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NOVEL Seminar on Library PortalsThe NOVEL Steering Committee held a seminar that focussed on NOVEL Initiative V- develop a NOVEL user interface (or portal) that integrates the services and resources brought together under NOVEL. Mary Jackson, Association of Research Libraries liaison to the ARL Scholars Portal Working Group, described the range of portal features/approaches applicable to information discovery and delivery and how a portal might function in a diverse user community. Ann Getman, NYS Education Department (SED) Office of Elementary, Middle, Secondary and Continuing Education, discussed how the State Education Department is using technology to provide services and information about the standards, curricula, information resources to administrators, teachers, teacher candidates, parents, students, and the public. Susan Harrison, Associate Director for Technical and Computer Services, The New York Public Library, The Branch Libraries, spoke on 'Developing a Web Database Aggregator,' a portal that The New York Public Library is in the process of implementing. During the afternoon session, librarians, library system staff and others had the opportunity to discuss applying portal concepts to libraries, with a particular focus on the options for a NOVEL portal.
Notes from Portal Seminar November 7, 2002 There is no consensus as to what a portal should be Administrators, teachers, teacher candidates, parents, students, and the public still need information about the standards, curricula, information resources, etc. NYSED is committed to using technology to provide services to these groupsSue Harrison Described the portal approach the New York Public Library is implementing as they build a web based database aggregator.
Afternoon Break Out Sessions Will there be one portal with a single server location (a centralized approach) or many portals with many servers around the state? This decision will affect the software chosen, customization, funding sources, and maintenance responsibilities. |