01 Find and explore in a local and global perspective (Serving users in specific library contexts)

Boris Zetterlund, Strategy Manager at Axiell Group

Audience: Librarians, Reference Librarians, System Librarians but most of all anyone who uses Library web interfaces

Short description: Three different cases 

• Swedish Chalmers University Library with Summon
• A public library in Denmark with Bibliotek.dk access and E-books linked  from external vendor
• UK Library with Ebsco/Novelist access and WorldCat

The indexing possibility of: 

• Own Publications like Papers (University)
• Local history material (Public Library in Denmark)
• Archives/Museum collection from same region (Public Library in UK)

 All cases have a lot of other database access as well.

This leads to challenges in how to present the material to be:

• indexed locally – data well
• included via API:s, web services
• dynamically linked
• authorized when asked for
• enhanced and enriched
• part of a user dialogue
• enriched by user competence
• part of social media interaction
• part of local community interaction
• reused/integrated in web site activity
• reused/integrated in web site articles
• pushed to and integrated in cooperating web sites
• reused externally by agreements

Workshop outcome: Enhanced understanding 

• search hierarchies – a need?
• the relevance of material – what counts when?
• media in different context – variables?
• priorities necessary between central synergy and local presence?