MyLibrary

This is the beginnings of personalized (as opposed to customized) page. Based on the patron’s personal characteristics, it displays “their page”. See: http://mylibrary.library.nd.edu/demos/your-page/

Here is how the process works:

1. import data (name, address, courses, major, department, etc.) about patrons from the registrar and HR departments (think “circulation module”)
2. create sets of library-related information resources (indexes, catalogs, Internet resources, names of librarians, etc.)
3. create sets of library-related facet/term combinations (subjects, formats, tools, etc.)
4. create course-based facet/term combinations, again acquired from the registrar (the facet is “classes”, and the terms are “English 101″, “Astronomy 204″, “Philosophy 307″, etc.)
5. classify patrons and information resources with library-related and course-related facet/term combinations
6. allow the patron to log in
7. use the MyLibrary software to find things related to the patron, specifically, library resources mapped to their courses and library resources mapped to their department/major
8. as an added bonus, use a Web Services in interface to the ILS to look up the books the patron has checked out
9. list the whole thing

The next “cool” step will include things like, “If you checked these books out, then you might be interested in this these…”

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