Bengkel Metadata, RDA & Hyperlink PUiTM 2010 Anjuran : BPBPT PTAR Tarikh : 6 April 2010 Tempat : Bilik Seminar PTAR 1 Penceramah : En. Goh Keng Yew Jawatan: Technical Director (Paradigm System Berhad) System Engineer

1. Metadata and Library Catalogs Presented by Paradigm Systems Berhad 6 April 2010

3. 1.0 Overview

6. 2.0 Information architecture

7. Information architecture is about… The art and science of structuring, organizing and labeling information to help people find and manage information

8. 3.0 Evolution of library catalog

9. Evolution of library catalog Hildreth, C.R. (1995). Online Catalog Design Models: Are We Moving in the Right Direction? A Report Submitted to the Council on Library Resources. Retrieved from http://myweb.cwpost.liu.edu/childret/clr-opac.html . Maness, J. M. (2006). Library 2.0 Theory: Web 2.0 and Its Implications for Libraries. Webology, 3(2). Retrieved from http://www.webology.ir/2006/v3n2/a25.html?q=link:webology.ir. Card Catalog Alphabetical phrase search Information Retrieval System First Generation OPAC Exact left-to-right matching Second Generation OPAC Keyword, Boolean search Third Generation OPAC Partial-match techniques Fourth Generation OPAC Faceted search, browsing Graphic User Interface (GUI) Web-based browser Web 2.0 AJAX technology E 3 OPAC Enhanced, Expanded, Extend (Hildreth, 1995) Library 2.0 (Maness, 2006)

10. A book catalog

11. Handwritten card catalog

12. Card Catalog

13. Typewritten catalog card

14. Colour-coded card catalog

15. IBM PC Green Screen (1 st Generation)

16. GUI based OPAC (2 nd Generation)

17. Web-based (3 rd Generation)

18. Features of library catalog generations * Author’s opinion Card catalog First generation Second generation Third generation Fourth generation* Chronology Pre-1960s 1960s to 1970s 1980s 1990s Present Computing power Drawer and cabinet Vacuum tubes Transistor Integrated circuits Very large integrated circuits Computing cost Drawer and cabinet cost USD 10,000 / MB USD 700 – USD 12 / MB USD 9 – 1.5 cents / MB 8 - 0.958 cents / MB User interface Handwritten, then typewritten on card Text-terminal base, green or amber screen Graphical user interface (GUI), graphical icons and visual indicators Web-based technology, browser plugins and hypertext linking Web-based services with Web 2.0 AJAX technology Catalog display Cards with various sizes and colours Display was card-like, with labels and searches that mimicked the appearance and access points of a card catalog Display began to be used not just to identify what the library owned, but to track orders, check out material, give detailed location and holdings information Other databases integration tools that have always been acquired from a publisher are now part of menu display along with the library’s catalog Aspiration to be like an online bookstore Metadata Semi-standardisation with editing done to meet local practices such as call number and subject headings ISBD standards ISBD to linear display Metadata records enriched with book cover, abstract and contents page Embedded metadata citation with sharing of metadata enabled User search Sort through alphabetically arranged cards in a drawer Exact left-to-right matching of word or phrase Keyword searching and Boolean operations exact match Advanced search and partial-match techniques Browsing by faceted search

20. 4.0 Library catalog vs web

24. 5.0 What the users want

25. Information architecture is about… The art and science of structuring, organizing and labeling information to help people find and manage information

30. 6.0 Features for the “next” generation library catalog

32. Sort flexibility

33. Enrich content – book cover

34. Enrich content – summary, TOC, abstracts, editors review

35. Browsing by shelf

36. Browsing by faceted search

37. Embedded citation metadata

39. Linking and support through to document delivery

40. Relevance ranking of results

41. Stemming Entering "swim" might also find "swims" and "swimming"

42. Spell-checking Not because people do not know how to spell, but because people make mistakes

43. Spell correction, “Did you mean . . .”

44. Advanced search

45. Simple search Quick, Easy, Immediate Enter one or two words (or maybe a phrase) into a search box, click a button, get a list of relevancy ranks results returned, select an item from the results and view/download the information.

46. Live chat with a librarian Library of Congress answers questions and assists patrons with their research through online dialogue with patrons between 2 and 3 p.m., Monday through Friday

48. Allowing user to enrich the catalog Book suggestion

50. 7.0 Three questions regarding information architecture

51. Information architecture is about… The art and science of structuring, organizing and labeling information to help people find and manage information

58. 8.0 Conclusion

61. Thank You (A full-text of this study has been provided to the event organiser)