Web ServicesCarol Yuen & Laurence McDonnell
• Introduction• Funding for the project
www.wls.nsw.gov.au
Web Services
Web Services
Databases
• Online Database usage is increasing across NSW. After decreasing across the state between 2007-2010, it went up in 2010-2011. This was driven by about a quarter of NSW Public Libraries. To quote Ross, 25 NSW Libraries drive 68% of NSW.net database traffic.
• A major part of this is in Website Design.
• 4 years ago, Warringah had set up it’s first website, and our aims were to increase online database use and increase membership.
• 3 years ago we purchased the Webfeat federated search
Databases
2010/2011 Database Stats
ANZRC (searches) Master File P Consumer Health Science Reference C Literary Reference Novelist +
1 WARRINGAH @ 41100 WARRINGAH @ 40070 WARRINGAH @ 9066 BANKSTOWN SUTHERLAND PARRAMATTA
2 HORNSBY HORNSBY BANKSTOWN SUTHERLAND HORNSBY BANKSTOWN
3 BAULKHAM HILLS BANKSTOWN HORNSBY HORNSBY BANKSTOWN MOSMAN
4 SUTHERLAND SUTHERLAND WOOLAHRA RANDWICK RANDWICK SUTHERLAND
5 BLACKTOWN WOOLLAHRA BLACKTOWN CITY OF SYDNEY WOOLHARA WOOLAHRA
2009/2010 Database Stats
ANZRC (searches) Master File P Consumer Health Science Reference C Literary Reference Novelist
1 HORNSBY HORNSBY WOLLONGONG WOLLONGONG HORNSBY WOLLONGONG
2 WOLLONGONG WARRINGAH @ 1574 HORNSBY HORNSBY WOLLONGONG HORNSBY
3 LAKE MACQUARIE LAKE MACQUARIE BLACKTOWN MOSMAN WARRINGAH @ 879 WARRINGAH @ 1103
4 CITY OF SYDNEY SUTHERLAND WARRINGAH @ 594 BAULKHAM HILLS SUTHERLAND FAIRFIELD
5 BLACKTOWN COFFS HARBOUR GOSFORD WARRINGAH @1093 LAKE MACQUARIE SUTHERLAND
WARRINGAH 6TH @2279
2008/2009 Database Stats
ANZRC Master File P Consumer Health Science Reference C Literary Reference Novelist
1 WARRINGAH 3,294 WARRINGAH @ 2473 WOLLONGONG HORNSBY HORNSBY WOLLONGONG
2 HORNSBY HORNSBY WARRINGAH @ 686 WARRINGAH @ 2473 WARRINGAH @ 1777 NEWCASTLE
3 CITY SYDNEY LIVERPOOL GOSFORD WOLLONGONG BAULKHAM HILLS WYONG
4 BAULKHAM HILLS SUTHERLAND BLACKTOWN SUTHERLAND SUTHERLAND HORNSBY
5 WOLLONGONG WYONG WYONG BAULKHAM HILLS WOLLONGONG WARRINGAH @ 939
09/10 Why decreasing usage? • Laptops in schools?• Less training by me – more conducted 08/09?• Speed? – Databases / Federated Searching – was slow• Too Hard? (Teachers Federation Library)• Was there decreasing interest in Schools?
• Where has information/Database Literacy come up in NSW High Schools – Not specifically part of NSW curriculum
• Action Research (NSW) – Very Vague• All my own work (NSW) – Fitted in with anti-plagiarism – gave Citation
‘Training as opposed’ to ‘Database Training’.
New Australian Curriculum, years K-12 contain requirements to study Research Skills, including Library and Online Database Use.
2009/2010
Web Services
To simply access Library resources, we felt we needed to push all our resources through one
search box. Warringah attempted this with Web Feat, a federated search engine prior to Ebsco’s
EHIS, but upgraded in May to a web service based catalogue.
• Web services are typically application programming interfaces (API) or Web APIs that are accessed via HTTP and executed on a remote system hosting the requested services.
• Basically – Web Services are publicly available metadata for remote databases.
• All database/LMS providers use different terms – Web Services, Discovery Services, Search and Discovery Layer, Open URL Authentication, Open API.
• With LMS upgrade, will allow integration of databases into the catalogue.
What are Web Services?
WSDL - Web Services Description Language
SOAP - Simple Object Access Protocol
Encore – The pitch
• Encore creates an entirely new user experience of your library. It makes finding as easy as searching, leverages Web 2.0 technologies and practices, and delivers a complete discovery-to-delivery solution that is appealing, sophisticated, and just plain fun!
Implementing Encore
• Testing• Frustrations – rankings, tags
• And then…• Encore 4.1• Cobolt skin
See the difference – from this
To this
The Future
All LMS providers are upgrading
(Civica/Spydus – Bliss, Libero – LiberoUno, Millenium – Encore, Amlib–World Cat Local, Sersi Dynix - Enterprise)
WorldCat Local
Summons
Primo
Enterprise
In Conclusion
• To get it all together, you need: 1. The web/discovery service.2. Facets that effectively plug in to your catalogue
(vital!).3. Proxy Server.
• Big questions for LMS providers are:1. Can I check what databases you provide web services
for? 2. Where do facets draw information from? 3. Can I integrate my own databases (images, LINCS, etc)
Thank you