myeth Managing the Resources You Need Eva Ramminger ETH-Bibliothek Zürich

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1 myeth Managing the Resources You Need Eva Ramminger ETH-Bibliothek Zürich Library Science Talks, Nov , 2004

2 Portals: Characterisation An information hub : An entry point to information resources. An aggregation or collection of resources organized to assist particular categories of users. How the library mediates the engagement of users and resources in a network environment.

3 Overall Portal Strategy Encompasses the reuse of common infrastructure such as directory services, authentication, search, content management systems (CMS).

4 Step 1: The Vision

5 ETH Library Function Main library of ETH Zurich Swiss national centre for scientific and technical information Collection 6.4 mio items > e-journals 180 bibliographic databases > e-books

6 Web Portal: Goals 1. Presentation of content from different resources in logical channels (content-aggregation) 2. Possibility to configure the portal according to personal requirements (customization) 3. Presentation of content for specific groups (specialisation)

7 Goals According to ETH Library Customizable portal page Inclusion of external internet resources Provision of an efficient support platform for research and class at ETH Zurich

8 Step 2: The Concept

9 Verification of Requirements Customer survey (single login, integration of the library catalogue, management of external links) Preliminary study (easy to use, short cuts to library resources and services, central login) uportal (open source product) ETH World Project MyLibrary

10 Preliminary Study: Requirements Easy-to-use Integration of external links Shortcuts to library resources and services Central login (LDAP) Easy adaptation for groups

11 Preliminary Study: Possible Realisation

12 Preliminary Study: Library in Centre

13 Preliminary Study: Information Channels

14 ETH World: Objectives Provide a virtual campus for ETHZ Augment the present physical locations (Centre and Hönggerberg) with a third virtual campus Support the activities of ETH community Create an universal platform of virtual communication and cooperation

15 uportal Open source product Developed by a consortium of universities and high-tech business companies Led by the Java Architectures Special Interest Group (JA-SIG) Offers an efficient and flexible framework for all sorts of informations resources First choice for different projects at ETH Zurich

16 Examples - 1

17 Examples - 2

18 Examples - 3

19 Step 3: The Implementation

20 Initial Page Presentation

21 Personalised Entry Page

22 Skins User Preferences

23 Skins User Preferences

24 Technical Framework Software uportal Version Apache Java: j2sdk ServletContainer: tomcat Database: postgresql and mysql Hardware Test system 2 Dell PowerEdge 2650

25 myeth Step 4: The Collaboration

26 New Partners within ETHZ Portal project on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of ETHZ in 2005 Corporate Communications Central IT Services (Zentrale Informatikdienste) ETH World Content provided by different suppliers should be focused under one umbrella

27 New Partners within ETHZ Fusion of both the projects and the technical systems into one myeth New name and design Integration of different content usability study Integration of different philosophies Change in PR-activities Tough time-limits for implementation of myeth

28 Usability Test Goals Evaluation of userfriendliness, functionality and the logical structure of myeth Results Surprisingly high acceptancy rate Problems with new jargon ( channel, tab ) Difficulties in finding and using the preference setting

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30 myeth Step 5: The Integration

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32 6 Months Later

33 Going Live myeth

34 Next Steps Consolidation of reached status Integration of scholar-based content, i.e.

35 Next Steps Operational concept for the time after the closure of the project Documentation of the project(s) Increased communication and marketing, i.e.

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38 User Statistics June - November

39 User Feedback End of November 2004: users Feedback extremely positive Ich bin begeistert von myeth! Einfach genial, wie man sich nach den eigenen Bedürfnissen die Inhalte zusammenstellen kann. Vor allem die Angebote der Bibliothek sind fantastisch. ( ) Sehr schön, war sehr lange schon fällig. ( ) For few others we just have to do some more marketing Es gibt ja schon die offizielle Hompage der ETHZ sowie das Portal für Dozierende. Wozu also nun noch ein drittes Portal? Was ist der spezifische Nutzen für mich? Die abrufbaren Informationen sind ja immer dieselben, einfach in jeweils etwas anderer Verpackung und Anordnung. ( )

40 myeth Thank you! Please contact: or for further informations