006). College students' perceptions of
  libraries and information resources A report to
  the OCLC membership. Retrieved March 23, 2007,
  from http//www.oclc.org/reports/pdfs/studentperce
  ptions.pdf
• LibX website. http//libx.org
• Lippincott, J. K. (2005). Net generation students
  libraries. EDUCAUSE Review, 40(2), 56-66.

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The Marketing and Instruction of New Tools for
Libraries

• Questions?
• LibX Team
• Annette Bailey Nathan Baker
• Dr. Godmar Back Mike Doyle
• Kyrille Goldbeck Robert Ellis
• Tilottama Gaat
• Tobias Wieschnowsky