• Background/overview of integrated library systems (ILS)
• Buy vs. build, hosted vs. locally installed, enterprise vs. open source
• Standards: Marc, Dublin core, Unicode, Z39.50
  
• Open catalog systems
• Long-term management of systems and data, conversion, and migration issues
• Evolving interfaces/designs, Ease-of-use, and Google-like search interface
• Impact of library information systems on your staff/users

Speaker via Web Conference

• Deb Hunt, Principal of Information Edge, San Francisco, California
• WebEx session: 4:30-5:30 PM ET  ***Remember to bring headsets to class.***

Exercises and Assignments

Hands-on Learning & Discussion in Class

• Due: Work Breakdown Structure (Drafts). Students will discuss their view of core elements for team project. 
• Video: Stop Sign Re-Design - How to avoid "scope creep." Humor or reality when re-inventing ourselves, defining a project's scope, requirements, audience, etc.

Independent Learning

• Playing in Sandboxes assignment: Prepare an in-class presentation using the Pecha Kucha model: 20 slides x 20 seconds (6 minutes 40 seconds).

Readings and Resources

Topic-focused

• Breeding, Marshall (October 2007). "The Birth of a New Generation of Library Interfaces," Computers in Libraries. URL: http://www.librarytechnology.org/ltg-displaytext.pl?RC=12880 (accessed: 1/2/2010).
• Engard, Nicole C., Editor (2009). Library Mashups: Exploring New Ways to Deliver Library Data. Information Today, Inc.: New Jersey. Read the following chapters:
• Chapter 10: Breaking into the OPAC by Tim Spalding
  
• Chapter 13: Mashups with the WorldCat Affiliate Services by Karen A. Coombs
• Chapter 18: The LibraryThing API and Libraries by Robin Hastings