Introduction to FCLA
This outline is of FCLA services is based on the 4/08 Introduction for new CSUL Deans and Directors.
Background
- ISF Report. Information Systems of Florida report about FCLA.
- FCLA in Perspective [Handout of Draft]
- Organizational overview
- Organizational Chart
- 21 professional librarians, 30 computer science professionals, 5 office staff, 3 part-time clerical positions and the Director
- 966 years experience, 443 at FCLA
- Budget
- History & Politics
- FCLA created in 1984 with 9 staff. Mission: expand NOTIS to all SUS
- Community Colleges on FCLA
- STO proposed merger
- Outsource suggestion
- Cooperative Ventures Steering Committee
Applications selection processes
- Aleph - RFP process, with 45 member evaluation team
- SFX/Metalib - FCLA recommended, based on evaluation of options, only viable products on the market at that time
- Digitool - FCLA recommended, based on evaluation of options
- Verde - selected by individual libraries
- Endeca - CSUL recommended based on input from public services librarians
Technical Operations overview
- Servers,OS, DB and storage. Diagram, page 26 of the ISF report.
- Systems security
- RAS: Reliability, Availability and Serviceability
- Hardware: redundancy, 24x7 vendor support
- Big Brother/Nagios (monitoring)
- Status of FCLA Services
- On call: cascading, escalating automatic alerts
- COOP - Continuity of Operations Plan
- Who we are and what we do
- Help Desk, Support and Training
- Statistics on Help Desk usage
- Mango/Endeca
- Next gen user interface, new searching capabilities
- Union Catalog
- Individual SUL Catalogs
- How data gets into Endeca
- Live interaction with Aleph for item availability and patron services
- Working with CSUL subcommittee on:
- Center for Research Library records
- More frequent updates
- Browse indexes (like Aleph browse)
- OPAC enhancements (Google doc)
- Aleph
- 11 separate databases under one software installation, shared authorities
- Acquisitions, Authorities, Cataloging, Circulation, OPAC, Patron Identity Management, Record loading, Serials Control
- Working with the vendor ExLibris
- Problem reports, Service Packs, Enhancements
- FCLA-developed clients: Genload, LabelPrnA and ERCA
- Version 19 Upgrade
- Working with CSUL committees on:
- Reindexing for V.18
- New V. 18 Authority Control functionality
- Advanced Booking
- Interfaces with campuses (patrons, cash export, acq. invoice payment)
- Patron data security: removal/protection of SSN
- Staff processing efficiency: acq. invoice loads, reports
- Self-check
- Shared Storage Options
- Investigating Aleph ILL
- SFX
- Interactions with other systems: Endeca, Aleph, Google Scholar, Live Academic
- Management tool acts as bridge between where you are and what you have access to
- A-Z list for e-journals
- Working with libraries on:
- Implementing new features with each SUL as needed
- Making more services available through the SFX menu
- Mining use statistics
- API to Google Books
- MetaLib
- Metasearch across multiple article databases
- A-Z list for databases, patron empowerment, x-server
- Customized user interface via MetaLib (with facets) or via library websites
- Working on with libraries on:
- Interaction with other applications/portals/websites
- Metalib X-server
- Verde [FCLA is no longer implementing Verde]
- Tool to manage FCLA e-resources: licenses, renewals, packages and databases
- Licensing
- Coordinate statewide licensing done by FCLA (saved the SULs over $4 million in FY2006-2007. (Source: /ISF FY 2008-2009 Funding Plan/.)
- New E-Resource Licensing Specialist Position established in 2007 to expand FCLA licensing activities to shared-e-journal packages.
- Usage statistics for FCLA funded databases collected and made available to SULs via the FCLA website.
- Work closely with Collection Planning Committee/Electronic Resource Subcommittee
- Database List
- Citation Server contains licensed material that is loaded at FCLA including Compendex, INSPEC and several university-created databases.
- Reporting
- Digital Collections
- Digital Archives
Wrap-up
- Questions
- Futures: via CSUL and committee planning
- Direct patron requests (Unmediated borrowing)
- Single bib
- Authentication (PDS, LDAP, Shib, etc.)
- User centered design of interfaces, including user customization
- Bringing Library services to the users via cell phones, course management systems, portals, etc.
- Open source software: ILS, Discovery tools, Digital Library Management, Web presence, Report writing tools, etc.
- Report writing power to SUL staff
- Improving tools for SUL staff use - e.g. Genload, authority reports
- Redesign FCLA web presence, using Drupal
- FCLA 5-year plan draft
- Work load and responsibility division between FCLA and SULs
- Next steps
- Advocacy
Aleph_prod_OPAC.doc
