430 likes | 753 Vues
Library H3lp: Building a Next Generation VR System. Reference Renaissance Tuesday, August 5. Pam Sessoms University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Eric Sessoms Nub Games Josh Boyer North Carolina State University Amy VanScoy North Carolina State University Jean Ferguson Duke University.
E N D
Library H3lp: Building a Next Generation VR System Reference RenaissanceTuesday, August 5
Pam SessomsUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Eric SessomsNub Games Josh BoyerNorth Carolina State University Amy VanScoyNorth Carolina State University Jean FergusonDuke University
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill27,000 students North Carolina State University30,000 students Duke University12,000
How we collaborate Sun-Thurs
Tools for collaboration • Commercial Virtual Reference software • Call Center software • IM • Meebo • Library H3lp
What is LibraryH3lp Jabber server with IM gateways Provides flexible routing to multiple librarians Integrates IM with web chat for easier staffing Can route Meebo Me traffic too Has its own widget developed for libraries Provides transfers Allows IM between librarians Platform for flexibility and experimentation
LibraryH3lp Widgets Yahoo! AIM MSN Meebo Me LibraryH3lp Jabber Server with IM Gateways Circ Literature Ref Health Sci Science Endnote Law RefWorks
Night Owl MSN Patron Yahoo! Patron Widget Patron AIM Patron Duke NCSU UNC Operator
Widget Links clickable Works with screen readers Javascript, Flash not required Alert noise for patron optional, Flash sound used Patron controls Can run embedded Patron has “pop out” option Can easily be made to pop-up
Anatomy of an Incoming Chat (or IM) Patron’s initial message Patron’s queue Chat management : transfer, e-mail transcript, send file…
Features URLs are links, not just text
Features Useful system messages sent to staff
Features Useful system messages sent to staff
Features Useful system messages sent to staff
Features Transfers! This should blow your mind!
Features Transfer examples At NC State: Ref Natural Resources Library Veterinary Medicine Library (soon) Circ-reserves (soon) ILL (soon)
Why Transfer Chats • Patron’s Perception • Librarians’ Perception Ref Circ Library Systems Tech Serv
Transfers in practice UNC’s Davis Reference and Circulation Reference transfers 10-15% to Circ Davis Reference general “ask a” service Transfers to experts when off-desk (in office) Several campus libraries transferring now or will begin soon. Health Sciences Library Undergraduate Library Davis Library More to come… Search TRLN Union Catalog Transfers coming soon in LibraryH3lp. This summer, Davis Reference transferred to Duke and NCSU as needed using predecessor system.
Introduction to LibraryH3lp: Operators Librarian Operators Answer chats and IMs with Jabber client Can belong to zero, one, or more queues Zero queues? Can still receive transers. First to respond to patron will “win” chat. Others are notified of who took the chat.
Introduction to LibraryH3lp: Queues Queues URLs for incoming patrons Widget: Customized for a purpose Gateways for IM patrons
Open Source Components • Ejabberd • Erlang • Mnesia • Yaws • Apache • ErlyWeb • ErlyComet • MySQL • Python • pyTransports • Libpurple • C • PLT Scheme • JWChat • JSJaC • jQuery • SWIG
Open source contributions Widget Port of ErlyComet to ErlyWeb Plugin Patches to Ejabberd Patches to Yaws Patches to pyTransports Significant work on j2j Libpurple multi-protocol gateway Scheme-interface