MyLibrary

A couple of months ago Chris Gray brought to my attention the fact that the MyLibrary Your Page demonstration was broken. Well, I (finally) got around to fixing it. Please try:

http://mylibrary.library.nd.edu/demos/your-page/   

There you will be presented with a list of famous intellectuals who you can impersonate. Once logging in using their credentials you are presented with:

1. a set of recommended resources based on their course of study
2. the names and email addresses of their subject-specific librarian
3. a list of the courses they are enrolled in and some recommended resources for each course
4. a list of the books they have checked out

The process of creating such a page is not difficult:

1. Create sets of information resources and “catalog” them in MyLibrary.
2. Acquire the names of students and “catalog” them in MyLibrary.
3. Acquire the classes give across the University and “catalog” them in MyLibrary.
4. Query MyLibrary and “join” students, classes, and information resources through their shared facet/term combinations.
5. Display the result.
6. Go to Step #4 for each person who logs in.

The source code for this demonstration is online. I created a very similar application – Sonne of Your Page – except it contains real data. Real people and real class rosters. This is not a production service, and you will not be able to access it unless you are a member of the University of Notre Dame community. The resulting pages look a lot like this:

 Fun with MyLibrary.

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