Entries in "KSL Tech Team News"
BiblioMining Discussion on April 8th
On April 8th from 9:00 - 1:00 pm Kelvin Smith Library will be hosting a discussion on the topic of Bibliomining. The discussion will be lead by Scott Nicholson, Assistant Professor at the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University, who is known as the father of Bibliomining. If you are interested in attending the event in the KSL Dampeer Room, please RSVP via email to janett.mullins@case.edu
Click here for an overview of Scott's Discussion.
Curious to know more about Bibliomining? For more information on the topic see the following:
http://www.bibliomining.com/
KSL Targets Web Content Management
In response to traditional challenges that organizations have with managing web content from many authors the Kelvin Smith has created it's very own Web Content Management System. This system appropriately named KSL Content Manager is completely integrated with the University branding guidelines. The core strength of this system is its ease of use for those content providers with little knowledge of HTML or web publishing. It’s simplicity is its cornerstone. One of the biggest problems on the Case campus with web authorship is the lack of support for content creation and management on campus. All of this has just gotten a lot easier. KSL Content Manager’s many features are:
1. Integration with Microsoft.Net framework
2. Full Integration with ITS Oracle Environment for dynamic content and page generation
3. Behind the scenes integration with University branded templates
4. Fully customizable security groups leveraging Case LDAP architecture
5. RSS Feed Integration available for content managers
6. Full Administrative Interface for site managers
7. Web statistics reporting with the industry leading package: WebTrends
8. Integrated with Case SAN architecture lifting traditional disk drive capacity restrictions
We are currently experimenting with packaging the KSL Content Manager so it can be installed and configured in your own environment. We are also considering hosting sites for academic departments in our environment while allowing the authors to continue to fully administer their sites. Feel free to contact me for further information and to check out our site http://library.case.edu
Meet Sam Liberman
We welcomed Sam Liberman aboard the KSL Technology Team this past month. Sam recently graduated from Case with a degree in Computer Science. Sam had been a student programmer with the team for the past 3 years while attending school. He brings a wealth of knowledge and great attitude. Please welcome Sam aboard when you see him.
RSS Feeds coming to KSL Website
A project is underway that will publish pre-selected library information in the form of current RSS feeds available for harvesting by RSS clients. The following content areas will be apart of our initial implementation:
1) KSL News and Highlights
2) Recent Video Additions
3) New Book Acquisitions by subject area
4) KSLearn Course Offerings
We are currently seeking suggestions for other library related materials that would be candidates for publishing via RSS. All comments can be submitted directly to ulwebsite@case.edu
Active Directory Coming to KSL
KSL is currently investigating a new solution that would replace the public terminals that are currently available in various libraries around campus. The new computers would make use of the Active Directory infrastructure that exists on campus and would have much more capabilities than exist on the current terminals. KSL is currently prototyping this solution and would be targeting a Fall 2005 semester release.