[Koha-devel] MyLibrary features (fwd)

[Rachel Hamilton-Williams]

HI

> I know that some of the folks on this list are also interested in
> using MyLibrary along with Koha.  One of the bits below is LDAP
> authentication, a feature that has come up on our lists before.  It might
> be a great opportunity to open up a dialog with the MyLibrary folks and
> hash out an LDAP schema that will work for both projects.

WE've done a bit of work with My Library - but not within Koha - it was not 
exactly trivial to get working :-)

Cheers
rachel


> -pate
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 08:45:48 -0500
> From: Eric Lease Morgan <emorgan at ND.EDU>
> Reply-To: MyLibrary portal development <MYLIB-DEV at listserv.nd.edu>
> To: MYLIB-DEV at listserv.nd.edu
> Subject: MyLibrary features
> 
> This message is a belated announcement, and it outlines a few things we will be
> working on in terms of MyLibrary features.
> 
> After bunches o' discussions with bunches o' folks, we have decided to spend
> time and energy on three things: add to MyLibrary, LDAP authentication, more
> flexible classification.
> 
> 
> Add to MyLibrary
> 
> The "add to MyLibrary" is a function implemented either as a browser
> bookmarklette or an embedded link. Its purpose will be to allow uses to view
> Internet resources in their browser and add the link their MyLibrary. The
> bookmarklette will first read the viewed page's title and URL. It will then
> display a dialog box allowing the user to edit these items. Finally, it will add
> the link to their personal links. The embedded link will work the same way
> except the title and URL of the resource will be embedded in the URL. It will
> look something like this:
> 
>   http://mylibrary.edu/add2mylibrary.cgi?t=foo&u=http://bar.org/
> 
> The addition of add to MyLibrary will reduce the need to catalog the entire
> Internet and the underlying MyLibrary database to include only a subset of a
> library's entire collection of Internet resources.
> 
> Last, but not least, this functionality will be based on work previously
> done by the folks at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. "Thanks guys!"
> 
> 
> LDAP authentication
> 
> Based on work by Gultekin Gurdal we will be integrating an optional LDAP
> authentication functionality into MyLibrary. By installing a number of Perl
> modules and securely pointing them to your institution's LDAP directory
> libraries may very well be able to allow patrons to create MyLibrary accounts
> based on their institution's canonical username/password combination.
> Consequently, people will not have to remember yet another password. Whew!
> 
> 
> More flexible classification
> 
> Last, we will be working on removing some of the classification limitations. As
> the system stands now libraries can create a simple classification scheme
> intended to be subjects. Fine. When adding resources to MyLibrary, the system
> forces you to put these resources into one of five piles, usually named library,
> community, reference, databases, or ejournals. Many people found this too
> limiting.
> 
> To remove this problem, we plan to allow libraries to first create any
> number of classification schemes (subjects, formats, audiences, education
> levels, ease-of-use, authority, timeliness, etc.), and then fill each one of
> these scheme up with terms (astronomy, philosophy, forestry; student, faculty,
> staff; dictionary, encyclopedia, index, catalog; easy, not so easy, difficult,
> impossible; very authoritative, authoritative, not authoritative; updated
> constantly, updated monthly, updated annually; etc.) When new resources are then
> added to the system they will be classified with one or more of the terms from
> the classification schemes.
> 
> This solution will remove what we call the "Pile A, Pile B, and Pile C
> Problem". This solution will not be easy. It will require a lot of work in
> the underlying database. We're a bit scared.
> 
> 
> Timeline
> 
> We are hoping to finish these features by July 4.
> 
> 
> --
> Eric "Famous Last Words" Morgan
> 
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> archive and instructions for managing your subscription, see:
> http://dewey.library.nd.edu/mylibrary/mailing-list.shtml. --ELM
> 
> 
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