OPAC 2.0
source and supply and
beyond
Have you checked the Catalogue ?
Lately…!
D.Winchester ALIA 2009
Old School…
Mystery Object …
Old School…
Mystery Object hint …
Old School…
Mystery Object …revealed
OPAC 1.0
Card Catalogue – reloaded
Library centric
Static & locked
Little social interaction
Lacks modern tagging
Limited in outlook
Read only access
Low usability – not search intuitive.
Online but lacks ‘cutting edge’ features
One size must fit all – no “Me”
Catalogue as barrier not enabler
But it has worked as a pointer for centuries
OPAC 1.0
HTTP://freerangelibrarian.com/2006/06/03/the-user-is-not-broken-a-meme-masquerading-as-a-manifesto/
OPAC 2.0
Cutting edge …. simply user expectation?
User centric
‘My OPAC’ – personalised
User as content creator
Collaboration & participation
Read & Write access
Embraces social interaction
My Alerts…Reservations… Suggestions
Friendly
Visual - Look inside resources
Global in outlook
SOPAC 2.0
Socially Interactive OPAC
Bleeding Edge
Relationship centric
Moving, evolving, growing
Converging, intertwining technology & information
Decrease the notion of ‘library as a physical space’
A key part of the acquisition continuum
Where to from here
Focus on simplicity
Add value & meaning to information, then get out the way
‘Beg, borrow or plagiarise’ ideas from other Libraries
Take risks and scare yourself – users forgive!
Web 2.0+ will impact on selection and acquisition tasks
“The OPAC is not the sun…OPAC is at best a distant planet
every year moving farther from orbit…the User is the sun”
K.Schneider
HTTP://freerangelibrarian.com/2006/06/03/the-user-is-not-broken-a-meme-masquerading-as-a-manifesto/
Where to from here
Ghostbusters Trailer 1984
References
The User Is Not Broken: A meme masquerading as a manifesto/ K.G
Schneider
http://freerangelibrarian.com/2006/06/03/the-user-is-not-broken-a-meme-
masquerading-as-a-manifesto/
Web 2.0 Continuing impact on library Catalogues Dave Pattern
www.slideshare.net/daveyp/web-20-continuing-impact-on-library-catalogues
The Future of the OPAC...? Dave pattern
www.slideshare.net/daveyp/the-future-of-the-opac
Digital natives and virtual libraries : What does the future hold for libraries?
Tonta Yasar
www.slideshare.net/tonta/digital-natives-and-virtual-libraries
SOPAC 2: The Social OPAC Released
http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/2008/sopac-2-the-social-opac-released/