IT ACTIVITIES AND
PROJECTS AT TUT
MargusLIBRARY
Vatko & Siim Liivand
International Week 2012, March 19-24, TUT Library
Topics
IT Infrastructure
Hardware and Software
Services
Self-made developments and solutions
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Computer hardware in TUTL
Number of PCs in the Library – 102
used by employees – 63
used by visitors – 39
Terminals (thin clients) – 57
used by employees – 12
used by visitors – 45
information kiosks - 16
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Computer hardware in TUTL
Visitors and counter attendants all use the same
new computer sets, which were procured at the
same time with the new building.
PC – HP Compaq dc5800 SFF (Intel Pentium
E5200 2.5GHz, 4 GB RAM, 160 GB HDD,
Windows XP/Vista)
Thin Clients – Fujitsu FUTRO S450
Monitors 22“:
HP L2245wg & Samsung SyncMaster 2243BW
HP Keyboard with integrated Smart Card
Terminal
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Computer hardware in TUTL
• Computers used by the staff have significant
age variation.
• Operating system dominantly Windows XP
(some Windows 7)
• 2 color laser printers, 1 color ink printer, 6 BW
laser printers, 6 multifunction printers
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Server room
New equipment, acquired with new building
• 3 servers – IBM System x3550 M2
(1× Intel Xeon E5520 2.26GHz, 6× 4GB RAM)
• EMC AX4-5 storage system
18× 300 GB SAS, 18× 450 GB SAS, 25× 1 TB
SATA
• Academic VMware vCenter Server 4
• EMC Avamar Backup Server
• Server room environmental monitoring
NetBotz Rack Monitor 450
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Server room
Põhitekst
new server rack
old server rack
in case of fire
(what’s left of it)
(CF3-CHF-CF3)
1,1,1,2,3,3,3–
heptafluoropropane
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Network
• Internet connection speeds:
Tallinn University of Technology – 10 Gbit/s
Library – 100 Mbit/s (router is the bottleneck)
• Local area network in library:
Mixed gigabit and fast ethernet network,
Cat6 copper and fiber-optic cabling,
Nortel 4550T, 4548GT network switches (and
a few other models)
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Wi-Fi
The entire building has access to public Wi-Fi.
There are four Wi-Fi access points on every
floor, which provides a more or less optimal
signal strength throughout the building. Wi-Fi is
managed by the University’s IT department, not
the library’s.
Wi-Fi access point on the ceiling
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Software developments
in the Library
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Digital Collection
• Created in 2005.
• Goal is to provide web-based access to TUT
dissertations, textbooks and online versions of
study materials
• LAMP – Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP
• User interface currently only in estonian, but is
being translated to english
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Digikogu
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Information kiosk
One single gate for accessing
• open stack guide
• e-catalogue ESTER
• ISE — Index Scriptorum Estoniae
• system for reserving study rooms
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Information kiosk
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Open stack guide
• displays the location of the items on the floors
by subject
• direct links from e-catalogue to open stack
guide
• Web-based
• .NET webforms application
• MS-SQL
• Ajax queries for a smoother user interface use
• Flash plugin to display map
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Open stack guide
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Reserving system
Offers a possibility to:
• reserve a group study room or
• individual study room
• .NET MVC 3 application
• MS-SQL
• Ajax queries for smoother user inferface use
• Flash plugin for display
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Broneerimissüsteem
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LibChat
Chat software
Information consultant’s computer houses the
Chat server
Queries from the web go directly to the server
For the user it’s web-based
Requires Flash
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LibChat
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Software in the Bibliography division
Web-based
.NET webforms application
MS-SQL
Ajax queries for smoother user inferface use
A newer version is in development, which will
integrate the digital collection in addition to other
new features
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Gate program
• For visitor registering at the gate
• Web-based
• Visitors use their reader card to register the
visit
• The system also checks for fines and the
validity of the card and notifies visitors and
employees if there are any problems
• ASP, MS-SQL
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Väravaprogramm
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Information searching skills
environment
• Web-based distance education environment
• Created in 2000.
• Student registers in the system with
matriklenumber and ID number
• Everyone gets individual questions to answer
• A librarian will check the answers and grade
the results
• When the student logs in again, they will see
the results
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Inventory software
For easier inventory we procured handheld
terminals Honeywell Dolphin 9900 and software
from the company ID Balti AS.
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Services
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Public computers
• 22 PCs in the computer class
• 12 PCs in the public area
• Windows XP,
Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome,
OpenOffice etc…
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Public computers
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Terminals in the reading areas
• 29 terminals for regular use and 16 for
information kiosks
• The terminals are all Fujutsu FUTRO S450
• Advantages over PCs: easier to manage,
silent work (important in a library), smaller
• In areas where it matters, they offer the same
functionalities as PCs
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Scanning work areas
Self-service scanners
On the 2., 3., 4. and 5. floor
Free service
In addittion to regular
office software there is
also GIMP
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Self check-out machines
2. and 3. floor
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Self check-in machine
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Monitor renting
Possibility to rent a monitor to use with a
personal laptop.
Good for drafts, drawings
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Printing and copying
There are copy machines on 2., 3. and 4. floor.
These copy machines can be used for print jobs
directly from the network. The copy machine on
the second floor is cabable of
printing in color.
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Web (old and new)
• Saurus CMS
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Book scanner
Minolta PS 7000
Black and white
Maximum size – A2
Text recognition
FineReader
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Book scanner
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Thank you
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