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EPFL Library Link :a Firefox plug-in to increase collection visibility ?
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ELAG’09 Lightning TalkT. Guignard – EPFL Central Library, Switzerland
How it started…
• Subject librarians make selections according to title availability
How it started…
• Subject librarians make selections according to title availability
home library
How it started…
• Subject librarians make selections according to title availability
campus librarieshome library
How it started…
• Subject librarians make selections according to title availability
campus libraries network librarieshome library
Information where it’s needed
• Exit paper catalogs, subject librarians now use networked tools– Provider databases– RSS feeds, alerts– Amazon recommendations– Blog entries, etc.
• Query the OPAC for each title is inefficient– Tools like LibX help– Cumbersome for large amount of titles
Without the plug-in
Without the plug-in
Without the plug-in
Vendor exampleWit the EPFL Library Link plug-in
Vendor example
= in home library= on campus= in the union catalog= none of the above
= available as e-book
Wit the EPFL Library Link plug-in
Works on amazon as well
Works on amazon as well
(and on other websites)etc.
Available in 24h: Loan it !
E-book available: Read it !
Library holdings :
Towards a patron-friendly interface
Not in the library (yet) :Request it !
Library holdings :
Towards a patron-friendly interface
When in Rome …
Instead of driving users to your OPAC…… put the OPAC where the users are !
Under the hoodISBNs ?
MARC
(HTML)
Greasemonkeyscripts
Under the hoodISBNs ?
MARC
(HTML)
Compiled into a standalone plug-in
auto-update, etc.
