Claremont Colleges Library
Claremont Colleges Library
Application and Data
Integration
Sam Kome
Claremont Colleges Library
Claremont Colleges Library
Blaisdell’s Vision
“My own very deep hope is that instead of one
great, undifferentiated university, we might have
a group of institutions divided into small colleges
- somewhat on the Oxford type - around a library
and other utilities which they would use in
common. In this way I should hope to preserve
the inestimable personal values of the small
college while securing the facilities of a great
university.”
- James A. Blaisdell, 1923
Claremont Colleges Library
Claremont Colleges Library
Claremont Colleges Library
Collections
Decline of Print Journals
Mission
5200
Vision
4200
3200
Goals
Davidson College
Strategies
2200
Amherst College
2nd Quartile
Tactics
1200
Median
1st Quartile
Claremont Colleges
200
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
Claremont Colleges Library
What does that mean?
• We have lots of stuff but are always exploring ways to expose it!
• Continue to grow collections & resources
• Leverage discovery systems
Vision
• We need to do a lot with fewer staff.
• Partner with vendors
• Choose hosted models
Goals
• Reduce reliance on advanced IT resources
• Reinforce staff need more advanced skills
Strategies
• We are systems integrators, not developers.
• Identify opportunities as they present themselves
• Understand ourselves and our users (focus on usability & assessment)
Tactics
• Choose best of breed systems
• Focus on system design, not custom development
• Ensure we can sustain & maintain systems
Claremont Colleges Library
Vision
Goals
Strategies
Too many choices
Black Studies Center
Los Angeles Times, Historical
Oxford African American Studies Center
Landmark Historical Documents
Book Review Digest Plus
CQ Library
Research Insight
Politics in America
L'Année
philologique
Current Protocols in Protein Science PsycBOOKS
Craftsman,
The
RILM
Repertoire
International
de
Litterature
Musicale
Access UN (United Nations Documents Index)
CQ's Politics in America
Left Index
Current Protocols in Pharmacology
Smithsonian Global Sound
Digital Dissertations
RISM - Repertoire International des Sources Musicales
ACM Digital Library
Grove Music Online
Encyclopedia of Inorganic Chemistry Thesaurus Linguae Graecae
Digital National Security Archive LexisNexis Academic
RLIN
African-American Biographical Database
Mogadoc
LexisNexis
Congressional
Current
Protocols
in
Molecular
Biology
DiscLit-American Authors CD-ROM
Market Research
Roper Center
African-American Newspapers: The 19th Century
Descartes Web Project (CGU)
LexisNexis State Capital
Emerald Databases A-Z journal listing
Dyabola
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
AGRICOLA
Ancestry
ARTstor
LexisNexis Statistical
Social Science Electronic Data Library (SSEDL)
Early English Books Online
Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) and Teacher
Follow
Up SurveyResearch
(TFS)
AIDS & Cancer Research Abstracts
WRDS
(Wharton
Data Services) CensusCD Neighborhood Change Database
Balance
of(online
Payments
Statistics
Library Literature & Information
Science
(NCDB)
web version)
EconLit
Almanac of Business & Industrial Financial Ratios, 2002
AccessScience
Linguistics and Language Behavior ScienceDirect
Abstracts
Estimates 2006 & Projections 2011Direction of Trade Statistics
Editions & Adaptations of Shakespeare
Scifinder Scholar
America: History and Life
Current Index to Statistics
Literature
Online
PsycEXTRA
Mintel Market Research Reports (Mintel Oxygen)
eHRAF World Cultures (Collection of
Ethnography)
Sociological Abstracts
American Community Survey
United Nations Treaty Collection
Literature Resource Center
Investext
Emerald Databases
SimplyMap
SourceOECD Statistics
American Humanities Index
Past Masters: Women Writers
Los
Angeles
Times,
The
Cross-National Time-Series (CNTS) DataOxford
Archive Language Dictionaries Online
Encyclopedia Americana Online
SPIN Database
American National Biography
Women Writers
MarciveWeb
DOCS
(Monthly
Catalog
of
U.S.
Government
Publications)
Chicago Manual of Style Online
Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Standard & Poors Net Advantage (Industry
Surveys & Stock Reports)
Faber Companion to 20th Century Popular Music
JSTOR
American Periodical Series (APS) Online
Market
Research
China
Data
Center
Encyclopedia of Life Sciences
Naxos Music Library
Anthropology Plus
Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music
Marriage and Divorce Data Sets STAT-USA
Engineering Index
Iter: Renaissance and Reformation
State Personal Income, 1929-1998
Project MUSE
Aquatic Sciences
Materials Science
Harvard Dictionary of Music
BioEngineering Abstracts
Historical New York Times
STN Easy (Access to Chemical Abstracts)
Muse
Art Full Text
Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections
English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC)MathSciNet
Orbis
Survey of Current Business
Birds
of
North
America
Online
Art Retrospective
MEDLINE
Environmental RouteNet
Osiris
indiastat
Thomas
AnthroSource
ARTbibliographies Modern
Mergent Online
Environmental Sciences
BankScope
Dolley Madison Digital Edition
Times Literary Supplement
Marquis Who's Who
Arts and Humanities Search
Merriam-Webster's
Collegiate
Dictionary
Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management
Mint Global
Toxicology Abstracts
Papers of George Washington Digital Edition
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials Equal Employment Opportunity File
Microbiology Abstracts
Times
Digital
Archive
1785–1985
(The Times of London)
Toxline (NLM)
Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker
LAPOP – Latin American Public Opinion
BasicBIOSIS
Million
Dollar Database
ERIC (Education Resources Information
Clearinghouse)
Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature (ABELL)
United
States
Naval
Aviation
Early American Newspapers, Series I (1690-1876)
Bible in English
Project
MLA International Bibliography (Modern Language Association)
E*Subscribe (EDRS)
ABELL
United Nations Common Database (formerlyHumanities
UNSTATS) and Social Sciences Index Retrospective
(Omnifile)
Bibliography of American Literature
Morningstar
UNdata (formerly UNCDB)
Ethnic Newswatch
Dissertations & Theses
USA Trade Online
Dictionary of National Biography
Bibliography of Asian Studies
Multiple Cause of Death
Evans Digital Edition
ITERATE
Black Thought and Culture
Valueline
Investment
Survey
Online
HeinOnline
Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) FactSearch
Music Index
Global Development Finance (GDF Online)
African American Experience
Water
Resources
RouteNet
U.S.
Serial
Set
Biography Index
Musical America
Factiva
Encyclopaedia Judaica
Latino American Experience
Web of Science
Social Services Abstracts
Biological Sciences
Natality Data Set 1995
FirstSearch
Caribbean
Literature
Wellesley1996
Index to Victorian Periodicals
Radical Scatters: Emily Dickinson's Fragments and Related Texts, 1870Keesing's World News Archives
National and State Summary Data Tables,
Biology Digest
GenderWatch
British
and
Irish
Women's
Letters
and
Diaries
Westlaw Campus
1886
AP Images
National Health and Nutrition Examination
Survey III
BIOSIS
General BusinessFile
Everyday
Life
&
Women
in
America,
c.1800–1920
Serial Set
National Health Interview Survey WilsonSelectPlus
Biotechnology & Bioengineering Abstracts
RCLweb — Resources for College Libraries
GeoRefS
Women
in
the
National
Archives
Women
WritersPhase
OnlineI
Gerritsen Collection - Women's History Online
National Health Interview Survey on
Disability,
Black Studies on Disc 2002
Government Periodicals Index
Opera in Video
Biological Abstracts
Women's
Studies International
Patrologia Latina
National Household Education Survey
(NHES)
Book Review Digest
GPO Access
International Medieval Bibliography Dance in Video
World Almanac
Periodicals Index Online
National Portrait Gallery
Books in Print
GradSearch
Eighteenth Century Journals
Theater in Video
WorldCat
Engineering Village 2
National Study of Postsecondary Faculty
Britannica Online
Greek-English Lexicon
Synthesis Digital Library of Engineering and
World(NTIS)
Development Indicators
Google Scholar
IPA Computer
Source Science
Technical
Information Service
Business & Company Resource Center
Gross Product by Industry (for the National
United States
and States)
China Academic Journals
Reference USA
Global Financial Data
Grove's Dictionary of Art Online National Trade Data Bank (NTDB) World News Connection
Business and Management Practices
Derwent Innovations Index
Worldwide
Defining Gender, 1450 – 1910
Nationwide Personal Transportation
Survey Political Science Abstracts
Handbook of Latin American Studies
Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
SocINDEX with Full Text
CiteSeer.IST
New
Grove Dictionary of Music andHoovers
Musicians
HAPI: Hispanic American Periodicals
Index
CensusCD
World Shakespeare Bibliography Online LexisNexis Congressional Hearings
NewsBank
Full-Text
Newspapers Shepards
HarpWeek:
1857-1872, Civil War Years
and Early
Reconstruction
CensusCD Neighborhood Change Database
(NCDB)
Congressional
Research Service (CRS) Reports
National
Criminal Justice Research Service Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and
Criticism
North American Women's Letters and
Diaries
Harvard Korean Studies Bibliography
CensusCD+Maps
Serials Set
Education Full Text (OmniFile)
Digital Sanborn Maps for California (1867-1970)
OECD Statistical Compendium
Historical Abstracts
Census of Population and Housing
Statutes
at
Large
VentureXpert
Web
Academic
Search
Premier
OmniFile
History of Parliament
CGU Descartes Web Site
Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online
Business Source Premier
General Science Abstracts (OmniFile)
English Dictionary
Medicine
Chemical Abstracts via Scifinder Scholar History of Science, Technology, andOxford
Mental Measurements Yearbook
Regional Business News
Humanities
Abstracts (OmniFile)
PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service)
International
ICPSR Data Archive
Chemical Abstracts via STN Easy
Faculty of 1000 Biology
Palmer's Index to the London TimesReaders Guide Retrospective (OmniFile) Current World Information Knowledgebase
IEEE ASPP (All Society Periodicals Package)
Chicano Database
Historical Statistics of the United States Arts & Humanities Citation Index
Social Sciences Abstracts (OmniFile)
PapersFirst
IEEE
Xplore
Child Abuse, Child Welfare & Adoption
Database
Clements Encyclopedia of World Governments
Science Citation Index
Encyclopedia of Religion
Past Masters
Income and Poverty 1995
Columbia Gazetteer of the World
Book Review Digest Retrospective
Social Science Citation Index
New Catholic Encyclopedia
Perinatal Mortality Data File
Income and Poverty 1996
Columbia International Affairs Online
Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in Latinobarometer
America
International Country Risk Guide (ICRG) Online
Periodicals Contents Index
Index Islamicus
Columbia World of Quotations
Encyclopedia of Global Change
CCH Internet Tax Research NetWork
Encyclopaedia of the Qur'an
Philosopher's Index
Index to Legal Periodicals
Computer Database
International Encyclopedia of Linguistics Literature Criticism Online
Eighteenth Century Collections Online
Plant Science
ingenta
Computer Science Index
UN Commodity Trade Statistics Database (UNBlais
Comtrade)
Thomson ONE Banker
Political Risk Yearbook Online
Inspec
Computer Technology
NetLibrary
Gale
Virtual
Reference
Library
KISS (Korean Studies Information Service System)
Polling
the
Nations
International
Encyclopedia
of
the
Social
&
Behavioral
Sciences
Conference Papers Index
Wall
Street
Journal
Britannica
Enciclopedia
Universal
en
Español
Teacher Reference Center
Popline
International Index to Music Periodicals
(IIMP)
Contemporary Women's Issues
International
Financial
Statistics
Early
American
Imprints,
Series
I:
Evans
Online Archive of California
PrimateLit
International Index to the Performing
Arts
Corpus Mensurabilis Musicae (CMM)
Journal Citation Reports (JCR)
Biological & Agricultural Index Plus
OAIster
Proceedings
(ProceedingsFirst)
Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and
Renaissance
CountryData.com
Alternative Press Index
Latino Literature
Oxford Music Online
PsycINFO
Key Business Ratios
CPM plus - Catalogue of Printed Music in the British Library
Press Index Archive
Women and Social Movements in the UnitedAlternative
States
Oxford Art Online
PubMed
Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical
Technology
Credo Reference
Knovel Online Books & Databases
RANDforCalifornia
Engineering and Sciences Faulkner's Advisory for IT Studies (FAITS) Database of Recorded American Music (DRAM)
ABI/Inform
0
Historical New York Times
LexisNexis Statistical
ARTstor
Investext
Early English Books Online
Westlaw Campus
Women's Studies International
MathSciNet
Hoovers
Factiva
Business Source Premier
Education Full Text (OmniFile)
Biological Abstracts
Art Full Text
Digital Dissertations
Humanities Abstracts (OmniFile)
Historical Abstracts
Sociological Abstracts
America: History and Life
Google Scholar
World Development Indicators
PAIS (Public Affairs Information …
Philosopher's Index
Oxford English Dictionary
ABI/Inform
Grove Music Online
ATLA Religion Database with …
ERIC (Education Resources …
EconLit
Naxos Music Library
Dissertations & Theses
PubMed
OmniFile
MLA International Bibliography …
WorldCat
LexisNexis Academic
Academic Search Premier
Web of Science
JSTOR
PsycINFO
Claremont Colleges Library
Database Use
Hits
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10000
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Hits
Claremont Colleges Library
Claremont Colleges Library
Discovery Project Timeline
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Spring 2009 Project start
Summer 2009 beta in-house tests
Fall 2009 Primo and Summon betas are live
Winter 2009 Integration of products
Winter 2010 in-house tests
Spring 2010 Sherlock live
2010: train, test, tweak
Claremont Colleges Library
Claremont Colleges Library
Staff Surveys
• I'm not clear about the purpose and differences between these
products
• I haven't seen Primo at all yet - what does it do?
• what's the point? what are the advantages? how will this make our
students study/write better and therefore learn more?
• What is it, how do you use it best, when is in not appropriate, when
is it most appropriate, are there types of searches that do not work,
will it replace all of the intelligent databases that we currently use,
are we dumbing down all of the research skills that are so helpful in
life that we try to teach, are there lessons that can be learned from
search engines such as Sherlock - and are these lessons we should
be teaching, are these tools going to assist in doing the best
research possible, or just in doing a 'good enough' job, can I feel
confident in loving this tool?
Claremont Colleges Library
Staff Education
• Perform various searches and tasks in both Summon and Primo
– Subject
• Title Known title
• New title
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Author Known Author
Partial Author Information
Known journal article (Summon only)
Known book
Unknown resource on known paper topic
Simple search and advance search
• Delivery
– Email, Export to Citation manager, Print
• Rate your satisfaction
• What would make you and a personae very satisfied
• Compare and Contrast Primo and Summon
Claremont Colleges Library
Discussion
1. How well does the relevance ranking algorithm perform
on subject(x)?
2. How do we determine that?
3. Is it bad/confusing for the patron to have different subject
facet terms appear for each search? Or is it quite good?
4. How well does it work with EndNote, RefWorks (well!),
Zotero (not well!)
5. What are the key concepts in Primo?
6. How is Sherlock alike and different from other databases?
7. How will Sherlock help students?
Claremont Colleges Library
Staff Survey Redux
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Results usually include one or two precise answers and thousands of irrelevant retrievals, or
relevant ones way too far down in the list to get to - also - too many newspaper articles come
up first.
I used Primo last night to look for books by an author. I compared the results to Blais and
found out we just didn't have much. Primo was a little easier to use - it accepted the search
terms with diacritics. Blais found nothing and suggested "Did you mean" without anything.
Sherlock was easy to use and I like how it gathers all of the sources of the library into one list.
The only drawback for me was all of the articles that's included but then again if you only
want to look at books, there is a link for that.
When helping patrons with their research recently, we would do searches in an appropriate
database and then discuss findings. After we would do the search in Discovery. The students
were very excited at the number of hits, although when they looked closely they noticed that
many were duplicates, and many were not exactly right (sort of like a google result!).
However these discoveries did not bother them, they were still very happy with the results.
Searching for material related to Bram Stoker and his involvement with an occult order called
the "Golden Dawn". Found lots of relevant material and found the system much easier to
use than searching individual databases. Very satisfied with the results.
Claremont Colleges Library
Summary
1. Library Staff have moved from firmly against
to mostly supportive, with a few notable
exceptions.
2. Faculty have voiced approval
3. Students have voiced approval
4. Web site redesign will make search the main
focus of the home page.
5. Next: ingest and index business documents.
Claremont Colleges Library
We are systems integrators…